Why education is must for all

Education helps you develop critical skills like decision-making, mental agility, problem-solving, and logical thinking. People face problems in their professional as well as personal lives. In such situations, their ability to make rational and informed decisions comes from how educated and self-aware they are. The Indian school education system is amongst the most renowned in the world. Did you know that the Indian education system prides itself as one of the largest in the world? Yes, you read that right! After all, India has around 15 lakh schools, more than 97 lakh teachers, and more than 26.5 crore students, all of these just at the school level alone. And all of these are from varied backgrounds, thus creating assimilation in terms of learning. Read on for more interesting stats about the Indian school education system, all gathered from the Indian Government’s latest Annual UDISE+ Report.

Latest Indian Schooling Statistics that Will Blow Your Mind 

  • There is a grand total of 14,89,115 schools in India.
  • The number of rural schools amounts to around 12.34 lakhs.
  • Urban India is home to 2.54 lakh schools.
  • The number of teachers that are actively working at present at honing the future citizens is 95,07,123.
  • Out of these, 48.76 lakhs are female teachers, while 46.30 lakhs are male teachers.
  • The number of students currently enrolled in schools across India stands at 26,52,35,830.
  • A whopping 12.73 crore school students in India are female while 13.79 crores are male. 
  • Enrollment of primary school students in India currently stands at 100.13%.
  • The gross enrollment ratio of secondary schools currently stands at 79.56%.
  • Total enrolment in schools (Class 1 to 12) increased by 0.76 % in 2021-22 as compared to 2020-21.
     
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Highlights of Latest School Statistics

Here is a rundown of the important latest school statistics, stating the total number of schools, students and teachers, while also providing a look into the student-teacher ratio, teachers per school and enrolments per school as mentioned in the latest UDISE+ report.

 

 

India/State/UT

 

Total Number of Schools

 

Total Number of School
Students Enroll

 

Total Number of School
Teachers

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Total Number of Teachers
Per School

Total Number of Students Enroll
Per School

India

1489115

265235830

9507123

28

6

178

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

416

73861

5281

14

13

178

Andhra Pradesh

61948

8244647

320724

26

5

133

Arunachal Pradesh

3603

354382

23707

15

7

98

Assam

60859

7544960

352944

21

6

124

Bihar

93165

27472692

582876

47

6

295

Chandigarh

233

268627

9345

29

40

1153

Chhattisgarh

56512

5992197

260782

23

5

106

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

460

133358

4489

30

10

290

Delhi

5619

4572107

151600

30

27

814

Goa

1510

304982

13836

22

9

202

Gujarat

53851

11542276

378118

31

7

214

Haryana

23726

6035679

237594

25

10

254

Himachal Pradesh

18028

1437022

100137

14

6

80

Jammu and Kashmir

28805

2718644

167106

16

6

94

Jharkhand

44855

7970750

210418

38

5

178

Karnataka

76450

12092381

431386

28

6

158

Kerala

16240

6423120

268473

24

17

396

Ladakh

978

59788

6155

10

6

61

Lakshadweep

38

13586

806

17

21

358

Madhya Pradesh

125582

16169265

601208

27

5

129

Maharashtra

109605

22586695

748589

30

7

206

Manipur

4617

693194

42684

16

9

150

Meghalaya

14600

1169720

55160

21

4

80

Mizoram

3911

309904

23366

13

6

79

Nagaland

2718

443796

31402

14

12

163

Odisha

62291

7576893

331336

23

5

122

Puducherry

736

255546

12355

21

17

347

Punjab

27701

6147500

257134

24

9

222

Rajasthan

106373

17667510

724525

24

7

166

Sikkim

1259

135963

13613

10

11

108

Tamil Nadu

58801

12830951

569920

23

10

218

Telangana

43083

6915241

320894

22

7

161

Tripura

4929

713862

36433

20

7

145

Uttar Pradesh

258054

47181438

1507828

31

6

183

Uttarakhand

22815

2449926

123212

20

5

107

West Bengal

94744

18733367

581687

32

6

198

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Source: Latest UDISE+ Report 


Total Number of Schools in India 2022? 

As of 2022, India is known to have a whopping total of 14,89,115 schools, yes, that’s more than 14 lakhs. These schools are divided into different types on the basis of the level of education, like primary, secondary, etc., and also on the basis of gender specifics, that is, girls-only schools, boys-only schools, and co-educational schools. 

Here is a table depicting the increase in the number of schools in India in the past few years. 

Year

Total
Schools 

Total Primary
Schools 

Total Secondary
Schools 

 Total Higher Secondary
Schools 

  Number of Schools in India in 2014  

   15,18,160

 12,89,958  

  1,41,941

       86,261

  Number of Schools in India in 2015 

   15,16,892

 12,87,065

  1,42,592

       87,235

  Number of Schools in India in 2016

   15,22,346

 12,86,803

  1,43,196

       92,347

  Number of Schools in India in 2017

   15,35,606

 12,95,314

  1,47,933

       92,359

  Number of Schools in India in 2018

   15,58,903

 12,69,236

  1,64,403

     1,25,314

  Number of Schools in India in 2019

   15,51,000

 12,70,374

  1,50,604

     1,30,022

  Number of Schools in India in 2020

   15,07,708

 12,22,485

  1,51,489

     1,33,734

  Number of Schools in India in 2021

   15,09,136

 12,17,670

  1,51,946

     1,39,520

Number of Schools in India in 2022 14,08,115 11,96,265 1,50,452 1,42,398