Society which also had boarding facilities. Among the eminent personalities who studied in this school include Archbishop Marampudi Joji and M. Victor Paul. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. There is an Agricultural Research Station which does research on ragi and tapioca and is affiliated to Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University. Sri Veerraju High School is one of the oldest school which is imparting elementary and high school education to many students without any profit motive. S.R.V.B.S.J.B. M.R. College has completed 50 years; it celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 4 February 2018 by its old students association, considered a very prestigious college, was established in 1967 by Sri S.B.P.B.K.Satyanarayana Rao, then Zilla Parishad chairman as the founder president in memory of Maharani of Peddapuram Samsthanam Peddapuram Kings Srimati Raja Vatsavayi Bucchi Sitayamma Jagapati Bahadur. In order to provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family socio-economic conditions, the Government of India established Navodaya Vidyalayas, on an average, one in each district of the country during the seventh Five Year Plan period and Peddapuram was selected to establish Navodaya Vidyalaya. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.Colleges located in Peddapuram Rural : IDA Peddapuram Peddapuram is one of the Industrial Development Area (IDA) in Kakinada District of AP and has lot of popular industries established in the town and its rural surroundings. Both Peddapuram and Samalkot (Samarlakota) municipalities and the corresponding rural areas comes under IDA PEDDAPURAM.Some Popular Industries located in IDA Peddapuram' : Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Private Limited (Lalitha Brand Rice) Pattabhi Agro Foods Private Limited (Lohitha Rice) Sri Venkateswara Rice Industry (Lepakshi Rice) NSR Industries (Bio Diesel Manufacturer) Reliance Bio Diesel Pilot Plant (Bio Diesel Manufacturer) Aparna Enterprises Limited (Ceramic Tile Plant) R A K Ceramics India Private Limited (Ceramics Plant) Shri Girija Alloy & Power (I) Pvt. Ltd. (Power Plant) GVT Gauthami Power Limited (Power Plant) Notable people Anjali Devi, (Telugu Actress) Easwari Rao, (Telugu Actress) Dubbing Janaki, (Telugu Actress) Marampudi Joji, Archbishop of Hyderabad References Cities and towns in Kakinada district