INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the 2023-24 Union Budget, the Centre designated Rs 1
13 lakh crore for the education sector, raising the predicted expense on school and college by around 8
Recent responses to questions in Parliament reveal that theres still plenty of room to raise the requirements of education in India
Indicators like student-teacher ratios and the number of one-teacher schools point to a serious shortage of trained personnel
And regardless of a push to digitise education, a lot of schools do not have access to the internet.In Bihar, 1 teacher for every 60 main
school studentsAmong those with the worst student-teacher ratios are states with the biggest populations or greatest population density
UP and Bihar, among the worst for student-teacher ratios, are not just the most populated states in the nation however likewise amongst the
On the other hand, states with smaller populations are amongst those with the best student-teacher ratios
However despite bad student-teacher ratios, states and UTs like Haryana, West Bengal and Delhi have literacy rates well above the national
average.More than 16,000 one-teacher schools in Madhya Pradesh aloneAlmost 8% of Indias schools have only one instructor
Some of the most populated states also have the most one-teacher schools
Madhya Pradesh, for instance, has a primary student-teacher ratio of 25-- much better than the level mandated by the RTE Act-- but it
likewise has the most one instructor schools
Amongst the larger states, Kerala has the least one teacher schools at 310
Less than a 4th of schools have web accessDespite the push to digitise education, fewer than one in four schools in India have internet gain
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman revealed the National Digital Library program in this years Union Budget and the National Digital
University programme last year to improve learning results and offset pandemic related knowing losses
In 29 states and UTs, less than half the schools have internet gain access to, which will likely make the implementation of such digital
