West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

8398.58 in 2007-08. Further, the percentage of left out childrenvaried between 19.92 in 15.64 in 2007-08.The percentage of GER and NER in respect of upperprimary education was 83.68 and 78.74 in 2005-2006. The ratioimproved significantly to 94.91 per cent and 90.50 per cent in2006-2007 and then decreased to 88.46 percent and 77.58 per centin 2007-2008. The left out rate also increased from 29.70 per centin 2005-2006 to 31.00 per cent in 2007-2008.4.9 TEACHERS4.9.1 Teachers in PositionThere were 1,52,503 teachers in position in PrimarySchools run by Government / District Primary School Counciland 79,620 teachers in position in Government upperPrimary Schools during 2007-08. besides, 25,781 and 3,825para teachers were in position in Primary and Upper PrimarySchools during the year.4.9.2 Posting of TeachersFinancial norms of SSA for the intervention Teachersprovided for one teacher for every 40 students in the primary andthe Upper Primary Schools. At least two teachers in a PrimarySchool and one teacher for every class in the Upper PrimarySchool was also prescribed therein. The following position was,however, noticed by the Study Team in Government Primary andupper Primary Schools of the state as a whole and in the selecteddistricts of Murshidabad and South 24-Parganas.