Note on Demand No. XVIII Education 1996-97 Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

From School Education: The School Education, consisting of Primary and Secondary stages, assumes greater significance in any system of education and aims at imparting minimum and essential general education to all the children upto 15 years of age and to equip them with necessary competencies to shape them as useful and productive citizens. Andhra Pradesh has adopted the national pattern of education i.e., 10+2+3. Out of 10 years of schooling, the first five years i e.. Classes I to V constitute the Primary Stage, the next two years i.e.. Glasses VI to VII, the Upper Primary Stage and the remaining three years i.e., classes VIII to X, the Secondary Stage.