Students' corner

Dear Students,

LAST WEEK WE ASKED: Do you think creation of Telangana will have any impact on Andhra Pradesh as an education hub?

BEST RESPONSE

The creation of Telangana state would not have any adverse effect on the education scenario of the Andhra region. The Telangana region, which is the hub of educational institutes, also has important private and government institutes that would function well even after the creation of the new state. The divided state of Andhra Pradesh might allow the opening of more colleges to compensate for the loss of college seats in the Telangana region, which has the most number of colleges.

Swar Grover, GNDU, Amritsar

OTHER RESPONSES

The bifurcation of the state is unlikely to have any impact on the education sector as a whole. But from the perspective of an individual state, being disintegrated, it might sway its reputation of being an educational hub; since comparison is done among states which collectively unite to become the key driver for change. It is so because states are entities unified within one country with each state representing its share of contribution towards national growth. So, in this case, it would be difficult for Andhra Pradesh to sustain the same stature with the creation of Telangana.

Shivam Chhabra, Integral University, Lucknow

Following the bifurcation, colleges expect more students to shift to the Andhra region. Though the government promised to bring out a separate Act for the Andhra people residing in Telangana region, questions about whether the education sector would feature in the Act or not were also raised by educationalists. Now that most of these educational institutions would shift their base to different regions in Andhra, there is a high possibility of disturbance in the educational systems and the academic year, with the education hub likely to take a hit.

Mohd Avaish, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore

I think there will be an effect on Andhra Pradesh as an education hub because of the creation of Telangana. Students from all over the country come to Andhra Pradesh for education.

Rituparna Saha Ray, Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai

The impact on Andhra Pradesh as an educational hub with the emergence of Telangana as a separate state - with funds flooding in, easier governance due to geographically smaller area, new found incentive to uplift the backward regions - will be phenomenal, provided a smooth transition is ensured. Improvements to already existing educational institutions in terms of state-of-the-art infrastructure will definitely elevate the quality in both the regions. Major universities in both the regions will get a facelift.

V Sunil Babu, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore

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