Lok Sabha Question No. 2475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Student Teacher Ratio in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dinesh Lal "Nirahua" Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2475 ANSWERED ON- 18/12/2023

## Student Teacher Ratio in Schools

## †2475. SHRI DINESH LAL YADAV 'NIRAHUA':

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is disparity in school education among different States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and also the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has defined any standard for student-teacher ratio in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the details of student-teacher ratio in the country, Statewise; and

(e) the schemes being implemented by the Government to remove the persisting disparity in different States of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b):    Education is in the Concurrent list of Constitution and most of the schools come under jurisdiction of concerned States and UTs. State and UT Governments are the appropriate Governments under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. Therefore, regulation, maintenance and supervision of school come under the purview of the respective State and Union Territory (UT) Government in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective State RTE Rules.

The  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  developed  by  Department  of  School  Education  & Literacy (DoSEL) aims to assess the relative performance of all the State/UTs in a uniform scale to encourage State/UTs to perform better. The PGI-State has been conceptualized as a tool to catalyse transformational change in the field of school education and introduced from 2018-19.   The PGI- State motivate States and UTs to adopt best practices followed by the top performing State and it has 6 domains with seventy (73) indicators carrying a score of 1000. The  six  domains  on  which  states  are  assessed  (i)  Learning  Outcomes  (ii)  Access  (iii) Infrastructure & Facilities (iv) Equity (v) Governance Process and (vi) Teachers Education and Training. Scores obtained by States/ UT's are then classified into ten grades: Daksh, Utkarsh,

Atti-Uttam, Uttam, Prachesta -1, Prachesta -2, Prachesta -3, Akanshi-1, Akanshi-2, Akanshi3. The score wise details is available at:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/statistics-new/pgi-s.pdf

(c) & (d):  As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  norms  for  primary  and  upper  primary  level  are  30:1  and  35:1 respectively. The PTR at national level for Government primary schools is 28:1, for upper primary schools is 24:1, for elementary school is 26:1, for secondary school is 19:1 and for Higher Secondary School is 27:1 as per UDISE 2021-22. The state-wise detail of Pupil-Teacher ratio is placed at Annexure .

(e): The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  has  been  aligned  with  the recommendation of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. In pursuance of the  goals and objectives of the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), several initiatives have been launched in School Education under Samagra Shiksha viz. National Initiative for Proficiency in  Reading  with  Understanding  and  Numeracy  (NIPUN  Bharat)  for  ensuring  foundational literacy  and  numeracy  by  the  end  of  Grade  3;  Vidya-Pravesh-Guidelines  for  Three-month Play-based School Preparation Module; Indian Sign Language as a Subject at secondary level by National Institute of Open Schooling; National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic  Advancement  (NISHTHA)  extended  to  cover  teachers  at  all  levels  of  schooling including training of master trainers for ECCE; Vidya Sameeksha Kendra (VSK) launched on 06.09.2020.  So  far,  11  States  namely  -  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Delhi,  Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh - have set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra; ICT and Digital initiatives component of centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha covers Government and Aided schools having classes VI to XII. Under this component financial assistance is provided for establishing ICT Lab and Smart Classrooms in schools; National Digital Educational Architecture (NDEAR) has 1500+ Micro courses, 5 billion+ Learning sessions, 12 billion+ QR codes, 20K+ ecosystem participants, 15K+ Micro improvements ongoing across the various linked building blocks.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP SHRI DINESH LAL YADAV 'NIRAHUA' REGARDING 'STUDENT TEACHER RATIO IN SCHOOLS'.

State-wise Student Teacher Ratio - 2021-22

| State/UTS                       | Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government (2021-22)   | Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government (2021-22)   | Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government (2021-22)   | Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government (2021-22)   | Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government (2021-22)   |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| State/UTS                       | Primary                                      | Upper Primary                                | Elementary                                   | Secondary                                    | Higher Secondary                             |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands        | 10                                           | 11                                           | 10                                           | 7                                            | 14                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 24                                           | 17                                           | 21                                           | 11                                           | 26                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 11                                           | 10                                           | 11                                           | 12                                           | 22                                           |
| Assam                           | 23                                           | 18                                           | 21                                           | 12                                           | 23                                           |
| Bihar                           | 60                                           | 31                                           | 46                                           | 73                                           | 75                                           |
| Chandigarh                      | 36                                           | 19                                           | 26                                           | 14                                           | 39                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 23                                           | 23                                           | 23                                           | 17                                           | 18                                           |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu | 33                                           | 34                                           | 33                                           | 22                                           | 31                                           |
| Delhi                           | 40                                           | 39                                           | 40                                           | 30                                           | 24                                           |
| Goa                             | 15                                           | 12                                           | 14                                           | 7                                            | 19                                           |
| Gujarat                         | 30                                           | 26                                           | 29                                           | 32                                           | 27                                           |
| Haryana                         | 32                                           | 25                                           | 29                                           | 13                                           | 15                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 15                                           | 11                                           | 13                                           | 6                                            | 11                                           |
| Jammu &Kashmir                  | 13                                           | 9                                            | 11                                           | 14                                           | 34                                           |
| Jharkhand                       | 33                                           | 38                                           | 34                                           | 46                                           | 76                                           |
| Karnataka                       | 20                                           | 16                                           | 18                                           | 19                                           | 41                                           |
| Kerala                          | 26                                           | 29                                           | 27                                           | 17                                           | 23                                           |
| Ladakh                          | 5                                            | 3                                            | 4                                            | 5                                            | 13                                           |
| Lakshadweep                     | 17                                           | 16                                           | 17                                           | 9                                            | 13                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 25                                           | 34                                           | 27                                           | 31                                           | 40                                           |
| Maharashtra                     | 22                                           | 25                                           | 23                                           | 24                                           | 31                                           |
| Manipur                         | 10                                           | 12                                           | 10                                           | 7                                            | 12                                           |
| Meghalaya                       | 20                                           | 13                                           | 17                                           | 11                                           | 21                                           |
| Mizoram                         | 14                                           | 7                                            | 11                                           | 9                                            | 15                                           |
| Nagaland                        | 7                                            | 5                                            | 6                                            | 8                                            | 14                                           |
| Odisha                          | 19                                           | 19                                           | 19                                           | 23                                           | 42                                           |
| Puducherry                      | 19                                           | 15                                           | 17                                           | 9                                            | 21                                           |
| Punjab                          | 25                                           | 24                                           | 24                                           | 11                                           | 24                                           |
| Rajasthan                       | 26                                           | 16                                           | 21                                           | 14                                           | 22                                           |
| Sikkim                          | 5                                            | 9                                            | 6                                            | 9                                            | 12                                           |
| Tamilnadu                       | 25                                           | 18                                           | 22                                           | 14                                           | 25                                           |
| Telangana                       | 25                                           | 16                                           | 20                                           | 10                                           | 31                                           |
| Tripura                         | 19                                           | 22                                           | 20                                           | 15                                           | 16                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 29                                           | 33                                           | 30                                           | 23                                           | 36                                           |
| Uttarakhand                     | 18                                           | 18                                           | 18                                           | 10                                           | 15                                           |
| West Bengal                     | 29                                           | 35                                           | 31                                           | 19                                           | 30                                           |
| INDIA                           | 28                                           | 24                                           | 26                                           | 19                                           | 27                                           |

Source: UDISE+ 2021-22