Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Teacher-Related Indicators
Part IV
percent of total teachers in such schools possess M.Phil
and Ph.D degrees. Majority of teachers in integrated
Higher Secondary schools are either Graduates (male
47.97 percent; and female 45.89 percent) or Post-
Graduates (male 26.72 percent,
and females 29.96 percent). The
majority of teachers in
independent Upper Primary
schools is either Graduates
(38.54 percent) or Post-
Graduates (28.63 percent).
Similar pattern is observed in the
case of Upper Primary integrated with Higher Secondary
schools as about 70 percent of the total teachers in such
schools are either Graduates or Post Graduates.
a few states, such as Assam (10.32 percent), Daman &
Diu 7.07 percent), Goa (6.12 percent), Gujarat (6.98
percent), Haryana (6.97 percent); Meghalaya (14.46
percent); Mizoram (24.31 percent); Nagaland (14.30
percent); Punjab (12.24
percent); Sikkim (7.33 percent);
and Tripura (30.99 percent),
have a significant percentage of
teachers below Secondary level.
The majority of primary teachers
in these and a few other states,
such as Assam (56.58 percent),
Daman and Diu (44.17 percent), Goa (54.73 percent),
Gujarat (45.14 percent), Himachal Pradesh (40.62
percent), Lakshadweep (81.77 percent), Maharashtra
Table D16
Professional Qualification of All Category Teachers (Regular): 2007-08
Professional All Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas
Qualification Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
J.B.T or Equivalent 22.99 18.87 20.94 24.54 21.59 23.26 13.71 14.05 13.57
S.B.T or Equivalent 20.32 27.08 22.90 20.33 27.69 22.75 20.25 26.00 23.39
B.Ed or Equivalent 33.07 31.28 31.87 31.68 27.67 29.95 41.36 37.68 37.95
M.Ed or Equivalent 2.14 2.17 2.12 1.95 1.80 1.88 3.28 2.82 2.91
Others 2.76 3.56 3.06 2.61 3.26 2.82 3.66 4.09 3.84
No Response 18.72 17.04 19.10 18.89 17.98 19.34 17.74 15.35 18.33
Note: Totals may not add to hundred because of rounding of figures.
“About 54 percent Primary
school teachers in urban
areas have Graduate and
Post-Graduate degrees
against 43 percent
in rural areas”
Table D17
Professional Qualification of Primary School Teachers (Regular): 2007-08
Qualification
All Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
J.B.T or Equivalent 35.29 27.20 31.86 35.89 28.80 33.27 28.96 22.97 24.78
S.B.T or Equivalent 19.39 27.76 22.94 19.31 27.51 22.34 20.28 28.41 25.97
B.Ed or Equivalent 22.08 21.64 21.90 21.54 19.36 20.74 27.76 27.68 27.71
M.Ed or Equivalent 1.13 1.30 1.20 1.08 1.14 1.10 1.70 1.70 1.70
Others 2.03 3.13 2.50 1.99 2.83 2.30 2.44 3.93 3.48
No Response 20.07 18.98 19.60 20.18 20.36 20.25 18.86 15.30 16.37
Note: Totals may not add to hundred because of rounding of figures.
Further, the state-specific distribution of teachers
in Primary schools by academic qualifications reveals that
(38.14) and Orissa (44.98 percent), has Secondary level
qualification; this is also true for a few north-eastern
173