Government Degree College, Ravulapalem has been started on 31-08-1981 in a small Zilla Parishad Elementary School Building. Sri Padala Bhaskara Reddy was the then president of the College Development Committee. B.A., and B.Com., courses have been sanctioned with a strength of 80 in each class. As per G.O.M.s.No.1214 Edn., dt.26-08-81, 14 posts were sanctioned. Later on, 4 posts i.e., 2+1 in Commerce and 1 in Economics as additional posts were sanctioned. From its inception, rule of reservation in the admissions has been scrupulously followed and no student has been denied of seeking admission.
The Philanthropic services of Sri Padala Bhaskara Reddy, the then President, and College Development Committee were note worthy. An amount of Rs.5 lakhs was sanctioned by the Govt. of A.P under the scheme of Telugu Grameena Kranthi Padakam., for the construction of College Building. In 1986 the College was shifted from the Zillah Parishad Elementary School Building to its newly constructed building, which is on the bank of the river Gowtami Godavari with pleasant surroundings and greenery near the National Highway- 5 at Gowthami Bridge.
In 1998 the College building along with the vacant land of 5 acres have been registered in the name of the Governor, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh under the supervision of the then College Principal, Sri Y. Venkata Rao. In the same year B.Sc., Computers and B.Com Restructured Courses were sanctioned to this College converting the conventional B.Com course into B.Com Computers and Tax Procedure. Previous sanctioned strength of 80 each has been revised to 60 to B.A., 40 to B.Com Tax procedure and 40 to B.Com Computers and 30 for B.Sc. course.
Our vision
To develop the college into a multi-faceted educational institution that provides equitable and empowering quality education to the students in general and to those from the underprivileged sections of the society in particular for shaping them into intellectually competent and skilled, self reliant, morally upright and socially committed citizens.
Our Mision
To train all students through qualitative learning experiences for developing intellectual and practical capabilities, self-discipline, self-confidence, self reliance, compassion through a well designed curriculum that includes domain, general, global, extension and healthy practices.