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.
   

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

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.