In Primary Schools, the pupil teacher ratio was at 43 in 2010-11.
It has come down to 26.3 in 2020-21.
While in Upper Primary schools, the pupil-teacher ratio has reduced from 33 in 2010-11 to 18.9 in 2020-21.
Around 1.1 lacks schools in India are single-teachers’ entities.
There are 11.16 lakh teaching positions still vacant in the country.
The Pupil Teacher Ratio at different levels of education show availability of adequate number of teachers for teaching children enrolled at different grade.
The increase in number of teachers in schools is contributing to focused delivery of education.