Amount meant for academic year 2022-23 will benefit 83,15,341 students
PNS | VIJAYAWADA
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has released Rs 6,392.94 crore towards Jagananna Amma Vodi for the academic year 2022-23 benefiting 83,15,341 students of Classes 1 to 12 (Intermediate). The amount would be directly credited into the bank accounts of their mothers.
The programme, being implemented for the fourth year in a row, will be held for 10 days in a festive atmosphere across the State.
Addressing a huge public meeting of students and their parents before releasing the amount with the click of a button here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that parents wish their children to become highly educated and settle down well in life by getting good jobs in the country and abroad. Amma Vodi is being implemented to fulfill their wishes.
“Andhra Pradesh is the only State in the country that is implementing the innovative Amma Vodi programme aiming at reducing dropout rate and increasing the GER in schools,” he said.
“The government has so far spent Rs. 66,722 crore in the last four years for reforming the education sector and the results are there for all to see with the poor getting access to good education,” he said.
Besides the GER going up to 100.8 from 84.48 in 2018 as a result of the reforms, government schools across the State are shining with Nadu-Nedu, he said.
The number of top ten rankers in government schools in Class 10 went up to 64 from 20 last year, he said, adding that the number of students who achieved more than 75 percent marks also went up to 67, 114 from 63 275 last year. The percentage of students who got first class went up to 70 from 66 last year.
The Chief Minister also expressed happiness that 67 students who studied in government schools got seats in IITs, NIT and other Central universities with ranks in JEE advanced examinations.
Swechha, a programme meant exclusively for girls, is also being implemented, he said.
So far, the government has released an amount of Rs 26,067.28crore under the Amma Vodi programme providing annual financial assistance of Rs 15,000 each to the poor and needy mothers who are sending their wards to schools and Intermediate courses.
“Out of your Amma Vodi benefit, I appeal to you to contribute Rs 2,000 towards maintenance of government schools,” he told the parents.
Responding to the appeals of Kurupam MLA Pushpa Srivani, the Chief Minister sanctioned Rs.38.9 crore to construct a reservoir for irrigating 6,000 acres, Rs 5 crore for the low canal of Janjavathi Reservoir besides agreeing to set up a cashew processing unit in Kurupam.
Parvtipuram Manyam District Collector Nishant Kumar, Kurupam MLA Pushpa Srivani and Education Minister B Satyanarayana also addressed the public meeting.
