Lok Sabha Question No. 2407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Students Teacher Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

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

- (a)  the number of such primary and middle schools in various States of the country where number of teachers is more than that of students;
- (b)  whether the Government has fixed any ideal ratio of the students and the teachers and if so the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government coordinates with the State Governments or makes any intervention in case any deficiency is observed in the said ideal ratio; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra?

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(a): There  are  2130  primary  and  4830  upper  primary  Government  schools  where  the  number  of teachers is more than that of students.

(b):  The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides norms and standards for student teacher ratio across the country in its schedule as per which for classes I to V in cases 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.

For classes VI to VIII, at least one teacher per class is to be provided so that there shall be at least one teacher each for Science and Mathematics, Social Studies and Languages, at least one teacher

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## Students Teacher Ratio

for every thirty-five children and where admission of children is above one hundred, there shall be a full time head -teacher and part time instructors each for Art Education, Health and Physical Education and Work Education.

The Pupil teacher Ratio (PTR) for primary schools in the country is 29:1 and for upper primary schools the figure is 26:1 as per Unified District Information System of Education (UDISE) 2014-15. State-wise details of PTR in Government elementary schools are annexed.

(c)  &  (d):    The  issue  of  teacher  recruitment  and  teacher  redeployment  is  in  the  domain  of  State Governments/Union  Territory  (UT)  Administrations.  Central  Government  regularly  takes  up  these issues with the State Government/UTs including the State Government of Maharashtra, in various fora like review meetings, State Education Secretaries Conference and Joint Review Missions.

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Annexure ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.2407  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  01.08.2016  ASKED  BY  DR.  PRITAM

## GOPINATH MUNDE REGARDING 'CURRICULUM IN PRIMARY EDUCATION'

| Sl. No   | State/UT          |   Primary Schools |   Upper Primary Schools |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | A&NIslands        |                12 |                      12 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                22 |                      22 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                18 |                      19 |
| 4        | Assam             |                28 |                      18 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                47 |                      45 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |                32 |                      21 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |                22 |                      24 |
| 8        | D & N Haveli      |                31 |                      40 |
| 9        | Daman& Diu        |                31 |                      18 |
| 10       | Delhi             |                38 |                      36 |
| 11       | Goa               |                18 |                      14 |
| 12       | Gujarat           |                28 |                      31 |
| 13       | Haryana           |                34 |                      22 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh  |                13 |                      14 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                13 |                      10 |
| 16       | Jharkhand         |                35 |                      35 |
| 17       | Karnataka         |                26 |                      20 |
| 18       | Kerala            |                23 |                      26 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep       |                10 |                      11 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    |                26 |                      39 |
| 21       | Maharashtra       |                25 |                      21 |
| 22       | Manipur           |                11 |                      11 |
| 23       | Meghalaya         |                22 |                      11 |
| 24       | Mizoram           |                16 |                       5 |
| 25       | Nagaland          |                11 |                       9 |
| 26       | Odisha            |                24 |                      23 |
| 27       | Puducherry        |                14 |                      13 |
| 28       | Punjab            |                26 |                      22 |
| 29       | Rajasthan         |                28 |                      18 |
| 30       | Sikkim            |                 8 |                      15 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu        |                25 |                      21 |
| 32       | Telangana         |                24 |                      21 |
| 33       | Tripura           |                15 |                      16 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     |                34 |                      28 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand       |                17 |                      20 |
| 36       | West Bengal       |                29 |                      31 |
|          | All States        |                29 |                      26 |

Source

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UDISE 2014 - 15