Lok Sabha Question No. 133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Government Schools in the Country
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-133

ANSWERED ON 04/12/2023

## Government Schools in the Country

## 133. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of Government schools in the country at present having the facilities of computer, internet connection, library and playground;
- (b) the reasons for shutting down of Government Schools and also decline in student enrollment in the country during the last three years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) the percentage of Government schools facing shortage of teachers, during the said period;
- (d) the details of the vacant posts of teachers State-wise and year-wise; and
- (e) the details of the increase in the enrollment of students in private schools, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education  has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per data recorded  in  UDISE+,  percentage  of  Government  schools  in  the  country  having  the  facilities  of computer, internet connection, library and playground for the year 2021-22 are as under:
- (b):  As  per  data  recorded  in  UDISE+,  enrolment  in  Government  schools  for  the  last  three  years state-wise  are  at  Annexure  I.  As  per  UDISE+,  there  is  an  increase  in  enrollment  in  Government schools during the last three years.
- (c) and (d): The vacant posts of teachers State/UT-wise and year-wise for the last three years are at Annexure II. Percentage of shortage  of  teachers  during  the  2021-22,  2022-23,  and  2023-24 is as under.
- (e):  As per data recorded in UDISE+, enrollment of students in private schools for the last three years state-wise are at Annexure III.

| Facilities                       |   Computer |   Internet Connection |   Library |   Playground |
|----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|-----------|--------------|
| Number of Government schools     |   385424   |              247000   |  933163   |     742087   |
| Percentage of Government schools |       37.7 |                  24.2 |      91.3 |         72.6 |

| Head/Year   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Elementary  |     20.82 |     18    |     15.5  |
| Secondary   |     13.71 |     13.71 |     13.51 |
| Total       |     19.69 |     17.3  |     15.17 |

Source: PAB Minutes & AWP&Bs

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 133 ASKED BY  SHRIMATI POONAM  MAHAJAN,  HON'BLE  MP  ANSWERED  ON  04/12/2023, REGARDING 'GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY'

Enrolment in Government schools (Pre-primary to Higher Secondary) for the last three years state-wise

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     51905 | 49943     | 51168     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |   4042535 | 4627208   | 4696207   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |    213421 | 234914    | 233908    |
| 4         | Assam                    |   5031895 | 5097436   | 5277671   |
| 5         | Bihar                    |  19579263 | 20874968  | 21989445  |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |    152561 | 153489    | 165156    |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |   4000147 | 4042244   | 4262053   |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     61015 | 84162     | 91026     |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |     22139 |           |           |
| 10        | Delhi                    |   2409441 | 2542240   | 2796676   |
| 11        | Goa                      |     43547 | 42857     | 42932     |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |   5295130 | 5334822   | 5570875   |
| 13        | Haryana                  |   2131579 | 2232333   | 2602484   |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |    851783 | 847735    | 900749    |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |   1271045 | 1324301   | 1473368   |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |   4810045 | 4873009   | 5242868   |
| 17        | Karnataka                |   4906231 | 5031606   | 5445989   |
| 18        | Kerala                   |   1725686 | 1757209   | 1862020   |
| 19        | Ladakh                   |     27072 | 28744     | 29312     |
| 20        | Lakshadweep              |     12606 | 13114     | 13586     |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh           |   9119353 | 8904779   | 9429734   |
| 22        | Maharashtra              |   5646319 | 5594726   | 5853094   |
| 23        | Manipur                  |    199958 | 201758    | 216636    |
| 24        | Meghalaya                |    478070 | 482425    | 477232    |
| 25        | Mizoram                  |    127509 | 132230    | 143345    |
| 26        | Nagaland                 |    174882 | 171747    | 170219    |
| 27        | Odisha                   |   5514876 | 5213350   | 5255198   |
| 28        | Puducherry               |     83809 | 87867     | 97368     |
| 29        | Punjab                   |   2686786 | 2876825   | 3090436   |
| 30        | Rajasthan                |   8521720 | 8955632   | 9912280   |
| 31        | Sikkim                   |     89876 | 85980     | 84411     |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu               |   4593422 | 4775207   | 5314845   |
| 33        | Telangana                |   2837635 | 2896974   | 3303699   |
| 34        | Tripura                  |    562047 | 536724    | 542892    |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh            |  16857549 | 17576345  | 19056651  |
| 36        | Uttarakhand              |    941454 | 916631    | 980808    |
| 37        | West Bengal              |  15857323 | 16303026  | 16564139  |
| All India | All India                | 130931634 | 134904560 | 143240480 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) and (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  133  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  POONAM MAHAJAN, HON'BLE MP ANSWERED ON 04/12/2023, REGARDING 'GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY'

