Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Teacher-Related Indicators
Part IV
true for all other types of schools. Except Arunachal
Pradesh (1.89), all other states have an average of more
than 2 teachers per school in Primary classes. In Kerala,
the average per school is as high
as 6.7 teachers at this level; in
Chandigarh it is 14.7, and in
Delhi 12.2. Lakshadweep also
reported a high average of 12.7
teachers in its Primary schools
which is also true for all other
types of schools, as also for rural
and urban areas. In Jharkhand,
the average number of Primary
teachers per school is 2.2,
compared to 2.5 in Goa. All
Primary schools in Bihar have had an average of 3.7
teachers (3.4 in previous year), compared to 2.2 teachers
in Rajasthan and 3.0 in Andhra Pradesh. The average is
as high as 5.9 in Nagaland, 6.1 in Puducherry, 5.0 in
Sikkim and 4.0 in Tripura. West Bengal also reported an
average of about 3 teachers in its Primary schools.
the average number of teachers in governmentmanaged
Primary schools has been lower than the
national average of 2.8 teachers. In the states of
Chhattisgarh (2.5 teachers),
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (2.0
teachers), Goa (2.1 teachers),
Himachal Pradesh (2.5 teachers),
Jammu and Kashmir (2.4
teachers), Jharkhand (2.2
teachers), Karnataka (2.2
teachers), Madhya Pradesh (2.4
teachers), Rajasthan (2.0
teachers), Uttarakhand (2.1
teachers), etc, the average
number of teachers is lower than
2.8 in government managed Primary schools. Except
Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, all other states in
the north-eastern region have higher number of teachers
in their Primary schools than the national average. The
private managed Primary schools in these states and all
other states have had more than two teachers. Rajasthan
Table D6
Average Number of Teachers by School Category and Management: 2004-05 to 2007-08
School
Category
“On an average, Primary
schools in India have more
than two teachers. This is
also true for rural areas
and also such schools under
the government management.
This clearly reflects the
effect of the initiatives
made under the SSA”
Percentage
All Government Managements
All Private Managements
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Primary Only 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.5
Primary with 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.7 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.1
Upper Primary
Primary with Upper 10.6 10.1 10.3 11.2 11.1 10.4 11.0 11.7
Primary & Secondary/
Hr. Secondary
Upper Primary Only 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.8 6.8 7.8 6.5
Upper Primary with 8.0 7.9 8.4 9.5 10.3 10.7 10.6 11.2
Secondary & Higher
Secondary
All Schools 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2
The analysis further reveals that, irrespective of
the type of school and state, private managed schools
have generally better average number of teachers per
school than government managed schools. Compared
to 2.8 teachers in government managed Primary schools,
the corresponding number in private managed schools
is as high as 4.5 teachers. In about 18 States and UTs,
has significantly high average number of teachers, i.e.,
4.4 teachers in every private managed Primary school.
The average number of teachers in Primary schools in
Tripura has been high at 8.3 which is the fourth highest
among all the states that reported the DISE data in 2007-
08. Kerala too has an average of 7.3 teachers in the
private managed Primary schools, compared to 9.8 in
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