Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Part IV
Elementary Education in India : Analytical Report
Uttar Pradesh have a PTR of 100 and above compared
to only 0.07 percent schools in Kerala. Bihar (10.21
group 18-25 years across all types of school has been
low compared to the same in other age groups.
Figure 4.8
Percentage of Primary Schools with PTR Above 100: 2007-08
percent) and Jharkhand (4.43 percent) too have a large
number of such schools. Himachal and all the states from
the north-eastern region have negligible number of such
schools. A few states/UTs such as the Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, Lakshadweep and Sikkim
reported no such schools.
Age Profile of Teachers
The percentage distribution
of teachers by age groups
(below 18, 18-25, 26-35, 36-45,
46-55 and above 55 years) has
been presented in Tables D-12
and D-13.
The average age of
teachers across states suggests
that majority of teachers in
Primary schools are in the age group of 26-45 years.
This also applies to other types of schools. A few teachers
across all types of school are found to be below 18 years
of age; both male and female teachers. Further, it has
been noticed that the percentage of teachers in the age
“In Bihar, it is not only the
PTR that is high but it
has also reported a high
student-classroom ratio of 96.
With the appointment of a
large number of teachers
recently in the state,
pupil-teacher ratio is
expected to improve in
the year that follows”
However, their percentage in the current year has
improved over the previous year. In 2006-07, the
percentage of male and female teachers (all categories)
of age between 18 to 25 years was 12.94 and 19.67,
respectively, compared to 15.29 and 22.65 percent in
2007-08. The percentage is
quite similar to the same in the
case of teachers in Primary
schools. The improvement in the
percentage of young teachers
(18-25 years) is because of their
recruitment initiated in a few
states, recently. A number of
regular posts of teachers have
been lying vacant across states
while fresh recruitments have
been initiated only in a few
states. A few others have instead
appointed para-teachers against
regular positions. This is evident in the statistics
presented in the following section.
It is observed that the percentage of male teachers
in the age group of above 55 years has been 4.08 and
that of female teachers 2.09. All these teachers are
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