Pedada, Appala Naidu  <br/><br/>
Development of education in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh : Impact of policies and programmes. 

 - South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies   
 - 25(2), Jan-Jun, 2025: p.125-129 
<br/><br/> Education plays an important role in the process of development of human resources. The most important characteristic of population is literacy, which is a pre- requisite for the overall development of the country both socially and economically. In Andhra Pradesh the literacy rate has increased from 21.2 per cent in 1961 to 67.66 per cent in 2011. Number of schools, enrolment of students, teachers also increased in primary, upper primary, secondary and higher education stage over a period of time. Government of Andhra Pradesh implementing programmes like backward class welfare, minorities welfare, SC and ST sub plan and also providing hostel facilities to the poor students for improvement of enrolment and to reduce the dropout rate in all levels of education in the state.- Reproduced <br/><br/><br/>https://www.sajospsglobal.com/current.html<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ation, Welfare programmes, Literacy, Enrollment, Anganwadi, Beachgoers.