Volume II - DISE

collection system. However, a few states at their own initiative have extended the coverage of
DISE even to unrecognised schools in their states.
b) School building: The classification of schools is also presented in terms of the number of school
buildings and their type. Schools having more than one type of building structures are counted
under the category of 'Multiple Type Building'.
c) Teachers in position: The analysis of teachers' data is in terms of the teachers shown as 'in position'.
The distribution of teachers in terms of educational qualifications has been presented separately
for teachers and contractual-teachers. Teachers include TGTs, Head Teachers, Center Head
Teachers, regular and temporary primary/elementary teachers, subject teachers such as: Art &
Craft Teachers, Oriental Teachers, Language Teachers, Drawing Teachers, Music Teachers,
Computer Instructors, and Physical Education Teachers. Community teachers, voluntary teachers,
Guruji, are included amongst contractual-teachers. The analysis of teachers' data for in-service
training is presented for all teachers including contractual-teachers.
d) Mediums of instruction: The District Report Cards present the number of children studying through
various mediums of instruction by category of schools. Data for four major mediums of instruction
are presented in the Report Cards and if a district has more than four mediums of instruction,
these have been presented under the category, 'Others'. However, under reporting of enrolment
by mediums of instruction is observed in a few districts. Hence, the same may not present the true
picture of enrolment by mediums of instruction and be treated as incomplete and is applicable to
schools those who have reported information and not to all the schools in the district.
e) Schools, villages, blocks and clusters: The number of blocks, villages and schools is based on
the initialized entities in the DISE software. The list of blocks, villages and schools is created at
the time of DISE implementation and is updated annually. The number of clusters refers to the
mapped entities with the blocks. Some states have often reorganised clusters. Towns and
municipalities have been classified as separate blocks.
3.2 Formulae Used
The main indicators presented in the Report Cards have been derived by using the following illustrative
formulae. The derivations are given for schools in primary category only. The same method is applied for
other categories and classificatory groups.
Primary schools having single classroom
1. % Single-classroom schools = x 100
Total primary schools
Primary schools with single teacher in position
2. % Single-teacher schools = x 100
Total primary schools
Primary schools having student classroom ratio ≥ 60
3. % Schools with SCR ≥ 60 = x 100
Total primary schools
Primary schools having pre-primary sections
4. % Schools with pre-primary = x 100
sections
Total primary schools
Primary schools having common toilet
5. % Schools with common = x 100
toilet
Total primary schools
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