CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

It is clear from the above that:
(1) There are more colleges and students in degree colleges in coastal Andhra
than in Telangana 6 even though the two regions have comparable number of
youth population. This is mainly due to the lesser number of aided colleges in
Telangana since the number of government colleges is more in Telangana.
This is due to historical reasons such as existence of large number of aided
colleges in the coastal region even at the time of formation of the state etc.
as explained in Appendix 3.16. District data (Appendix 3.13) shows that
Karimnagar in Telangana has the largest number of students in government
degree colleges in the state, followed by Anantapur and Chittoor in
Rayalaseema and Mahbubnagar in Telangana. As Telangana was a late comer
to higher education and due to policy change relating to funding of aided
colleges, it has fewer aided colleges.
(2) The student lecturer ratios are higher in Telangana and Rayalaseema as
compared to coastal Andhra particularly in government colleges showing less
number of lecturers are appointed per 100 students. The ratio is extremely
high in case of Adilabad (82) and Karimnagar (61) in Telangana region. Filling
of teacher vacancies is of the utmost importance to make teaching effective
and bring about better quality education. Other districts with somewhat high
ratios (exceeding 50) are Visakhapatnam in coastal Andhra and Nizamabad in
Telangana.
Technical and Professional Education
3.5.07 Andhra Pradesh has seen an unprecedented growth in the number
of professional colleges since 1996. The number of engineering colleges grew
from 37 in 1996 to 540 in 2008-09 (a growth of 1359%). The number of
students in these engineering colleges grew from 10455 to 175767. The number
of pharmacy colleges increased from 6 to 256 during this period (growth of
4167%) and the number of students enrolled increased from 310 to 15320. The
number of MBA colleges increased from 57 in 1996 to 499 in 2008-09 (growth of
6 If Hyderabad is excluded from Telangana, the numbers fall sharply showing the large concentration of colleges and
students in Hyderabad.
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