Lok Sabha Question No. 4053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Student-Teacher Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, JANAK RAM, GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4053 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## Student-Teacher Ratio

†4053. DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI JANAK RAM: SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the students-teacher ratio needs to be improved in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  thousands  of  posts  of  teachers  are  lying  vacant  in primary  schools  resulting  in  only  49.3  per  cent  schools  meeting  the  criteria  of student-teacher ratio and if so, the details of student-teacher ratio and class-student ratio in the country, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  Government  would  be  able  to  implement  Right  to  Education  Act effectively in this manner; and

(d)  if  so,  the  schemes/programmes  formulated/proposed  to  be  formulated  by  the Government for this purpose?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)  : The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 has been enacted for universalization of elementary education i.e for classes I to VIII across  the  country.  The  RTE  Act,  2009  in  its  Schedule  lays  down  Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools. At primary level the PTR should be 30:1 and at the upper primary level it should be 35:1. As per the  Unified District Information System For Education (UDISE) 2015-16

(Provisional),  the  PTR  at  national  level  for  primary  schools  is  23:1  and  upper primary schools is 1:17,  which is better than the norm laid down in the RTE Act, 2009.

(b): As  per  UDISE  2015-16  (provisional),  33.9%  of  elementary  Government schools  have  adverse  PTR.  The  State-wise  details  of  PTR  and  average  studentclassroom ratio at primary level are at Annexure.

(c) & (d): As reported by States and UTs, there are 17.51% posts of teachers lying vacant at elementary level . The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers are primarily in the domain of the State Governments and UT Administrations. However, the Central Government through the flagship programmes  of  Sarva  Shiksa  Abhiyan  (SSA)  at  elementary  level  and  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) at secondary level, provides assistance to the State Governments and UTs for additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling.

The Central Government has been consistently pursuing the matter of expeditious recruitment and redeployment of teachers and to implement norms of the RTE Act 2009 with the States and UTs at various fora.   Advisories to implement various norms of the RTE Act have also been issued to States and UTs from time to time.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4053 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017 ASKED BY DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL, SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM, SHRI JANAK RAM AND SHRI GOPAL SHETTY REGARDING 'STUDENT -TEACHER RATIO'.

|       |                           | All Schools                            | All Schools                      |
|-------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|       |                           | Pupil - Teacher Ratio at Primary level | Average Student- Classroom Ratio |
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 8                                      | 11                               |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh            | 21                                     | 20                               |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 12                                     | 10                               |
| 4     | Assam                     | 21                                     | 25                               |
| 5     | Bihar                     | 36                                     | 48                               |
| 6     | Chandigarh                | 13                                     | 25                               |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh              | 20                                     | 20                               |
| 8     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 17                                     | 20                               |
| 9     | Daman & Diu               | 26                                     | 30                               |
| 10    | Delhi                     | 24                                     | 33                               |
| 11    | Goa                       | 20                                     | 19                               |
| 12    | Gujarat                   | 19                                     | 19                               |
| 13    | Haryana                   | 20                                     | 20                               |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh          | 12                                     | 9                                |
| 15    | Jammu & Kashmir           | 9                                      | 10                               |
| 16    | Jharkhand                 | 27                                     | 19                               |
| 17    | Karnataka                 | 19                                     | 13                               |
| 18    | Kerala                    | 18                                     | 16                               |
| 19    | Lakshadweep               | 7                                      | 16                               |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh            | 20                                     | 17                               |
| 21    | Maharashtra               | 24                                     | 22                               |
| 22    | Manipur                   | 12                                     | 11                               |
| 23    | Meghalaya                 | 21                                     | 18                               |
| 24    | Mizoram                   | 14                                     | 12                               |
| 25    | Nagaland                  | 10                                     | 10                               |
| 26    | Odisha                    | 17                                     | 19                               |
| 27    | Puducherry                | 14                                     | 15                               |
| 28    | Punjab                    | 18                                     | 20                               |
| 29    | Rajasthan                 | 17                                     | 15                               |
| 30    | Sikkim                    | 5                                      | 6                                |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                | 18                                     | 19                               |
| 32    | Telangana                 | 23                                     | 19                               |
| 33    | Tripura                   | 10                                     | 12                               |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh             | 39                                     | 29                               |
| 35    | Uttarakhand               | 18                                     | 15                               |
| 36    | West Bengal               | 25                                     | 21                               |
| India |                           | 23                                     | 23                               |

Data for 2015-16 is provisional