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FACT SHEETS

  1. As per the latest UDISE+ report, India is home to 95,07,123 school teachers.
  2. 48,82,446 teachers in India are employed in government schools, while 35,40,647 teachers are employed in private schools.
  3. The Indian state to have the most number of teachers is Uttar Pradesh. The state is home to 15,07,828 school teachers.
  4. The least number of teachers is found in Lakshadweep, as the union territory has only 806 teachers.
  5. The female-male teacher divide in India sees 48.76 lakhs of female teachers and 46.30 lakhs of male teachers, with female teachers outnumbering their male counterparts.
  6. 73.04% of the total teachers in India teach in rural schools.
  7. In terms of student-teacher ratios, primary schools have a ratio of 26.16 students per teacher, secondary schools have 19.44, and higher secondary schools have 27.08, showing efforts to maintain manageable class sizes and quality education.
  8. The average salary of teachers in India is around Rs. 3,33,409 per year.
  9. The average salary of private school teachers is Rs. 1.2 lakhs in a year.

Considering the literacy ratio of India is 65.38% with male literacy at 75.85% and female literacy at 54.16% respectively. So, Of the 193 million children in the age group 6 to 14 years, 8.1 million children are out of school as of Sept 2004 as per Government statistics accordingly.

  1. The net primary enrolment ratio in 2001/02: 83 7%.
  2. Children reaching grade 5 in 2000/01: 59 8 %.
  3. According to the Ministry of Finance / Press Information Bureau Data:--
  4. Total Number of Primary Schools in India is 0.664 million in latest years.
  5. Total Number of Upper Primary Schools in India is 0.219 million.
  6. The Population in the age group of 6-14 years is 193 Million.
  7. Total Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools is 0.133 million and Enrollment is 30.5 million respectively.

According to the findings from the Survey, Social infrastructure like education is as important as physical infrastructure and not only for sustaining high growth but also for enhancing welfare merely. So, The root of poverty often lies in illiteracy actually. According to Census of India in latest years:--

  1. The State with the highest literacy rate in Kerala (89.8).
  2. The State with the lowest literacy rate in Bihar (38.5).
  3. The District with the highest literacy rate in Kottayam, Kerala (95.7).
  4. The District with lowest literacy rate in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (19.0).
  5. Additionally, the Facts on Education are as follows for statistics:--
  6. Basically, Less than half of India’s children between the age 6 and 14 go to school properly.
  7. Usually, A little over one-third of all children who enroll in grade one reach grade eight actually.
  8. So, At least 35 million children aged 6 – 14 years do not attend school properly.
  9. Total 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate genuinely.
  10. So, In India, only 53% of habitation has a primary school actually.
  11. So, In India, only 20% of habitation has a secondary schools.
  12. Also, On an average an upper primary school is 3 km away in 22% of areas under habitation.
  13. Additionally, In nearly 60% of schools, there are less than two teachers to teach Classes I to V are allotted.

Therefore, On an average, there are less than three teachers per primary school and they have to manage classes from I to V daily. Also, High cost of private education and need to work to support their families as such. So, little interest in studies are the reasons given by 3 in every four drop-outs as the reason they leave for genuinely.

Also, Dropout rates increase alarmingly in class III to V, its 50% for boys, 58% for girls mostly. So, 1 in 40, primary school in India is conducted in open spaces or tents conditions. Moreover, In Andhra Pradesh -South India, 52 upper primary schools were operating without a building, while in some years there were none actually. Also, In Maharashtra that is West India, there were 10 schools operating without a building in few years, this has climbed to 33 in recent years.

So, More than 50 per cent of girls fail to enroll in school, those that do are likely to drop out by the age of 12 mostly. Thus, 50% of Indian children aged 6-18 do not go to schools. So, government should take and ensure proper steps towards better Education for all.

Reference-
https://www.mhrd.gov.in/statistics-category-new/educational-statistics-glance

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