Andhra Pradesh Education and IT Minister Nara Lokesh connected Monday (September 22) said his eventual extremity is to spot “No Admission” boards extracurricular each authorities schools, reflecting their increasing request and standards. He noted that 100 schools crossed the State had already displayed specified boards this year, and efforts were underway to replicate the inclination successful implicit 42,000 schools.
Replying to a question raised successful the Assembly by Narasaraopet MLA Chadalavada Aravind Babu, Mr. Lokesh said the erstwhile government’s GO 117 and GO 85 had pushed astir 10 lakh mediocre children distant from authorities schools and wounded superior acquisition outcomes. These orders were scrapped connected May 13, 2025, and replaced with caller GOs (19, 20, and 21) introducing the One Class–One Teacher model.
The Minister said the fig of specified exemplary superior schools roseate from 1,398 earlier the conjugation came to powerfulness to 9,620 now, portion upgraded precocious superior schools accrued from 124 to 729.
He announced that nether the Mana Badi – Mana Bhavishyathu initiative, schools would beryllium provided further classrooms and infrastructure with the enactment of donors done an online transparent portal. Donors whitethorn besides person schools named aft them, helium added. A star-rating strategy for schools is already successful place, with legislators tasked to amended 1 and two-star institutions.
To trim dropout rates, the authorities volition deposit ₹600 per period for 10 months straight into parents’ accounts arsenic transport allowance if superior schools are located much than 1 km away. Nearly 70,000 students are expected to payment this year.
“Our ngo is to physique authorities schools that are not conscionable connected par with backstage institutions, but adjacent better, delivering stronger learning outcomes,” Mr. Lokesh said.
