Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

Level
Primary
Elementary
Upper
Primary
Elementary
323
Secondary
(IX-X)
Senior
Secondary
(XI-XII)
Total
(4+5+6)
1
government schools
2 3 4 5 6 7
Teachers in 1400 1702 3102 2826 660 6588
government
schools
aided
Child population (in
lacs)
32.32 18.19 50.51 12.89 7.36* 70.76
Enrolment
government schools
( in lacs)
in 12.04 7.02 19.06 3.64 2.49 25.19
Enrolment
schools
in other 13.57 6.99 20.56 4.50 2.18 27.24
(aided/private/recognis
ed etc) ( in lacs)
Pupil-Teacher Ratio 31.39 22.55 26.97 16.96 41.86
for government
Schools w.r.t. working
teachers
GER 95.29 78.74 87.02 63.17 43.79*
NER 80.87 67.16 74.02 39.14 30.7*
Drop out rates
2.25 0.57 1.41 10.60 3.08*
Repetition rate (for 3.27 5.42 NA 4.21 2.11
government Schools)
Completion rate (for
government Schools)
91.82 79.61 85.72 78.79 83.14
* As per data available for 2009-10.
Source: SSA-Punjab.
11.1.4. The State has already achieved the norm of one primary school within one km
radius of every inhabited village. Similarly every village has a middle school within two km
and high school within 2.5 km radius. Corresponding norms fixed by Government of India
are 1 km, 2 Km, and 3 km for the primary, middle and a high school respectively. The State
has also achieved the desired ratio of 1:2 for upper primary school to primary schools.
11.1.5 There are two levels of school education i.e. elementary education (primary 1-
5 classes & middle 6-8 classes) and secondary education (high 9-10 classes and senior
secondary 11 -12 classes). There are total 43818 government, private aided, affiliated and
non-affiliated schools, out of which 23338 primary schools, 14874 upper primary schools,
2879 high schools and 2727 senior secondary schools.