West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

84Position of teachers in relation to number of studentsenrolled in Government school during 2007-2008:Table 20Numbe r ofstud entsenrol l ed inGovernme ntSchool sRequi rednumbe r ofteachersa s pe rnorm(1 :40)Teacherplusreg ul a rI n posi tionPa rateacherTotalPu pil teacherRatio (PTR )Teacherplusreg ul a rTeacheri ncludingparateacherWest BengalPri ma ry 6 6 ,04,3 5 5 1 ,65,10 9 1 ,52,50 3 2 0 ,527 1 ,73,03 0 4 3 ,301 3 8 .16:1Uppe r Pri mary 5 6 ,72,9 2 9 1 ,41,82 3 7 9 ,620 3 3 ,825 1 ,13,44 5 7 1 2 5 :1 5 0 .00:1Murshidabad Distr ictPri ma ry 6 ,24,38 4 1 5 ,610 1 0 ,595 3 ,461 1 4 ,056 5 8 .93:1 4 4 .42:1Uppe r Pri mary 4 ,62,88 8 1 1 ,572 3 ,979 3 ,276 7 ,255 1 1 6 .33 :1 6 3 .80:1South 24-ParganasPri ma ry 6 ,12,09 1 1 5 ,302 1 1 ,550 1 ,615 1 3 ,165 5 2 .99:1 4 6 .49:1Uppe r Pri mary 4 ,86,95 0 1 2 ,174 6 ,342 2 ,383 8 ,725 7 6 .78:1 5 5 .81:1Source : AWP&B for the year 2008-2009The above table showed that though the overall. PTR inrespect of Primary Education in the State as a whole waswithin norm prescribed for SSA (38.16:1), the ratio in respectof Murshidabad and South 24 Parganas was 44.49:1 and55.81:1, much higher than the stipulated norm. PTR inrespect of Upper Primary Education remained much higherthe norm in the State (50.00:1) and in Murshidabad (63.80:1)and South 24 Paganas (55.81:1).4.9.3 Sanction and recruitment of teachers and para teachersunder SSAUpto 2005-06, PAB approved 73,135 teachers (Regular:10,344 and Para: 62,791). During 2006-07, PAB approved14,201 regular teachers for upper primary schools. PABapproved 4,800 regular teacher for new upper primaryschools in 2007-08 and 9,900 regular teachers or new Ups and2.900 VRPs in 2008-09.