Education in Andhra Pradesh

As per the 2011 census of India, Andhra Pradesh (post reorganisation) has an overall literacy rate of 67.35% (males 74.77%, females 59.96%),[1] significantly lower than the overall national average of 74.04%.

[12] For the 2019 SSC exam, more than 6 lakh students have appeared and recorded an overall pass percentage of 94.88%, a little increase from 94.48% of the previous year.

[16] Transition to English medium education in all government schools started in the academic year 2020-2021 is expected to reach completion by 2024-25.

1000 government schools are affiliated to CBSE in the year 2022-23 as an initial step and the bilingual text books was adopted to ease the transition.

[19] Technical education under the state control consists of Polytechnic and ITI for which admissions are centralised and conducted online.

[22] AP state council of higher education organises various entrance tests for different streams and conducts counselling for admissions.