School Education Department – Converting all classes from I to VI in Primary, Upper

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 ABSTRACT
School Education Department – Converting all classes from I to VI in Primary, Upper
Primary, High Schools under all managements into English Medium from the
academic year 2020-21 and gradually increasing each further class from the Next
consequent academic years- Orders- Issued.
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SCHOOL EDUCATION (PROG.I) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.85 Dt:20.11.2019
 Read the following:-
1. G.O.Ms.No.76 Education (SE.TRG) Department dt.10.06.2008.
2. G.O.Rt.No.30 Education (Prog.II) Dept, dt.20.01.2010
3. Govt. Memo No. 434390/Prog.I/2017 dt.16.11.2017.
4. G.O.Rt.No.78 Education (Prog.I) Dept, dt.05.10.2017
5. G.O.Ms.No.81 School Education (Prog.I) Department, dt.5/11/2019
6. From the Commissioner of School Education, AP.,
 Lr.Rc.No.162/A&I/2014, dt:12.10.2019
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ORDER:
 In the reference 6th read above, the Commissioner of School Education has
submitted a proposal for converting all Government, MPP Schools and Zilla
Parishad schools and all classes into English Medium from Grades I to VIII from
academic year 2020-21 and for Grades IX & X from academic year 2021-22.
 2. After careful examination of the matter, Government hereby accord
permission to the Commissioner of School Education to convert all classes from I
to VI in Primary, Upper Primary, High Schools under all managements into English
Medium from the academic year 2020-21 and gradually increasing each further
class from the Next consequent academic years in superseding the earlier orders
issued vide references 1st to 5th read above in the matter. However, the
Commissioner of School Education shall take appropriate and adequate efforts to
implement Telugu/Urdu as compulsory subject depending on the current medium of
instruction in all the Schools compulsorily in line with the Government orders in the
matter.
3. The Commissioner of School Education shall ensure the following steps for
successful implementation of English Medium schools:-
1. Required teachers should be deployed in the School as per the staffing
pattern prescribed by the Government from time to time and as per pupil
teacher ratio for single medium.
2. SCERT shall take necessary action for designing and development of
Teacher Hand Books, Training of Teachers in English medium teaching skills
and knowledge, Compendium of best classroom practices and other
pedagogical material for supporting the teachers to be skilled in English
Medium teaching.
3. Director SCERT in coordination with Commissioner of School Education
shall take comprehensive action for online assessment of the current English
proficiency levels of the Teachers, design appropriate training programs for
enchasing the English Medium teaching skills for the teachers.
4. Intensive and extensive trainings must be ensured during the current
academic year and during the Summer of 2020 for equipping the Teachers
to teach in English Medium from academic Year 2020-21 for classes I to VIII.
Number of trainings shall be given to the Teachers until improving their
English Medium Teaching skills in specific subjects and in general.
5. Action shall be taken for reviving the English Language Teaching Centers &
District English Centers (DECs) and re-locating them in District Institutes for
Education & Training (DIETs).
6. Director, Text Book Press, should take action to obtain correct indents and
 ensure supply of English Medium Text Books to the Schools as per student
enrolment for classes I to VIII well before the starting of the academic year.
7. Keeping in view of the conversion of all schools and classes from I to VIII
into English Medium, requirement of Teachers can be arrived at and
proposals should be submitted to Government by the Commissioner School
Education.
8. In future, Teacher recruitments, qualified candidates with the best
proficiency in English Medium teaching should be recruited.
8. The Commissioner of School Education, the State Project Director, SSA, the
Director, SCERT, and the Director, AP Text Book Press shall take further necessary
action accordingly.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
 B.RAJSEKHAR
 PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
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