The Andhra Pradesh government is keen on making its new capital, Amaravati, a hub of research and education.

Over 2,100 acres have been earmarked exclusively for educational institutions, according to P Narayana, Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Further, tie-ups with schools from Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom, etc., will be facilitated for knowledge exchange programmes to helpstudents gain a global view in their formative years.

The government will also encourage private schools to include foreign languages in the curriculum, in order to make them globally competitive.

The State government will hold consultations with representatives of the leading schools from across the country as well as abroad on October 4 in Vijayawada. Schools from Singapore, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, among others, are likely to participate in the meeting.

“International schools might need to spend around ₹30 crore to ₹50 crore to set up their campuses in Amaravati and the city will be dotted by at least half-a-dozen globally-reputed educational institutions campuses in the next 5-10 years,’’ Ajay Jain, Principal Secretary, Energy & Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), said in a release issued here on Monday.

New secretariat

Meanwhile, the State Secretariat has started functioning fully from a new premises coming up at Velagapudi, about 30 km off from Vijayawada from Monday.

Scores of employees have left for Guntur in the Inter-City express from Hyderabad this morning and they were received in Guntur amidst cheers by those who had already moved to their new place of work.

The new Secretariat complex has six administrative blocks. Out of these, one is for the Chief Minister, another for the Legislative building and remaining for the Secretariat departments and utilities. Two blocks earmarked for the Secretariat were now occupied by various departments.

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