 "Separate Telangana may concentrate more number of education institutions in region: Experts")
Though Telangana has more technical and professional colleges than the other two regions -- Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema -- most of these are concentrated in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts.
Business Standard brings you statistics on Andhra Pradesh’s Education sector:
* The overall literacy rate in Andhra Pradesh in 2001 is 60%, the literacy rate in Telangana is only 58% well below that of coastal Andhra (63%) and somewhat lower than Rayalaseema (60%)
* In the state, around 90% of the population is served by primary schools within their habitation
* The number of primary schools in the state increased from 30,495 in 1960-61 to 65,609 in 2008-09
* 46% of institutions and 48% of students in higher secondary schools plus Junior Colleges are in Telangana region. Here again, Telangana has more than its share of population
* District-wise data shows that a large number of institutions (and students) are concentrated in Rangareddy and Hyderabad, probably because of more opportunities for higher education (particularly engineering and other professional degrees) available there.
* Andhra Pradesh has seen an unprecedented growth in the number of professional colleges since 1996
* The number of engineering colleges grew from 37 in 1996 to 540 in 2008-09 (a growth of 1359%).
* The number of students in these engineering colleges grew from 10,455 to 175,767 during the same period.
* The number of pharmacy colleges increased from 6 to 256 during this period (growth of 4167%) and the number of students enrolled increased from 310 to 15320.
· The number of MBA colleges increased from 57 in 1996 to 499 in 2008-09 (growth of (775%) and the intake of students during this period increased from 2,145 to 37,443
· If Hyderabad is excluded from Telangana, the numbers fall sharply showing the large concentration of colleges and students in Hyderabad
· The number of MCA colleges saw an increase from 44 in 1996 to 698 in 2008-09 (growth of 1486%) while student enrolment increased from 1330 to 46,668 over this period.
· Hyderabad has a literacy rate of about 79% and is considered to be the hub of higher education in the state since many national universities and institutes are located here such as University of Hyderabad, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Institution of Rural Development (NIRD), International Institution of Information Techonology (IIIT), Indian School of Business (ISB) etc.
· If colleges in Hyderabad and Rangareddy are excluded, Telangana would fall behind coastal Andhra while Rayalaseema remains behind (except for B.Ed. and Law) the other two (taking the relative population into consideration).
· Most of these engineering, MBA and MCA colleges are private and driven by the market forces, so it is easy to understand why they are concentrated in Hyderabad and Rangareddy
· In Telangana, the development of educational institutions was concentrated in Hyderabad
· Nizam College was established in Hyderabad in 1887 and was affiliated to Madras University. It had English medium education
· Osmania University was established in 1918 with Urdu as the medium of instruction in all its colleges (Professional and Non-Professional) until 1948 and all its colleges were located in the Hyderabad city
· There are more colleges and students in degree colleges in coastal Andhra than in Telangana even though the two regions have comparable number of youth population
· This is mainly due to the lesser number of aided colleges in Telangana since the number of government colleges is more in Telangana
· Karimnagar in Telangana has the largest number of students in government degree colleges in the state, followed by Anantapur and Chittoor in Rayalaseema and Mahbubnagar in Telangana
· The student lecturer ratios are higher in Telangana and Rayalaseema as compared to coastal Andhra particularly in government colleges showing less number of lecturers are appointed per 100 students. The ratio is extremely high in case of Adilabad (82) and Karimnagar (61) in Telangana region
· On its part, the government should therefore, locate new government colleges in future in underdeveloped and underserved districts and also encourage private sector to open colleges there by offering incentives/subsidies.
Source: Former Chief Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana, December 2010
Business Standard brings you statistics on Andhra Pradesh’s Education sector:
* The overall literacy rate in Andhra Pradesh in 2001 is 60%, the literacy rate in Telangana is only 58% well below that of coastal Andhra (63%) and somewhat lower than Rayalaseema (60%)
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* Andhra Pradesh is far better than the average Indian state in respect of physical access to primary schools
* In the state, around 90% of the population is served by primary schools within their habitation
* The number of primary schools in the state increased from 30,495 in 1960-61 to 65,609 in 2008-09
* 46% of institutions and 48% of students in higher secondary schools plus Junior Colleges are in Telangana region. Here again, Telangana has more than its share of population
* District-wise data shows that a large number of institutions (and students) are concentrated in Rangareddy and Hyderabad, probably because of more opportunities for higher education (particularly engineering and other professional degrees) available there.
* Andhra Pradesh has seen an unprecedented growth in the number of professional colleges since 1996
* The number of engineering colleges grew from 37 in 1996 to 540 in 2008-09 (a growth of 1359%).
* The number of students in these engineering colleges grew from 10,455 to 175,767 during the same period.
* The number of pharmacy colleges increased from 6 to 256 during this period (growth of 4167%) and the number of students enrolled increased from 310 to 15320.
· The number of MBA colleges increased from 57 in 1996 to 499 in 2008-09 (growth of (775%) and the intake of students during this period increased from 2,145 to 37,443
· If Hyderabad is excluded from Telangana, the numbers fall sharply showing the large concentration of colleges and students in Hyderabad
· The number of MCA colleges saw an increase from 44 in 1996 to 698 in 2008-09 (growth of 1486%) while student enrolment increased from 1330 to 46,668 over this period.
· Hyderabad has a literacy rate of about 79% and is considered to be the hub of higher education in the state since many national universities and institutes are located here such as University of Hyderabad, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Institution of Rural Development (NIRD), International Institution of Information Techonology (IIIT), Indian School of Business (ISB) etc.
· If colleges in Hyderabad and Rangareddy are excluded, Telangana would fall behind coastal Andhra while Rayalaseema remains behind (except for B.Ed. and Law) the other two (taking the relative population into consideration).
· Most of these engineering, MBA and MCA colleges are private and driven by the market forces, so it is easy to understand why they are concentrated in Hyderabad and Rangareddy
· In Telangana, the development of educational institutions was concentrated in Hyderabad
· Nizam College was established in Hyderabad in 1887 and was affiliated to Madras University. It had English medium education
· Osmania University was established in 1918 with Urdu as the medium of instruction in all its colleges (Professional and Non-Professional) until 1948 and all its colleges were located in the Hyderabad city
· There are more colleges and students in degree colleges in coastal Andhra than in Telangana even though the two regions have comparable number of youth population
· This is mainly due to the lesser number of aided colleges in Telangana since the number of government colleges is more in Telangana
· Karimnagar in Telangana has the largest number of students in government degree colleges in the state, followed by Anantapur and Chittoor in Rayalaseema and Mahbubnagar in Telangana
· The student lecturer ratios are higher in Telangana and Rayalaseema as compared to coastal Andhra particularly in government colleges showing less number of lecturers are appointed per 100 students. The ratio is extremely high in case of Adilabad (82) and Karimnagar (61) in Telangana region
· On its part, the government should therefore, locate new government colleges in future in underdeveloped and underserved districts and also encourage private sector to open colleges there by offering incentives/subsidies.
Source: Former Chief Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana, December 2010