Officials told to improve academic standards in government schools

IT Minister and TDP national general secretary gets a rousing reception at Y junction in Vizianagaram on Saturday.

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Minister for IT and HRD Nara Lokesh directed officials of the Education department and the teaching fraternity to improve the academic standards of children in government schools. He also urged them to focus more on science, mathematics and English language to ensure a strong academic foundation for the schoolchildren.He organised a virtual HRD cluster meeting from the Government Girls High School in Dasannapeta of Vizianagaram district on Saturday. Mr. Lokesh interacted with teachers and academicians from various districts and sought suggestions for further improvement of standards in the schools. He said that collective efforts had enabled the Education department to ensure better results in previous Class X examinations and expressed hope that the government schools would achieve the best results in the 2026-27 academic year as well.The Minister also interacted with Vizianagaram District Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy, District Education Officer U. Manikyam Naidu, Deputy DEO and school headmistress P. Ramanamma at the school premises.Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Ramanamma expressed happiness over the Minister’s visit to the school, which received public attention following the spectacular results in Class X examinations. She said that over 20 students secured more than 550 marks out of the total 600 marks in the examination.