A management apparatus for managing a plurality of controllers in a communication system, in which communication apparatuses belonging to a network are grouped into a plurality of groups, the plurality of controllers respectively corresponding to the plurality of groups are arranged, and each controller controls communication apparatuses of a corresponding group, is provided. The management apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine failure states of the plurality of controllers, a selection unit configured to select, based on load values indicating load states of the plurality of controllers, at least one handover controller to which control of communication apparatuses of a group corresponding to a controller in the failure state will be handed over, and a notification unit configured to notify that the control of the communication apparatuses of the group corresponding to the controller in the failure state will be handed over to the handover destination controller.