## Elementary level: Status of Teachers including Head Teachers

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2021-22    | 2021-22      | 2021-22   | 2022-23    | 2022-23      | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24      | 2023-24   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|--------------|-----------|------------|--------------|-----------|------------|--------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | Sanctioned | In- position | Vacant    | Sanctioned | In- position | Vacant    | Sanctioned | In- position | Vacant    |
| 1         | A &NIslands       | 3304       | 2464         | 840       | 3304       | 2266         | 1038      | 3084       | 2127         | 957       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 156895     | 118704       | 38191     | 156895     | 117887       | 39008     | 156894     | 124469       | 32425     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 14062      | 13570        | 492       | 14062      | 13570        | 492       | 14274      | 13782        | 492       |
| 4         | Assam             | 180373     | 167156       | 13217     | 180309     | 167092       | 13217     | 171483     | 158266       | 13217     |
| 5         | Bihar             | 592541     | 365299       | 227242    | 592541     | 405332       | 187209    | 592541     | 400444       | 192097    |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 4251       | 3443         | 808       | 5243       | 4318         | 925       | 4246       | 3322         | 924       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 230612     | 177433       | 53179     | 221067     | 182375       | 38692     | 168284     | 129988       | 38296     |
| 8         | DNH&DD            | 2500       | 2106         | 394       | 2429       | 1959         | 470       | 2442       | 1967         | 475       |
| 9         | Delhi             | 43550      | 39768        | 3782      | 46671      | 40788        | 5883      | 51308      | 46619        | 4689      |
| 10        | Goa               | 2034       | 2027         | 7         | 1731       | 1727         | 4         | 1739       | 1739         | 0         |
| 11        | Gujarat           | 244211     | 230941       | 13270     | 203136     | 183173       | 19963     | 204245     | 181524       | 22721     |
| 12        | Haryana           | 65608      | 60843        | 4765      | 65608      | 62511        | 3097      | 49686      | 46181        | 3505      |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 43612      | 42445        | 1167      | 43609      | 41821        | 1788      | 46164      | 41943        | 4221      |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 100647     | 84669        | 15978     | 97649      | 92635        | 5014      | 100647     | 94968        | 5679      |
| 15        | Jharkhand         | 186865     | 113026       | 73839     | 186865     | 112508       | 74357     | 186865     | 111139       | 75726     |
| 16        | Karnataka         | 182624     | 51586        | 131038    | 182624     | 153964       | 28660     | 180597     | 155832       | 24765     |
| 17        | Kerala            | 31506      | 30135        | 1371      | 31506      | 29488        | 2018      | 30020      | 30020        | 0         |
| 18        | Ladakh            | 4600       | 4385         | 215       | 4614       | 4135         | 479       | 3877       | 3379         | 498       |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       | 440        | 394          | 46        | 440        | 410          | 30        | 438        | 354          | 84        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    | 363099     | 288744       | 74355     | 363099     | 293432       | 69667     | 321134     | 268740       | 52394     |
| 21        | Maharashtra       | 288639     | 279773       | 8866      | 295026     | 276822       | 18204     | 256644     | 256644       | 0         |
| 22        | Manipur           | 14913      | 14567        | 346       | 14913      | 14567        | 346       | 15363      | 15017        | 346       |
| 23        | Meghalaya         | 19402      | 19402        | 0         | 19437      | 19437        | 0         | 19402      | 19402        | 0         |
| 24        | Mizoram           | 8919       | 8919         | 0         | 8560       | 5987         | 2573      | 8929       | 8527         | 402       |
| 25        | Nagaland          | 16872      | 16872        | 0         | 16066      | 16066        | 0         | 15761      | 15761        | 0         |
| 26        | Odisha            | 229006     | 229006       | 0         | 229006     | 229006       | 0         | 229006     | 229006       | 0         |
| 27        | Puducherry        | 3625       | 1945         | 1680      | 3625       | 2676         | 949       | 2933       | 2790         | 155       |
| 28        | Punjab            | 92084      | 91955        | 129       | 92084      | 91955        | 129       | 92084      | 91912        | 172       |
| 29        | Rajasthan         | 299327     | 275884       | 23443     | 299327     | 273991       | 25336     | 299387     | 275460       | 23927     |
| 30        | Sikkim            | 3628       | 3628         | 0         | 2968       | 2968         | 0         | 4085       | 4055         | 30        |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        | 145016     | 139182       | 5834      | 144968     | 143215       | 1753      | -          | -            | -         |
| 32        | Telangana         | 107821     | 97164        | 10657     | 97710      | 86362        | 11348     | 107065     | 95428        | 11637     |
| 33        | Tripura           | 29494      | 21981        | 7513      | 29494      | 21761        | 7733      | 30100      | 24460        | 5640      |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     | 719399     | 453594       | 265805    | 719399     | 453594       | 265805    | 723876     | 580312       | 143564    |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       | 38054      | 30928        | 7126      | 46053      | 35120        | 10933     | 44610      | 34400        | 10210     |
| 36        | West Bengal       | 511600     | 459924       | 51676     | 532568     | 477668       | 54900     | 520317     | 467140       | 53137     |
| Total     | Total             | 4981133    | 3943862      | 1037271   | 4954606    | 4062586      | 892020    | 4659530    | 3937117      | 722385    |

