Tenali Urban becomes the First Mandal in Andhra Pradesh to achieve GER 100.

   Amaravati  (prajaamaravati);           Tenali Urban becomes the First Mandal in Andhra Pradesh to achieve GER 100. The Dept. of School Education, GoAP, with the help of Village and Ward Secretariat has taken the mission of achieving GER of 100% which means that every child born between 1st Sept 2005 to 31st Aug 2018 is engaged with School Education Department.

Department has taken this drive with the help of volunteers and Village and Ward Secretariat. This drive began in 1st week of July and till now 59,602 volunteers have achieved the 100% GER badge, which means that all the children of the above-mentioned age group are enrolled in schools. Totally 464 village secretariats have achieved the status of 100% GER, highest being Nandayal with 120 secretariats.

 

Tenali Urban mandal which has 47 secretariats has become the first mandal in the State to attain the status of 100% GER. The volunteers and Village and Ward Secretariat staff have started to master the technique of motivating and nudging the out-of-school children in the right direction.

 

Positive competition has begun! One mandal will become 10 mandals and 10 mandals will become 100 mandals in a fortnight, and the day is not far when all the 679 mandals will attain the 100% GER badge. When that happens Andhra Pradesh will become the First State in the country to attain 100% GER.