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Hans India
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Dr BRAOU AP headquarters to come up in Eluru
Vijayawada: After many years of struggle by the officials and staff of Dr BR Ambedkar Open University in Andhra Pradesh, the State government finally gave orders for setting up the headquarters of the Open University in Eluru. Consequently, AP students, who wish to pursue education in Ambedkar Open university can continue in the State. Till now, Andhra Pradesh students used to pursue their studies in Dr BR Ambedkar open university (BRAOU) located in Hyderabad. Dr BRAOU is one of the biggest open universities in the country with big campus, adequate staff, different types of courses and amenities. After State Bifurcation, AP students got admissions at BRAOU in Hyderabad till 2023-24 only. However, from 2024-25 academic year, Hyderabad based Open university denied admissions to AP students. This made AP students to join smaller universities or postpone their studies. As per the Bifurcation Act, AP has to form a big open university by 2024 to cater to the needs of open university students in the State. Around 30,000 students from AP used to study in BRAOU in Hyderabad. But State Bifurcation has huge impact on AP students, as they could not enroll their names from 2024-25, as 10 years completed since State Bifurcation in 2014. Some officials of Dr BRAOU in Andhra Pradesh made relentless efforts to have AP campus within the State. The government conceded to the demands and issued orders declaring that BRAOU AP headquarters will be in Eluru. Henceforth 76 BRAOU centres working in the State will work under the purview of AP campus that will be located in Eluru. The BRAOU Andhra Pradesh administrative wing has funds of Rs 9 crore and it can be used to set up an office and furniture and to start academic activities, like enrolment of students. Dr Velaga Joshi, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of BRAOU, AP, thanked CM N Chandrababu Naidu and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh for giving orders to set up university headquarters in Eluru. He said the decision will be useful to thousands of students in AP to pursue various courses. Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham State president A Malyadri has requested the CM to give permission to open BRAOU campus at Dr BR Ambedkar memorial located in Vijayawada. He said the BRAOU campus can be set at Dr Ambedkar memorial and it will be convenient to the students of Andhra Pradesh. He said students from across the State can visit Vijayawada administrative office.
The Hindu
24-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Relocation of Ambedkar Open University to A.P. brings cheer to stakeholders
The decision to relocate the headquarters of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) to Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation, has brought to the stakeholders. The university employees working at the study centres located in Andhra Pradesh, and not received salaries since January this year, heaved a sigh of relief as their financial ordeal will end soon. The BRAOU management in Telangana had refused to certify their services since January citing lapse of the 10-year period during which Hyderabad served as the common capital of the two Telugu-speaking States as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. It had also refused to admit students from Andhra Pradesh from 2024-25 academic year stating that it was winding up its A.P. operations and leaving thousands of aspiring students in the lurch. The BRAOU is listed in the Class X schedule of the A.P. State Reorganisation Act and the bifurcation process of the university (distribution of assets and liabilities between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the stipulated 52:48 ratio respectively), has not yet been done. Established in August 26, 1982, as Andhra Pradesh Open University through the APOU Act, it was the country's first open university and was renamed as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University on October 26, 1991. While the government is keen on ensuring that admissions to the open university are rolled out in the academic year 2025-26, the details of how the officials plan to go about the admission process due in June, is yet to be known. The official announcement of the proposed new headquarters of the university at Eluru was made on May 23 through GO No. 24. The university is seen as the need of the hour by students who are unable to pursue higher education through conventional institutions and intend to opt for distance education mode. However, its proposed location at Eluru has not gone down well with many stakeholders, who feel that the university being a State-level facility, it should be established at Vijayawada. One such demand has come from the leaders of Kula Vyatireka Porata Samithi (KVPS). The samithi's State general secretary A. Malyadri has urged the government to locate the new facility on the premises of Ambedkar Smriti Vanam in Vijayawada, as the place is centrally located and accessible to students from across the State. Besides the fact that the place is well connected, he said the partially completed buildings at Ambedkar Smriti Vanam could be utilised for the purpose. Pointing out that the Officer on Special Duty, Velaga Joshi, who has been overseeing the university's activities from Vijayawada, should be allowed to continue working from here. Mr. Malyadri said he would write separate letters to the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for HRD and Minister for Social Welfare to consider his plea and do the needful.
