Andhra Pradesh Residential School, Tadikonda

The Andhra Pradesh Residential School, Tadikonda (or APRST), is a residential school in Guntur, India. It was established in 1972 by the state government of Andhra Pradesh in conjunction with the Andhra Pradesh Residential Educational Institutions (APREI) Society. APRST is an autonomous body with state funding.

History

Residential education in the public sector for the rural population is the brainchild of the late Prime Minister, P V Narasimha Rao. The idea of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country is also the brainchild of Mr. Rao.

Mr. Rao, soon after becoming the Chief Minister of the State, set up a residential school for boys at Sarvail near Samsthan Narayanpur in Nalgonda district in November, 1971.

He set up a piece of legislation in 1972 forming the Andhra Pradesh Residential Educational Institutions (APREI) Society and registered it under the Societies Act. With the advent of the APREI Society, the state government added two new schools, one at Tadikonda in Guntur district and another Kodigenahalli in Anantapur district. Thus all the three regions in the state, coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana had one school each.

Geography

Tadikonda is located at 16°25′00″N 80°27′00″E / 16.4167°N 80.45°E.[1]

APRST on Wikimapia is at http://wikimapia.org/284442/

Concept

The name of the school in the local language (Telugu) is Andhra Pradesh Gurukula Patasala. The school operates with the theme and inspiration of Gurukulam, an ancient Indian school system where teachers and students live together in a remote natural campus setting, away from civil life.

All activities are carried out in a tight student-teacher association. Academic club membership and PE (games and sports) involvement are mandatory. Students undertake duties like dormitory cleanup and serving at the cafeteria.

Only rural residents are eligible for admission. APREI Society conducts a common entrance test for the rural students of Andhra Pradesh. APRST used to cater to the rural students from all coastal Andhra Pradesh, i.e. from, Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts. Impressed with the success of the residential schools, Chief Minister N.T.Rama Rao introduced many new schools under APREIS. With the introduction of new schools, the jurisdiction of the APRST is limited to Guntur district alone.

Hostel

Tadikonda dormitory

The hostel uses the Gurukul concept (Sahana Vavatu) where students and teacher live together. Apart from the wardena, a teacher is assigned to each dormitory room who lives next to the dormitory and takes care of the assigned students.

Notable alumni

Entrepreneurs

MPs & MLAs and Board Members

Professors


"Government Servants"

Principals

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tadikonda

External links