Andhra Pradesh Education Reforms 2025
Reviving Government Schools • Academic Year 2025–2026
1. Major Measures to Attract Students to Government Schools
Revocation of GO-117 & Nine New School Categories
From July 2025: 14,000+ Anganwadis converted into Satellite Foundation Schools (LKG-UKG), 900+ new Basic/Adarsha Primary-High Schools established.
From July 2025: 14,000+ Anganwadis converted into Satellite Foundation Schools (LKG-UKG), 900+ new Basic/Adarsha Primary-High Schools established.
- LEAP Model launched April 2025 – play-based learning, AI-driven assessments, BaLA interactive classrooms.
- Vidya Shakti Remedial Program (June 2025) – tech-enabled after-school support in core subjects.
- Global teaching methodologies (UK-style pedagogy) adopted from December 2025.
- Mega PTM 2.0 (July 10, 2025) – Guinness World Record with 1.5 crore participants.
- Mega PTM 3.0 (December 5, 2025) – continued use of LEAP App for real-time student progress tracking.
- Thalliki Vandanam financial aid, free IIT/NEET coaching, bicycle distribution, additional toilets, extended midday meals to junior colleges.
2. Model Schools & Pilot Schools Initiative 2025–2026
Target: 9,600 Model Primary Schools + 2–3 Pilot Anganwadi Model Centers per assembly constituency
- 164 existing AP Model Schools continue with 2025 admissions via APMS CET.
- New High School Plus model (Class 6 to Intermediate) with full English-medium and smart classrooms.
- Chintapalli Eklavya Model Residential School (Visakhapatnam) completed and operational in 2025.
- Pilot foundational schools under LEAP with full BaLA upgrades and seamless Anganwadi-to-primary transition.
3. Historic Students’ Mock Assembly – Amaravati
November 26, 2025 – First-ever full Students’ Mock Assembly at Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Constitution Day
- 175 students (one from each assembly constituency) acted as ruling & opposition MLAs.
- Conducted live debates on current political & social issues with complete parliamentary decorum.
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh addressed the house.
- CM quoted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: “Rights and duties must go hand in hand” for Viksit Bharat 2047.
- Celebrated as a “living classroom of democracy” across state and national media.
These 2025 reforms mark a turning point for Andhra Pradesh government schools — combining infrastructure upgrades, global best practices, massive parental involvement, and experiential civic education — all actively shaping the ongoing 2025–2026 academic year.