Source: PAB Minutes & AWP&Bs

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) and (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  133  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  POONAM  MAHAJAN, HON'BLE MP ANSWERED ON 04/12/2023, REGARDING 'GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY'

## Secondary level: Status of Teachers including Head Teachers

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2021-22              | 2021-22      | 2021-22   | 2022-23    | 2022-23      | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24      | 2023-24   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|--------------|-----------|------------|--------------|-----------|------------|--------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | Sanctioned           | In- position | Vacant    | Sanctioned | In- position | Vacant    | Sanctioned | In- position | Vacant    |
| 1         | A &NIslands       | 400                  | 261          | 139       | 620        | 406          | 214       | 620        | 376          | 244       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 94491                | 83087        | 11404     | 94284      | 82300        | 11984     | 93003      | 86656        | 6347      |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 3941                 | 3941         | 0         | 2826       | 2762         | 64        | 2826       | 2762         | 64        |
| 4         | Assam             | 68168                | 66709        | 1459      | 74147      | 73769        | 378       | 48923      | 48439        | 484       |
| 5         | Bihar             | 48289                | 24033        | 24256     | 57238      | 29279        | 27959     | 57238      | 24309        | 32929     |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 1025                 | 751          | 274       | 2500       | 2085         | 415       | 1022       | 739          | 283       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 21186                | 15776        | 5410      | 21076      | 15596        | 5480      | 11658      | 8687         | 2971      |
| 8         | DNH&DD            | 563                  | 539          | 24        | 624        | 476          | 148       | 624        | 543          | 81        |
| 9         | Delhi             | 14660                | 13487        | 1173      | 14889      | 13245        | 1644      | 14994      | 14617        | 377       |
| 10        | Goa               | 689                  | 494          | 195       | 662        | 446          | 216       | 510        | 317          | 193       |
| 11        | Gujarat           | 6529                 | 5327         | 1202      | 6855       | 4897         | 1958      | 4892       | 3865         | 1027      |
| 12        | Haryana           | 15898                | 13729        | 2169      | 15856      | 14354        | 1502      | 8604       | 7654         | 950       |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 14949                | 14363        | 586       | 15159      | 14686        | 473       | 15137      | 13634        | 1503      |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 23275                | 16756        | 6519      | 19895      | 14901        | 4994      | 19895      | 14901        | 4994      |
| 15        | Jharkhand         | 25599                | 11117        | 14482     | 26788      | 11117        | 15671     | 32840      | 11123        | 21717     |
| 16        | Karnataka         | 48939                | 42014        | 6925      | 49403      | 42014        | 7389      | 49265      | 42014        | 7251      |
| 17        | Kerala            | 20637                | 20193        | 444       | 20748      | 20082        | 666       | 20104      | 20104        | 0         |
| 18        | Ladakh            | 1017                 | 769          | 248       | 1288       | 1152         | 136       | 919        | 831          | 88        |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       | 251                  | 216          | 35        | 145        | 136          | 9         | 214        | 171          | 43        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    | 67142                | 54822        | 12320     | 69021      | 56758        | 12263     | 98177      | 83032        | 15145     |
| 21        | Maharashtra       | 11202                | 8663         | 2539      | 2261       | 2261         | 0         | 22237      | 22237        | 0         |
| 22        | Manipur           | 4937                 | 2843         | 2094      | 6224       | 4327         | 1897      | 5132       | 3117         | 2015      |
| 23        | Meghalaya         | 1008                 | 932          | 76        | 1075       | 1075         | 0         | 1152       | 1152         | 0         |
| 24        | Mizoram           | 2100                 | 2100         | 0         | 2017       | 1523         | 494       | 2246       | 1935         | 311       |
| 25        | Nagaland          | 2233                 | 2150         | 83        | 2776       | 2776         | 0         | 2327       | 2327         | 0         |
| 26        | Odisha            | 37713                | 34099        | 3614      | 50568      | 35565        | 15003     | 50568      | 50568        | 0         |
| 27        | Puducherry        | 980                  | 573          | 407       | 987        | 533          | 454       | 720        | 590          | 130       |
| 28        | Punjab            | 32512                | 32029        | 483       | 35037      | 34420        | 617       | 33121      | 31946        | 1175      |
| 29        | Rajasthan         | 79416                | 75974        | 3442      | 79689      | 76711        | 2978      | 94004      | 91551        | 2453      |
| 30        | Sikkim            | 1696                 | 1696         | 0         | 934        | 934          | 0         | 1070       | 1070         | 0         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        | 66061                | 63857        | 2204      | 66046      | 65929        | 117       | -          | -            | -         |
| 32        | Telangana         | 30688                | 28410        | 2278      | 30440      | 25666        | 4774      | 30851      | 28045        | 2806      |
| 33        | Tripura           | 6747                 | 5283         | 1464      | 6863       | 6191         | 672       | 6822       | 6097         | 725       |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9417                 | 3665         | 5752      | 15993      | 9785         | 6208      | 20763      | 13271        | 7492      |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       | 12855                | 3355         | 9500      | 21567      | 16668        | 4899      | 19709      | 16623        | 3086      |
| 36        | West Bengal       | 166070               | 159932       | 6138      | 150434     | 149520       | 914       | 147888     | 140503       | 7378      |
| Total     | Total             | 943283 813945 129338 |              |           | 966935     | 834345       | 132590    | 920075     | 795806       | 124262    |

