Children Data Bank
For India

Primary teachers and teacher requirements,
15 major states and all India, 1993
(Thousands, except where otherwise specified )


 
State
Primary teachersa
Ratio of enrolled 
students to teachers
Additional teachers 
needed to reduce ratio of enrolled students to teachers to 40:1
Additional teachers 
needed for entire    age cohort 6-10 student-teacher ratio of 40:1
Andhra Pradesh
121
 58:1
 55
 78
Assam
77
 38:1
 -4
 -1
Bihar
131
 65:1
 83
 170
Gujarat
68
 79:1
 66
 53
Haryana
31
 59:1
 15
 24
Karnataka
99
 61:1
 52
 37
Kerala
62
 47:1
 11
 9
Madhya Pradesh
197
 42:1
 8
 17
Maharashtra
212
 50:1
 53
 27
Orissa
100
 40:1
 -1
 -8
Punjab
45
 42:1
 3
 15
Rajasthan
104
 48:1
 20
 44
Tamil Nadu
130
 61:1
 70
 16
Uttar Pradesh
307
42:1
19
166
West Bengal
160
 50:1
 41
 45
15-State total
1,844
 51:1
 490
 693
All India
1,984 
 49:1
 460
 660
a.The total number of teachers is the sum of teachers in primary school in 1993 (for all India, 1.7 million) and teachers in primary sections in 1987 (for all India, 0.3 million), the most recent year for which such data are available.
Source: NCERT 1992b, 1995.
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

HOME