The Ministry of Human Resource Development, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha, presented figures regarding school system in India. The data presented were based on the provisional figures of the Unified District Information System of Education (UDISE), 2016-17.
Key Findings
As many as 92,275 elementary and secondary schools in India are running with a single teacher.
Under UDISE, the pupil-teacher ratio at national level should be 23:1 for primary, 17:1 for upper primary, and 27:1 for secondary schools.
Madhya Pradesh (18,307) and Rajasthan (12,052) have the highest number of single-teacher schools, together accounting for nearly one-third of the total of 92,275.
Uttar Pradesh (8,092), Jharkhand (7,564) and Andhra Pradesh (7,483) lies at 3rd, 4th and 5th place in this regard.
Delhi has 5 schools running with a single teacher.
There are no such schools in Odisha, Tripura and four Union Territories — Chandigarh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagra Haveli, Lakshadweep.
Sikkim has 1 single-teacher school while Daman & Diu has 3. Other states with less than 100 are Nagaland (31) and Mizoram (66).
About UDISE:
UDISE is a database about schools in India, which was developed at the National University for Educational Planning and Administration.
It records information such as the level of dropouts, the condition of school toilets etc.
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