Source: PAB Minutes & AWP&Bs

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 133 ASKED BY  SHRIMATI POONAM  MAHAJAN,  HON'BLE  MP  ANSWERED  ON  04/12/2023, REGARDING 'GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY'

## Enrollment in private schools (Pre-primary to Higher Secondary) for the last three years state-wise

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |     23076 |     22089 |     20802 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |   4007299 |   3505297 |   3321792 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |    111958 |     88144 |     94940 |
| 4         | Assam                    |   1640289 |   1647409 |   1595135 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |   3350418 |   3389583 |   3306257 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |     94069 |     91576 |     88519 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |   1932268 |   1824071 |   1643600 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     26068 |     37376 |     35223 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |     15575 |     37376 |     35223 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |   1908759 |   1781795 |   1624522 |
| 11        | Goa                      |     43585 |     40382 |     39113 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |   4708909 |   4376834 |   4155768 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |   3711339 |   3440885 |   3301867 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |    630841 |    579342 |    536204 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |   1260284 |   1240551 |   1235033 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |   1366963 |   1355868 |   1307487 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |   5685875 |   5317640 |   5153185 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |   1821731 |   1735940 |   1624221 |
| 19        | Ladakh                   |     29135 |     29691 |     29758 |
| 20        | Lakshadweep              |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh           |   7288066 |   7094440 |   6523496 |
| 22        | Maharashtra              |   6663311 |   6537755 |   6392405 |
| 23        | Manipur                  |    462744 |    461572 |    430166 |
| 24        | Meghalaya                |    263365 |    263613 |    265667 |
| 25        | Mizoram                  |    152137 |    142674 |    137212 |
| 26        | Nagaland                 |    286077 |    278271 |    273491 |
| 27        | Odisha                   |   1494954 |   1627444 |   1361051 |
| 28        | Puducherry               |    160188 |    150076 |    133980 |
| 29        | Punjab                   |   3345863 |   3235701 |   2864397 |
| 30        | Rajasthan                |   9242216 |   8732616 |   7584938 |
| 31        | Sikkim                   |     48833 |     47612 |     47581 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu               |   6415398 |   5909228 |   5229947 |
| 33        | Telangana                |   3984609 |   3964350 |   3514338 |
| 34        | Tripura                  |    129352 |    126502 |    129032 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh            |  22069303 |  22056925 |  21095448 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand              |   1298229 |   1282798 |   1238714 |
| 37        | West Bengal              |   2536216 |   2741032 |   1936027 |
| All India | All India                |  98209302 |  95157082 |  88271316 |