Lok Sabha Question No. 1070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Student-Teacher Ratio
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1070 ANSWERED ON- 10/2/2025

## Student-Teacher Ratio

1070. Smt. Mala Roy:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of student-teacher ratio in the country as on 31.12.2024; and

(b) the details of student-teacher ratio in Government school as on 31.12.2024, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (b):    The  Student-Teacher  Ratio  or  PTR  (Pupil-Teacher  Ratio)  at  national  level  for Government schools at Foundational (Anganwadi/pre-school/Balvatika + Class 1 & 2) is 9:1, for Preparatory (Class 3 to 5) is 14:1, for Middle (Class 6 to 8) is 21:1 and for Secondary (Class 9 to 12)  is  20:1  as  per  UDISE+  2023-24.  The  state-wise  detail  of  Pupil-Teacher  ratio  is  placed  at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1070  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  10.02.2025  ASKED  BY HONB'LE MP, SMT. MALA ROY REGARDING 'STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO'.

Pupil Teacher Ratio - Government Schools

| India/State/UT                           |   Foundational |   Preparatory |   Middle |   Secondary |
|------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------|----------|-------------|
| India                                    |              9 |            14 |       21 |          20 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |              6 |             6 |        8 |           9 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |              7 |            12 |       14 |          11 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |              5 |             4 |        7 |          13 |
| Assam                                    |             10 |            13 |       17 |          15 |
| Bihar                                    |              9 |            24 |       24 |          43 |
| Chandigarh                               |             15 |            21 |       17 |          17 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |              9 |            13 |       18 |          21 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |             15 |            21 |       33 |          24 |
| Delhi                                    |             15 |            23 |       32 |          19 |
| Goa                                      |              8 |             8 |        9 |           8 |
| Gujarat                                  |             12 |            18 |       24 |          25 |
| Haryana                                  |              9 |            18 |       24 |          16 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |              8 |             9 |        9 |           8 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        |              9 |             7 |        8 |          17 |
| Jharkhand                                |             13 |            19 |       35 |          46 |
| Karnataka                                |              7 |            12 |       16 |          21 |
| Kerala                                   |             12 |            13 |       25 |          19 |
| Ladakh                                   |              3 |             2 |        2 |           6 |
| Lakshadweep                              |              8 |             8 |       12 |           9 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |              8 |            13 |       30 |          31 |
| Maharashtra                              |              9 |            12 |       23 |          25 |
| Manipur                                  |              6 |             5 |        9 |           9 |
| Meghalaya                                |             15 |            10 |       10 |          11 |
| Mizoram                                  |              9 |             6 |        5 |           9 |
| Nagaland                                 |              5 |             3 |        5 |           8 |
| Odisha                                   |              7 |            12 |       18 |          18 |
| Puducherry                               |              9 |            10 |       13 |          13 |
| Punjab                                   |             15 |            13 |       17 |          13 |
| Rajasthan                                |              6 |            11 |       12 |          17 |
| Sikkim                                   |              2 |             3 |        5 |           7 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |              8 |            14 |       19 |          16 |
| Telangana                                |              6 |            11 |       13 |          11 |
| Tripura                                  |              7 |            12 |       16 |          14 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |              8 |            15 |       28 |          29 |
| Uttarakhand                              |              6 |            10 |       15 |          10 |
| West Bengal                              |             14 |            16 |       31 |          30 |

*Source: UDISE+ 2023-24