Lok Sabha Question No. 1314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Teacher Student Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VASANTHI M., DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Teacher Student Ratio

## 1314. SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a)  whether the Government has fixed any target for student-teacher ratio as 30:1 in primary schools across the country including Rajasthan under the Right to Education and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the Government is aware of the fact that the said ratio has been decreased in the schools  including  kendriya  vidyalayas  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  of  action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government along with the allocation of funds and appointment of teachers, State/UT-wise;
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether any timeframe for providing basic amenities like separate toilets for boys and girls, drinking water, playgrounds, library, computers and internet in all the schools of Rajasthan including Jalaur-Sirohi districts has been fixed; and
- (e)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  provides norms  and  standards  for  student  teacher  ratio  across  the  country  including  Rajasthan  in  its schedule as per which for classes I to V upto 60 students, 2 teachers are to be provided; between 61 to 90 students, 3 teachers are to be provided; between 91-to 120 students, 4 teachers are to be provided; between 121 to 200 students, 5 teachers to be provided; above 150 students, 5 teachers plus 1 Head teacher are to be provided and above 200 children, Pupil Teacher Ratio (excluding the Head teacher) should not exceed forty.

- (b) & (c): As  on  date,  there  are  5165738  teacher  posts  sanctioned  under  State  and  Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  out  of  which  4331746  teacher  posts  are  filled  up  and  833992  teacher

posts are vacant. As a whole, there are 35.61% of schools with adverse PTR and 9.73% of single teacher  schools  in  the  country.  The  Pupil  Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  for  all  Schools  is  26:1,  for Government  Schools  it is 26:1 and for aided schools it is 23:1 in 2013-14. The State-wise details of teachers appointment and allocation of funds under SSA are at Annexure- I & Annexure- II , respectively.  The State/UT Governments have been clearly instructed to ensure rationalization/redeployment of teachers  to  maintain  the  PTR  norms  and  to  have  rural-urban  balance  in  teacher recruitment. Under Kendriya Vidyalayas, the overall PTR as on 1.04.2015 is 26:1.

(d) & (e): Section 25 (1) of RTE Act, 2009 indicates that within six months from the date of commencement of the Act, the appropriate Government and the local authority shall ensure that the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), as specified in the Schedule, is maintained in each school. For all other  basic  amenities,  schools  were  to  meet  the  norms  and  standards  laid  down  in  the  Act  by March, 2015.

Under  Swachh  Vidhyalaya  initiative  which  aimed  to  provide  separate  toilet  blocks  for girls  and  boys in  each  school,  4,17,796  toilets  were added to 2,61,400 Government elementary and secondary schools during the period 15.8.2014 to 15.8.2015 including construction of 12,083 toilets in 6,666 schools in the State of Rajasthan.

The  details  of  basic  amenities  in  Government  schools  of  Rajasthan  including  JalaurSirohi districts are as under:

|                         | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   | Percentage Govt. Schools with RTE Compliant facilities as per UDISE 2013-14   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts               | Girls Toilets*                                                                | Boys Toilets*                                                                 | Drinking Water                                                                | Play ground                                                                   | Library                                                                       | Computer                                                                      | Internet Connection                                                           |
| Jalaur                  | 100.00                                                                        | 100.00                                                                        | 94.63                                                                         | 42.02                                                                         | 45.59                                                                         | 12.63                                                                         | NA                                                                            |
| Sirohi                  | 100.00                                                                        | 100.00                                                                        | 94.38                                                                         | 31.37                                                                         | 52.64                                                                         | 26.19                                                                         | NA                                                                            |
| Rajasthan (State Level) | 100.00                                                                        | 100.00                                                                        | 95.03                                                                         | 39.21                                                                         | 60.04                                                                         | 13.40                                                                         | NA                                                                            |

* Toilets at 100% following completion of Swachh Vidhyalaya initiative 2015.

## ANNEXURE- I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE 1314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRIMATI VASANTHI M. AND SHRI DEVJI REGARDING 'TEACHER STUDENT RATIO'.

Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies) under State & SSA  as on 30 th August,2

| S.No.   |                         | Sanctioned Post   | Sanctioned Post   | Sanctioned Post   | Working   | Working   | Working   | Vacanc   | Vacanc    |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| S.No.   | State/UT                | By State          | Under SSA         | Total             | By State  | Under SSA | Total     | By State | Under SSA |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 3557              | 206               | 3763              | 3311      | 157       | 3468      | 246      | 49        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh          | 122926            | 24213             | 147139            | 105798    | 24213     | 130011    | 17128    | 0         |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 6163              | 7340              | 13503             | 6163      | 6561      | 12724     | 0        | 779       |
| 4       | Assam                   | 156005            | 45686             | 201691            | 132608    | 34510     | 167118    | 23397    | 11176     |
| 5       | Bihar                   | 190497            | 402042            | 592539            | 122524    | 284699    | 407223    | 67973    | 11734     |
| 6       | Chandigarh              | 3950              | 1390              | 5340              | 2016      | 1160      | 3176      | 1934     | 230       |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh            | 189019            | 52946             | 241965            | 159463    | 51577     | 211040    | 29556    | 1369      |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 858               | 946               | 1804              | 814       | 692       | 1506      | 44       | 254       |
| 9       | Daman &Diu              | 483               | 118               | 601               | 483       | 59        | 542       | 0        | 59        |
| 10      | Delhi                   | 48549             | 6541              | 55090             | 36620     | 3059      | 39679     | 11929    | 3482      |
| 11      | Goa                     | 5510              | 179               | 5689              | 5510      | 179       | 5689      | 0        | 0         |
| 12      | Gujarat                 | 172032            | 53688             | 225720            | 172032    | 43751     | 215783    | 0        | 9937      |
| 13      | Haryana                 | 56655             | 13435             | 70090             | 46653     | 11614     | 58267     | 10002    | 1821      |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh        | 44022             | 5556              | 49578             | 42413     | 5556      | 47969     | 1609     | 0         |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir          | 48396             | 43471             | 91867             | 43592     | 41509     | 85101     | 4804     | 1962      |
| 16      | Jharkhand               | 69522             | 122678            | 192200            | 34052     | 78554     | 112606    | 35470    | 44124     |

