Department of Human Resources Development (Andhra Pradesh)
The Minister of Human Resources Development is the head of the Department of Education of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. One of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Education.
From June 2014 to May 2019, following the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Ganta Srinivasa Rao of the Telugu Desam Party. Following the cabinet formation on 12 June 2024, Nara Lokesh assumed the office under the Chief Ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu.