Andhra Pradesh minister says aided schools not under compulsion to merge with government: Report

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh education minister Audimulapu Suresh stated that there is no compulsion for aided educational institutes to merge with the state government, reported the New Indian Express.

The education minister said that the state government has taken decisions pertaining to aided schools based on the report prepared by the Committee set up by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He added that the committee suggested the education quality and infrastructure of the aided schools to be improved. The committee was formed to study the performance of these schools along with the teacher pupil ratio. The improvement is suggested under Nedu Nedu.

“The schools can be taken back if the management wants to run them on their own. There is no compulsion in handing over the aided schools to the government. Most of the institutes are without proper infrastructure or the required number of staff,” the education minister was quoted by the New Indian Express.

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According to the report, the minister said that many of the observations were shocking. Many of the schools have not been functioning owing to insufficient number of teachers or students. Several schools have disputed ownership due to lack of consensus between the teachers and the employers.

“If the managements are willing to hand over the aided schools to the government, we will improve their infrastructure under Nadu-Nedu and fill the vacant posts,” the report quoted the education minister. The minister said that the government will take over the schools only if the management is willing to hand them over.

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As per the report, five out of 122 junior colleges have opted to surrender property and staff and 103 others have decided to surrender only their staff. 1,200 out of 1,988 aided schools have agreed on paper to surrender their staff, and 88 others opted to surrender property and staff both, Suresh informed the media.