| S.No.   | State/UT       | Sanctioned Post   | Sanctioned Post   | Sanctioned Post   | Working   | Working   | Working   | Vacanci   | Vacanci   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S.No.   | State/UT       | By State          | Under SSA         | Total             | By State  | Under SSA | Total     | By State  | Under SSA |
| 17      | Karnataka      | 204035            | 29057             | 233092            | 189332    | 24274     | 213606    | 14703     | 4783      |
| 18      | Kerala         | 123457            | 2925              | 126382            | 123457    | 1825      | 125282    | 0         | 1100      |
| 19      | Lakshadweep    | 699               | 40                | 739               | 659       | 32        | 691       | 40        | 8         |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh | 184171            | 178928            | 363099            | 176043    | 144372    | 320415    | 8128      | 34556     |
| 21      | Maharashtra    | 286696            | 15387             | 302083            | 280456    | 15387     | 295843    | 6240      | 0         |
| 22      | Manipur        | 15591             | 3235              | 18826             | 15591     | 2871      | 18462     | 0         | 364       |
| 23      | Meghalaya      | 9215              | 13370             | 22585             | 9215      | 12481     | 21696     | 0         | 889       |
| 24      | Mizoram        | 10280             | 2228              | 12508             | 9371      | 2193      | 11564     | 909       | 35        |
| 25      | Nagaland       | 13504             | 3464              | 16968             | 13504     | 3147      | 16651     | 0         | 317       |
| 26      | Odisha         | 136669            | 92337             | 229006            | 133303    | 92337     | 225640    | 3366      | 0         |
| 27      | Puducherry     | 3876              | 30                | 3906              | 3148      | 12        | 3160      | 728       | 18        |
| 28      | Punjab         | 81423             | 14090             | 95513             | 63437     | 10661     | 74098     | 17986     | 3429      |
| 29      | Rajasthan      | 156392            | 122024            | 278416            | 155540    | 98677     | 254217    | 852       | 23347     |
| 30      | Sikkim         | 7206              | 563               | 7769              | 7206      | 563       | 7769      | 0         | 0         |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu     | 128648            | 35001             | 163649            | 127268    | 34908     | 162176    | 1380      | 93        |
| 32      | Telangana      | 83230             | 14277             | 97507             | 70181     | 14277     | 84458     | 13049     | 0         |
| 33      | Tripura        | 28230             | 6070              | 34300             | 28230     | 5808      | 34038     | 0         | 262       |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh  | 336543            | 423355            | 759898            | 193016    | 352734    | 545750    | 143527    | 70621     |

| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   35144 |   10909 |   46053 |   32843 |    6502 |   39345 |   2301 |   4407 |
|-------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| 36    | West Bengal   |  253890 |  200970 |  454860 |  227253 |  147730 |  374983 |  26637 |  53240 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 3217043 | 1948695 | 5165738 | 2773105 | 1558641 | 4331746 | 443938 |  39005 |

Source: PAB Minutes 2015-16

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRIMATI VASANTHI M. AND SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL REGARDING 'TEACHER STUDENT RATIO'.

Funds released by the Department under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan during 2015-16 ( as on 17.11.2015).

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Fund release 2015-16 |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |        44702.9         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |        11549.1         |
| 3         | Assam               |        61985.9         |
| 4         | Bihar               |       174379           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |        46851.6         |
| 6         | Goa                 |          560.36        |
| 7         | Gujarat             |        45196           |
| 8         | Haryana             |        26816.3         |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |         8529.54        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      |        46008.4         |
| 11        | Jharkhand           |        38632           |
| 12        | Karnataka           |        15056.6         |
| 13        | Kerala              |         6289.18        |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      |        62928.2         |
| 15        | Maharashtra         |        25994           |
| 16        | Manipur             |         3526.43        |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |         5005.32        |
| 18        | Mizoram             |         6189.83        |
| 19        | Nagaland            |            0           |
| 20        | Odisha              |        59829.9         |
| 21        | Punjab              |        16931.9         |
| 22        | Rajasthan           |       125653           |
| 23        | Sikkim              |         2138.81        |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          |        55209.4         |
| 25        | Telangana           |         5116.38        |
| 26        | Tripura             |        11389           |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       |       347262           |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |        10263.5         |
| 29        | West Bengal         |        52202.5         |
| 30        | A &NIslands         |            0           |
| 31        | Chandigarh          |         1286.12        |
| 32        | Dadra &N. Haveli    |          462           |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |           78.38        |
| 34        | Delhi               |         3184.24        |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         |           33.55        |
| 36        | Puducherry          |           94.6         |
|           | Total               |            1.32134e+06 |