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- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) released a report titled "Right Teacher for Every Child: State of Teachers, Teaching, and Teacher Education Report 2023".
- The study is based on existing available data and survey findings from Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Punjab, Mizoram and Telangana
- It showed low levels of competency in regional language among primary school teachers.
- 90% of teachers hold some kind of professional certification.
- Only 46% of primary school teachers were found to possess the necessary professional certification.
- In many states, the private sector employs 40% or more of the teaching workforce.
- These schools typically have better facilities (like libraries, computer labs and internet access — 76% in private schools vs only 38% in government schools.
- More than 50% of teachers in private or non-government schools said that they are working without written contracts.
- The Government schools also reported a high proportion (41%) of unsupportive parents.
- Provisioning of physical education teachers was overall low with 36 per cent in government schools and 65 per cent private schools.
- The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, (2009) mandates a student-teacher ratio at the school level of 30:1 for Classes 1 to 5, and 35:1 for Classes 6 to 8.
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