Education

Vijayawada, also called "Vidyala wada" (Place of Education), occupies a large amount of the educational infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh. The city was named "The Educational Sahara" by a foreign ambassador.

Education in the city is implemented by both the government and the private institutions. Vijayawada Municipal Corporation takes care of the government educational institutions.

Following are statistics of government schools:[18]

High Schools: 28(Including 1 Urdu Medium, 2 Schools both English Telugu Medium)1 tamil medium.
Upper Primary Schools: 15 (Including Urdu Medium) ( 3 Urdu Medium)
Elementary Schools: 65+10= 75 (10 Urdu Media, 2 English Media)
Students: 28,450 (as on 30-06-2009)
Teachers: 622

There are also “aided” schools in Vijayawada, meaning schools with both government and private partnerships as well, such as the Gollapudi high-school. Government schools are located at different places like the Jammichettu center, the Patamata high-school and Suryarao Peta, to name a few. Private schools are scattered all over the city. A majority of them implement the Andhra Pradesh State Syllabus for their students. The students, after studying their 10th class, take the Public Examination, which is equivalent of the school-leaving certificate. There are only a few schools accredited to the Central Board of Secondary Education in the city-meaning their class Ten students have to take the All India Secondary School Examination(AISSE) for their school-leaving certificate.
NTR Univ. of Health Sciences

The first college built in Vijayawada was SRR & CVR college. Andhra Loyola College was established in the year 1953 with Rev. Francis Theo Mathias, SJ as its first Principal. KBN College is another popular college in Vijayawada. The first private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh, V R Siddhartha Engineering College, is located here. Modern Academy of Technical & General Education, a society and a exclusive college for commerce produced number of graduates and more than 1500 Cost accountants, located at Moghalrajpuram, Vijayawada. The branch of the premier centre of excellence under the central government - School of Planning and Architecture (SPA, V) has been allocated to Vijayawada and has commenced its courses since 2008.

The NTR University of Health Sciences is the first medical university in India[citation needed] ..[19] It is a public university in the city of Vijayawada. It started functioning from 1 November 1986.

In 2008, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India established School Of Planning And Architecture, Vijayawada as an autonomous institution. SPAV is a premier Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI) under the MHRD, for excellence in the fields of Planning and Architecture.