Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Teacher-Related Indicators
Part IV
14.51 percent) which together constitute a total of
478,000 para-teachers, i.e. 82 percent of the total parateachers
across 35 States and UTs. Compared to these,
other states, except Assam (19,457 para-teachers) and
Himachal Pradesh (10,292 para-teachers), have only
lesser number of para-teachers.
Notably, para-teachers are not confined to Primary
schools. A good number of other types of schools also
have para-teachers as of 2007-08. However, majority
of them have been posted in Primary schools. A total of
384,000 para-teachers are posted in Primary schools,
which is 66 percent of total para-teachers in the country.
The distribution of para-teachers by school category
reveals that 15.25 percent male teachers and 16.74
percent female teachers of the
corresponding gender-wise total
teachers posted in Primary
schools are para-teachers. About
56 percent of the total parateachers
in Primary schools are
male and the remaining 44
percent female teachers. Their
combined percentage is about
15.88, which means 16 out of
every 100 teachers in Primary
schools are para-teachers, of
which 18 out of 100 are in rural
areas and 5 out of 100 in urban
areas. Their number is more than
113,900 in Elementary (Primary with Upper Primary)
schools, which amounts to 7.44 percent of the total
teachers in Elementary schools. On the other hand, as
many as 15,337 para-teachers are posted in independent
Upper Primary schools which is 3.02 percent of the total
teachers in such schools. Compared to Primary schools,
Upper Primary and Elementary schools, integrated
Higher Secondary, and Upper Primary attached to
Secondary and Higher Secondary schools have much
less number of para-teachers. In both these types of
schools, about 11,000 and 56,400 para-teachers were
appointed in 2007-08, which works out to be 2.72 and
8.48 percent, respectively, of the total teachers in these
schools (Table D-21).
Further, it is observed that Andhra Pradesh,
Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mizoram,
Orissa and Uttar Pradesh have an average of almost
“Andhra Pradesh, Haryana,
Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa
and Uttar Pradesh have an
average of almost one parateacher
each in all categories
of schools. It is also true for
Primary schools in Jammu and
Kashmir, Jharkhand, Orissa
and Uttar Pradesh and in
schools located in rural areas”
one para-teacher each in all categories of schools. It is
also true for Primary schools in Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh and in schools
located in rural areas. The respective percentage of male
and female para-teachers in Primary schools in Jharkhand
is as high as 62.89 and 60.54. Arunachal Pradesh too
has a high percentage of male para-teachers, 30.89,
and female para-teachers, 40.52. Their respective
percentages are 44.25 and 32.76 in Jammu and Kashmir,
22.42 and 12.56 in Rajasthan, 24.20 and 15.72 in
Himachal Pradesh, 19.97 and 14.98 in Haryana and
27.89 and 48.96 in Uttar Pradesh. Compared to high
percentage in these states, the percentage of parateachers
to total teachers in the remaining states is low.
Kerala has only 2.21 percent
para-teachers against 0.85
percent in Gujarat. The
percentage of male and female
para-teachers to total teachers in
Delhi comes to 2.88 and 2.67.
All the states in the north-eastern
region of the country also
reported information on parateachers
in all types of schools;
the percentage of para-teachers
to total teachers in these states
(except Mizoram and Tripura) is
quite low as compared to other
states. The Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Goa, Daman and Diu,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Maharashtra hardly have
any para-teacher in their Primary schools. On the other
hand, Karnataka and Lakshadweep did not report any
para-teacher in its Primary schools as also in most of
other school types.
Academic Qualifications of Para-Teachers
The distribution of para-teachers by school category
reveals that they are almost equally qualified as regular
teachers (Tables D-14 & 15 and Tables D-22 & 23). About
42.82 percent regular male teachers, 44.51 percent regular
female teachers and 43.54 percent all regular teachers have
up to Higher Secondary education. The percentage in case
of para-teachers is 44.84 percent male, 48.43 percent
female and 46.42 all para-teachers. The distribution of
teachers below Higher Secondary level further reveals that
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