Lok Sabha Question No. 719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Pupil Teacher Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA, ANOOP MISHRA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 719 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Pupil Teacher Ratio

## 719.  SHRI G.M.SIDDESHWARA: SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

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

- (a) whether the Pupil - Teacher Ratio in schools has been reduced to 30:1 in all schools in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of schools which have maintained the Pupil-Teacher Ratio and physical infrastructure  in  schools  as  mandated  under  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory Education (RTE) Act;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target to achieve the said goals, as mandated in the Act; and
- (d) if so, the details of progress made in this regard?

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

(a)& (b): 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 and upper primary schools is 17:1. As per UDISE 201516, overall 66.1% of government schools in the country have PTR as per RTE norms.

The Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 norms provide for an allweather building consisting of, inter alia, at least one classroom for every teacher and an office-cumstore-cum-Head  teacher's  room,  barrier  free  access,  separate  toilets  for  boys  and  girls,  safe  and adequate  drinking  water  facility  to  all  children  and  playground.  The  details  of  the  infrastructure compliant schools in the country are follows:

| RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   | RTE compliance with facilities (Government)Elementary Level   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                               | Schools                                                       | Girls Toilet                                                  | Boys Toilet                                                   | Drinking water                                                | RAMP                                                          | Boundary wall                                                 | Playground                                                    | Library                                                       |
| Total                                                         | 1072742                                                       | 1037815                                                       | 1059763                                                       | 1040167                                                       | 755182                                                        | 636045                                                        | 602253                                                        | 916778                                                        |

(c)  &  (d) : The  Central  Government  has  launched  an  Integrated  scheme  for  School  Education  Samagra Shiksa, from 2018-19 which subsumes the erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes of Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan,  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher  Education Scheme(TE).  The scheme has provision for providing assistance to the State and UTs for additional teachers to maintain PTR,  infrastructural strengthening of schools including additional classrooms, toilets, drinking water facilities, ramp, boundary wall and library as per norms of the scheme.  The Central Government has also issued advisories to the States & UTs for redeployment of teachers to ensure that appropriate PTR is maintained as per norms in all the schools.

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