Lok Sabha Question No. 179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Single Teacher Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## Single Teacher Schools

## †179. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY :

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

(a)  whether  there  are  more  than  1  lakh  Government  primary  and  secondary  schools  in  the country having only one teacher and if so, the details of such schools, State-wise;

(b)  the  scheme  being  formulated  by  the  Government  to  supplement  the  State's  efforts particularly in relation to such schools; and

(c) whether any specific scheme is likely to be implemented to ensure the student-teacher ratio in such schools adequately and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

( a):  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  of  Education  (UDISE),  2016-17  (Provisional), there are 92275 single-teacher Government schools at both elementary level and secondary level. State/UT-wise details of such schools are at Annexure .

(b)  &  (c):  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  norm  is  30:1  and  at  the  upper primary level it is 35:1. As per the Unified District Information System For Education (UDISE) 2015-16, the PTR at national level for primary schools is 23:1, for upper primary schools is 17:1 and for Secondary level is 27:1. However, the recruitment, service conditions and redeployment of teachers are primarily in the domain of respective State Governments and Union Territories (UT) Administrations. The Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha  provides  assistance  to  State  Governments/UTs  for  additional  teachers  to  maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher  Ratio  as per the requirements  of the States/UTs. The  Central Government has been consistently pursuing the matter of expeditious recruitment and redeployment of teachers with the States and UTs at various fora. Advisories on this issue have also been issued to States and UTs from time to time. The steps taken by the Central Government to improve teachers' performance include, inter alia, regular in-service teachers' training, induction training  for  newly  recruited  teachers,  academic  support  for  teachers  and  monitoring  teachers' attendance through School Management Committees/School Management Development Committees/Block Resource Centres/Clusters Resource Centres. States and UTs  are also encouraged to use digital technology like installation of Bio-metric attendance system in schools.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  †179  ASKED  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 04.02.2019 REGARDING SINGLE TEACHER SCHOOLS

| Sl. No.   | State                    |   Single Teacher Total number of single teacher schools |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                                       0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           |                                                    7483 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                    1077 |
| 4.        | Assam                    |                                                    4624 |
| 5.        | Bihar                    |                                                    3483 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh               |                                                       0 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             |                                                    2810 |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                                       0 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu               |                                                       3 |
| 10.       | Delhi                    |                                                       5 |
| 11.       | Goa                      |                                                     292 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  |                                                     985 |
| 13.       | Haryana                  |                                                     879 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                    1214 |
| 15.       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                                    1758 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                |                                                    7564 |
| 17.       | Karnataka                |                                                    4767 |
| 18.       | Kerala                   |                                                     294 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep              |                                                       0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                                   18307 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              |                                                    2784 |
| 22.       | Manipur                  |                                                     340 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                |                                                     217 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  |                                                      66 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 |                                                      31 |
| 26.       | Odisha                   |                                                    1218 |
| 27.       | Puducherry               |                                                       0 |
| 28.       | Punjab                   |                                                     899 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                |                                                   12052 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   |                                                       1 |
| 31.       | Tamil nadu               |                                                     829 |
| 32.       | Telangana                |                                                    4587 |
| 33.       | Tripura                  |                                                       0 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                                    8092 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand              |                                                    1858 |
| 36.       | West Bengal              |                                                    3756 |
|           | INDIA                    |                                                   92275 |

Source UDISE 2016-17 (Provisional)