Amaravathi, March 19 -- The Minister for Education, IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, on Wednesday expressed deep concern that the academic standards in schools in the State have plunged deeply due to the imprudent decisions of the previous YSRCP government, according to the press statement.

Replying to the members, Duvvarapu Rama Rao, P Ashok Babu, and B Tirumala Naidu, in the Legislative Council, Nara Lokesh said that when compared to the academic standards from 2014 to 2024, during the YSRCP rule the fifth-class students felt very difficult to read even the second grade Telugu books.

"The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has mentioned that while 57 per cent of the students could easily read the books in 2014 the percentage has...