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YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday slammed the Andhra Pradesh government over literacy rate claims and accused it ofspreading "misinformation propaganda".
Reddy referred to a report and said, " ." The Minister of Education claims that the literacy rate increased from 72.6% in 2024 to 82.1% in 2026, he said. "To begin with, no statistics pertaining to the literacy rate for Calendar year 2026 were released by any authority as the year is yet to complete." Reddy added that t ( ) - presents the results of the survey conducted by the NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, pertaining to the period June 2023 to June 2024 and this places the literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh at .% for age group 7 years and above. "The corresponding figure for 2018-19 is 69.1%" https://x.com/ysjagan/status/2095752487332651107?s=20 He said that t ( ) presents the results of the survey conducted by the NSSO, pertaining to the period January, 2025 to December, 2025 and this places the literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh at .% for age groups 7 years and above. "This document was published on 2nd July, 2026" "When things are so amply clear, for a Government to make false claims and attempt to hoodwink the people of the State is most unfortunate," Reddy added. " A worrying aspect is that, owing to the policy changes brought into effect by the present State Government, the enrolment in Government schools is reducing and enrolment in private schools is increasing as brought to light by the Statistics released by the UDISE, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Instead of focussing on how to make education more accessible to the children from economically weaker backgrounds, the TDP alliance Government is preoccupied on making false claims through its deception tactics. It is advisable that the Minister of Education devotes greater time and effort towards his department and not to red book governance," he added. (ANI)
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