Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Part IV
Elementary Education in India : Analytical Report
to 34 in 2006-07. The corresponding figures in rural
and urban areas are 33 and 31 respectively. This also
shows an improvement over the previous year. The
Table D10
Percentage of Schools having PTR Above 100 by School Category: 2004-05 to 2007-08
School
All Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas
Category 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007
-05 -06 -07 -08 -05 -06 -07 -08 -05 -06 -07 -08
Primary Only 8.32 5.93 5.21 4.11 8.66 6.05 5.20 4.13 4.94 4.68 5.38 3.89
Primary with 4.82 3.76 4.49 3.31 5.08 3.69 4.15 3.09 3.73 4.09 5.89 4.24
Upper Primary
Primary with 4.46 3.98 5.27 3.39 4.39 4.02 4.65 2.87 4.58 3.94 6.23 4.22
Upper Primary
& Secondary/
Hr. Secondary
Upper Primary 4.96 4.90 4.95 4.65 5.08 5.10 5.07 4.77 3.80 3.08 3.89 3.50
Only
Upper Primary 5.32 4.62 3.11 1.93 6.05 5.15 3.26 2.07 3.19 3.03 2.64 1.51
& Secondary/
Hr. Secondary
All Schools 7.14 5.30 4.94 3.86 7.61 5.49 4.91 3.88 4.33 4.16 5.17 3.72
Note: Totals may not add to hundred because of missing values and rounding of figures.
a pupil-teacher ratio of 24: 1 and Puducherry, 18:1. All
the states from the north-eastern region also have a
comfortable pupil-teacher ratio of 25: 1.
Table D9
Pupil-Teacher Ratio by School Category and by Management: 2004-05 to 2007-08
School All Government Managements All Private Managements
Category 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Primary Only 44 4 1 39 37 35 34 35 34
Primary with 39 3 6 36 35 31 31 31 31
Upper Primary
Primary with Upper 29 3 0 28 25 31 30 30 27
Primary & Secondary/
Hr. Secondary
Upper Primary Only 30 3 0 29 31 35 32 29 31
Upper Primary with 30 2 7 24 27 28 32 29 22
Secondary & Hr.
Secondary
All Schools 40 3 7 36 34 31 32 31 29
government managed schools have a slightly higher
pupil-teacher ratio (34) than the same in the private
managed schools (29). The states like Arunachal Pradesh
(20: 1), Himachal Pradesh (17: 1), Jammu and Kashmir
(16: 1), Karnataka (30: 1), Kerala (22:1) and Tamil Nadu
(31:1), have an ideal pupil-teacher ratio. Delhi reported
Despite improvement in pupil-teacher ratio across
school types, there are still a few schools that have
reported a PTR of more than 100. About 3.88 percent
schools located in rural areas have the PTR above 100,
compared to 3.72 percent in urban areas. In as many as
4.11 percent of Primary schools, the pupil-teacher ratio
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