{"id":8920,"date":"2024-06-14T03:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8920"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:52:20","slug":"andhra-to-make-english-medium-compulsory-in-all-degree-colleges-from-next-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/andhra-to-make-english-medium-compulsory-in-all-degree-colleges-from-next-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Andhra to make &#8216;English medium&#8217; compulsory in all degree colleges from next session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>he Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to make &#8216;English medium&#8217; compulsory across all government, private aided and unaided degree colleges across state from the academic year 2021-22.<br \/> As per the &#8216;s release, the Department of Higher <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/education\">Education<\/a> of Andhra Pradesh &#8220;strongly feels&#8221; that the introduction of English medium education at the undergraduate (UG) level would enhance the career prospects of graduates.<\/p>\n<p>According to the findings in India Skills Report of 2019, English figured among the top three skills, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/learning\">Learning<\/a> agility and adaptability, that employers look for in India. Out of over 2.62 Lakh students who have taken admissions into degree colleges across the state, only 65,981 students are admitted into <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/telugu\">Telugu<\/a> medium background during 2020-21. Out of 65981 Telugu medium students, 24007, 16925 and 24960 have enrolled themselves in BA, B.com and BSc courses respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The state government cited a 2016 report of Cambridge University titled &#8216;Findings of English at Work: Global analysis of language skills in workplace&#8217; which highlights that about 90 per cent of employers look for in India say that English language skills are important for their organization.<\/p>\n<p>The government noted the language skill will help the students in the further studies as well as in finding <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/employment\">EMPLOYMENT<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n<p>In order to facilitate a smooth transition, the Department of Higher Education has also introduced life skill courses like <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/personality\">Personality<\/a> development and <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/leadership\">Leadership<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/human-values\">Human Values<\/a> and Professional <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/ethics-notes-for-state-psc-exams\">Ethics<\/a>. Every student should mandatorily select at least one life skill course in the first two semesters and two in third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to make &#8216;English medium&#8217; compulsory across all government, private aided and unaided degree colleges across state from the academic year 2021-22. 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