India’s school teacher count crosses 1 crore in 2024-25: UDISE dataThe UDISE+ 2024-25 report reveals India's school education sector has over one crore teachers, improved retention rates, and increased comp...
29 Aug, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Number of school teachers crossed 1 cr for first time in 2024-25: Education ministry reportFor the first time, India's school teacher count surpassed one crore in 2024-25, according to UDISE data. This increase has improved Pupil-...
28 Aug, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
UIDAI urges schools to ensure biometric updates in Aadhaar for 5-15 years old kidsUnique Identification Authority of India wants schools to help update Aadhaar biometrics for children aged 5-15. CEO Bhuvnesh Kumar asked s...
27 Aug, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
Treating demographic details on Aadhaar cards as the final word is a recipe for troubleSixteen years after Aadhaar's launch, issues like the Perpetual Aadhaar Alignment Problem persist. Multiple spellings and data entry discre...
23 Feb, 2025, 11.29 PM IST
School enrolment fell by 37 lakh in 2023-24: Education Ministry dataSchool enrolment in India dropped by 37 lakh in 2023-24 compared to the previous year, according to UDISE data. The number of girl students...
01 Jan, 2025, 07.39 PM IST
Enrolment in government schools continued to rise post COVID, declined in private schools during 2021-22: MoEAs per the data recorded in UDISE+, the enrolment in government schools was 13.09 crore during 2019-20. It rose to 13.49 crore in 2020-21 a...
12 Dec, 2022, 06.08 PM IST
Over 20K schools shut down in India during 2020-21, number of teachers declined by 1.95 pc: MoE"Total number of schools in 2021-22 stood at 14.89 lakhs as compared to 15.09 lakhs in 2020-21. The decline in total schools is mainly due ...
03 Nov, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Beyond the numbers, between the lines: It's time for India to evaluate outcomes of schemesOver the past five years, the outlay on the central sector and centrally sponsored schemes has almost doubled from $109 billion to $203 bil...
13 Oct, 2022, 11.43 PM IST
4 million students shifted to government schools in 2020-21The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21 released today by the Ministry of Education also states that 3....
10 Mar, 2022, 12.41 AM IST
School enrolment data indicates 45% OBCs, 19% Dalits in IndiaIt shows that 45% were OBC, 19% scheduled caste (SC), 11% scheduled tribe (ST) and the rest — which would include Hindu upper castes as wel...
30 Jul, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Over 42,000 govt schools lack drinking water supply, 15k have no toilets: MinisterOver 42,000 government schools across the country do not have drinking water facilities, while more than 15,000 schools have no toilets, Un...
18 Mar, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
All-in-one digital repository of official data in the worksAn information portal collating official data on employment, health, GST and trade could be up soon.
30 Dec, 2019, 06.29 AM IST
Over 37 per cent of schools in India have no electricityWhile only 62.81% schools in the country have electricity connections, Jharkhand is at the bottom of the list with just 19% schools in the ...
04 Aug, 2017, 08.20 AM IST
41 Gurgaon schools run by just 1 teacher eachTeachers fulfil the roles of friend, philosopher and guide but in Gurgaon, they also double up as clerks, wardens, midday meal servers and ...
11 Jul, 2016, 10.20 AM IST
NIC entrusted with task of compiling school education dataTo begin with, NIC will be involved in government's Shala Asmita Yojna (SAY) that will have a ready database of 25 crore schoolgoing childr...
03 Jul, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
Student enrolment in government elementary schools decreased in 2013-14The enrolment of students in the government elementary schools decreased marginally during 2013-14 and increased in the private schools.
21 Dec, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
6340 elementary schools in dilapidated stateIn a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, HRD Minister Smriti Irani also said that as per UDISE 2015-15, 833 secondary school building...
30 Nov, 2015, 04.57 PM IST