India - Pupil teacher ratio

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in India was 20.10 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 62.05 in 1985, while its lowest value was 6.64 in 2005.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 42.91
1972 46.50
1973 48.00
1975 53.88
1985 62.05
2002 8.64
2003 9.17
2004 8.02
2005 6.64
2006 7.13
2015 20.10

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in India was 32.75 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 42.90 in 1979, while its lowest value was 31.29 in 2014.

Definition: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 41.45
1972 41.62
1973 42.54
1974 42.52
1975 41.93
1976 42.11
1979 42.90
1999 40.00
2000 40.00
2001 40.15
2002 40.66
2003 41.33
2011 35.15
2013 32.32
2014 31.29
2015 31.49
2016 35.22
2017 32.75

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary in India was 24.93 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 38.96 in 1996, while its lowest value was 24.93 in 2018.

Definition: Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1994 36.95
1996 38.96
1997 37.78
2000 35.65
2001 35.50
2002 35.75
2004 37.20
2009 29.75
2010 31.07
2011 32.88
2013 29.77
2014 30.45
2015 30.45
2016 26.96
2017 25.86
2018 24.93

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in India was 28.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 33.62 in 1999, while its lowest value was 21.24 in 1973.

Definition: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 21.92
1972 21.48
1973 21.24
1975 21.62
1999 33.62
2000 33.62
2001 33.44
2002 32.32
2003 32.32
2004 32.70
2009 25.14
2010 25.33
2011 25.92
2013 30.78
2014 31.77
2015 31.65
2016 28.49
2017 27.44
2018 28.52

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary in India was 33.14 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 33.29 in 2014, while its lowest value was 20.63 in 2010.

Definition: Upper secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in upper secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
2000 31.06
2001 30.86
2002 28.43
2004 28.06
2009 21.16
2010 20.63
2011 20.67
2013 32.06
2014 33.29
2015 33.02
2016 30.25
2017 29.30
2018 33.14

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in India was 24.73 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 26.39 in 2003, while its lowest value was 11.82 in 1980.

Definition: Tertiary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in tertiary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1973 12.96
1976 12.91
1977 12.38
1978 12.93
1979 13.87
1980 11.82
1984 14.09
1985 14.58
1986 14.76
1987 15.03
2000 23.57
2001 23.80
2002 24.67
2003 26.39
2004 22.00
2013 21.53
2014 24.47
2015 24.29
2016 23.75
2017 24.44
2018 24.73

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs