Tirupati: Education minister Nara Lokesh on Wednesday said the state government aims to make government schools the “preferred choice for parents,” with demand eventually leading to placement of “No Admission” boards.
The minister was speaking after distributing house site pattas to three SSC toppers from government schools in Srikalahasti assembly constituency at a programme held at Kothapalem near Renigunta.
The initiative came from MLA Bojjala Sudheer Reddy, who had promised two-cent house sites and cash incentives to student toppers in the Class X examinations at government schools in the constituency.
Lokesh handed over pattas to P. Jasmitha, G. Sai Poojitha and P. Mohith Charan Sai. The house sites have been allotted at Rajiv Nagar in Srikalahasti town.
Jasmitha, a native of Kuntipudi, secured 598 marks out of 600 in the SSC examinations, finishing second in the state and first in the district. Sai Poojitha, a student of Babu Agraharam municipal high school in Srikalahasti, scored 594 marks, while Mohith Charan Sai of ZP High School, Thondamanadu, secured 591 marks.
Interacting with the students and their parents, Lokesh said education was the key to social transformation and that the government would strengthen government schools across Andhra Pradesh.
Referring to a government school at Nidamarru in Mangalagiri assembly constituency, he said admissions had increased to the extent that there was stiff competition for seats. He said the government’s objective was to replicate similar success across the state so that government schools would eventually display “No Admission” boards.
The minister said the goals of the Andhra Pradesh Model of Education could be realised only through the commitment of students and teachers. The government, he said, was committed to providing value-based education and better learning opportunities.
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