VIJAYAWADA: Government medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh recorded an 88.11 per cent pass rate in the MBBS first-year examinations for the 2025-26 academic year, compared with 80.68 per cent in private medical colleges, according to data from Dr NTR University of Health Sciences.
The pass rate in government colleges was 7.43 percentage points higher than that in private colleges.
Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada recorded the highest pass rate among the government colleges at 93.68 per cent, followed by Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam at 93.20 per cent and Sri Venkateswara Medical College in Tirupati at 92.50 per cent.
Paderu Government Medical College recorded a pass rate of 92 per cent, followed by Government Medical College in Kurnool at 90.80 per cent, Machilipatnam at 88.67 per cent and Rajamahendravaram at 88 per cent. Other government colleges also recorded good results.
In the 2024-25 academic year, government medical colleges recorded a pass rate of 93.48 per cent, while private medical colleges registered 88.64 per cent.
Director of medical education Dr A. Vishnu Vardhan said all efforts would be made to improve pass rates in government medical colleges. He also assured support in teaching to help students perform well in examinations.
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