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Education in Vijayawada

Vijayawada is home to various educational and research institutions. It is often referred as the educational capital of Andhra Pradesh.[1] As per the 2011 census, Vijayawada has a literacy rate of 82.59%. Education in Vijayawada is based on three-tier model which includes primary and secondary schools, followed by intermediate colleges (higher secondary schools or junior colleges) and tertiary education at universities or other institutes of same level. S.R.R & C.V.R College (established in 1937), Andhra Loyola College (established in December 1953), Maria Stella College for Girls (established in 1962); Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (established in 1977) and Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (established in 1986) are some of the oldest universities and colleges in the city.

Primary and secondary educationEdit

Schools in Vijayawada are run publicly by the Andhra Pradesh government, or run privately under the State School Education Department.[2][3] As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the city has 133,837 students enrolled in 529 Schools.[4] The state and CBSE syllabus are followed by schools for the Secondary School Certificate.[5][6] The languages of instruction are English, Urdu and Telugu.[7] Government run schools offer both English and Telugu medium education. Schools are usually affiliated to the Andhra Pradesh State Board. A few schools are affiliated to the national CBSE board, ICSE board, NIOS board, Anglo-Indian board and the Montessori system. A few schools also offer the International Baccalaureate and the American systems. Schooling begins at the age of three with two years of kindergarten, followed by ten years of primary and secondary education. Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education regulates and supervises the system of secondary education in the state. It conducts SSC/OSSC examinations twice in a year. One is the Main examination in March month and another is Supplementary Examinations May / June months. Students who pass these exams are qualified to study intermediate education (or higher secondary education).

Intermediate/higher secondary educationEdit

For 10+2 education, there are two government junior colleges, namely S.R.R. & C.V.R. Government College and Government Junior College (at Vinchipeta); Institutes offering such kind of education mode through state board are often called as "Junior colleges" or "Intermediate colleges". Board of Intermediate Education, situated in the city, is responsible for regulating intermediate education. Various junior college chains were started from the city. Students who completed this level of education were qualified to have higher education.

Higher educationEdit

Annually thousands of students were being qualified to have higher education after qualifying in competitive exams such as EAMCET, Joint Entrance Examination, NEET, NATA, etc. Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education regulates the higher education related to all government and its affiliated universities and colleges.

Andhra Loyola College is the oldest surviving higher education institute in Vijayawada. Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences is the largest medical university founded in 1986 by N. T. Rama Rao. KL University is the only major deemed university, established 1980.

Other prominent self-financed educational establishments include Kakarparthi Bhavanarayana College (1965), Satavahana College (1971), Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (1977), Siddhartha Medical College (1980) and Potti Sriramulu College of Engineering & Technology (2008).

School of Planning and Architecture is a central institute established in 2008 for specialized education and research in the field of urban planning and architecture.

LibrariesEdit

The Sarvottama Granthalayam is a city library established on 30 March 1987. It serves an average daily readership of 200, equipped with 22,000 books related to many fields.[8] VMC & VBFS Research and Reference Library is a reader's room/library maintained by Vijayawada Book Festival Society.[9]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "About Vijayawada – VijayawadaPolice". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "School Education Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Student Information Report". Commissionerate of School Education. Child info 2015–16, District School Education – Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Staff Reporter (29 May 2016). "City students excel in CBSE exam". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "International touch for Vijayawada schools – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "VMC schools achieve 89% results in SSC exams". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Varma, P. Sujatha. "100-year-old library association to split". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Books symbolise peace and knowledge, opines JC". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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