Andhra Pradesh Government has signed an MoU with Byju’s to impart spoken English training to students of class 4 to class 8 in state-run schools. Byju’s education will impart English language skills to 35 lakh students under its CSR initiative, state Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana has announced.

The minister said the government would launch 884 new junior colleges in the state from the current academic year, adding that it may review its decision to convert 25 junior colleges into girls only if technical problems arise.

AP government proposes to upgrade schools up to class 10 as junior colleges in line with the government’s decision to have two junior colleges in each Mandal. There are 679 mandals in the state.