Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Teacher-Related Indicators
Part IV
female para-teachers) than in rural areas (10.77 percent
male and 6.90 percent female para-teachers). In
addition, about one percent para-teachers in the Primary
are yet to attain professional qualifications. However, in
Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana,
Maharashtra, Puducherry, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu and
in a few smaller states, above 80 percent para-teachers
possess professional qualifications. But the percentage
of such para-teachers is as low as 36.23 percent in Bihar,
Table D25
Professional Qualifications of Para-Teachers (All Categories): 2007-08
Percentage
Qualification All Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
J.B.T or Equivalent 12.21 11.62 11.95 12.36 11.99 12.20 9.08 8.65 8.80
S.B.T or Equivalent 10.64 9.33 10.06 10.61 8.94 9.90 11.39 12.51 12.13
B.Ed or Equivalent 16.38 14.00 15.33 15.96 12.56 14.52 25.27 25.57 25.47
M.Ed or Equivalent 1.39 1.31 1.36 1.33 1.17 1.27 2.56 2.44 2.48
Others 7.03 6.82 6.94 7.12 6.94 7.04 5.28 5.79 5.62
No Response* 52.34 56.92 54.37 52.62 58.39 55.07 46.42 45.03 45.50
* Including teachers without professional qualification.
schools have M.Ed or equivalent degrees. The
percentage of para-teachers with M.Ed degrees is slightly
higher in the case of other school types. About 15
percent para-teachers teaching in Primary schools are
J.B.T or equivalent and another 9.14 percent male and
6.79 percent female teachers have S.B.T or equivalent
qualifications.
State-specific percentages of para-teachers [Table
D-18] reveal that in the majority of states all such teachers
Table D26
SC & ST Teachers Employed in Government and Private Managed Schools: 2007-08
(Including Para-Teachers)
Management
34.91 percent in Uttar Pradesh, 38.44 percent in
Uttarakhand and 18.62 percent in West Bengal.
Distribution of Teachers by Caste
The caste distribution of teachers (including parateachers)
is presented in Table D-26. This has also been
presented in the case of all government and private
managements together. The data reveals that
government is the main employer of both the Scheduled
Number of Teachers
Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Other
Castes Tribes Castes & Backward
Scheduled Tribes Classes
Government Managements 548806 417688 966494 1259495
Percentage 79.53 81.17 80.23 68.22
Private Managements 140091 95569 235660 584034
Percentage 20.30 18.57 19.56 31.63
All Managements 690072 514602 1204674 1846284
% to Total Teachers 12.25 9.14 21.39 32.76
Note: Total may not add to 100 because of missing values as percentages are worked out based on total teachers.
Castes and Scheduled Tribes teachers as the majority of
SC and ST teachers (all categories) are employed in
schools run by government managements. However, the
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