West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

78CHAPTER-4SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, EDUCATION GUARANTEESCHEME, ALTERNATIVE AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONETC.4.1 SCHOOLSAccording to the Annual Report of PBRPSUS for the year2004-2005, the number of Government Primary and upperPrimary Schools in the state was 50,255 and 11,440 withenrolment of 76,22,983 and 52,47,509 students respectively.Following new Upper Primary Schools were approved to be openedby the PAB :Approved b y PAB Annual Target Cumula ti ve Tota l Targe tAWP&B 2007-2 0 0 8 1 ,600 1 ,600AWP&B 2008-2 0 0 9 3 ,300 4 ,900Against the annual target for 2007-2008, 186 newschools were opened (September 2008). New Upper PrimarySchools approved by PAB for 2008-2009 are yet to be opened(December, 2008).As per the AWP&B for the year 2008-2009, total numberof Government Primary and Upper Primary Schools as on 31 s tMarch 2008 was 49,965 and 9,446 respectively with enrolmentof 66,04,355 and 56,72,929 respectively.