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
ETtech Opinion: The necessity of edtechThe pandemic reversed decades of progress in learning, especially in developing countries like India, but more than 600 million children wo...
22 Sep, 2022, 05.00 AM IST
Bihar schools have worst student-teacher ratio, followed by Delhi: HRDThe Right To Education Act, 2009 in its schedule has laid down pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools.
25 Aug, 2019, 12.43 PM IST
India improves student-classroom, pupil-teacher ratios: SurveyIndia has also improved quantitative indicators such as enrolment levels, completion rates and other physical infrastructure.
29 Jan, 2018, 04.26 PM IST
Bengaluru: Teachers aplenty, but many government schools have too fewIn Bengaluru alone, 662 government primary schools need 921 additional teachers to ensure a pupil teacher ratio of 1:30 as prescribed under...
30 May, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
IITs will take nearly 10 years to get to ideal teacher-student ratioFacing a severe faculty crunch, the IITs have projected that it will take the elite institutes close to a decade to get to the ideal teache...
18 Sep, 2013, 11.05 AM IST
Bihar schools lag in implementing right to educationBihar lagged on different counts of infrastructure and basic facilities like kitchen shed, library, playground, sanitation, free text books.
27 Aug, 2013, 08.06 PM IST
Sharp decline in enrolment in government schoolsThe number of children enrolled in government primary schools has dropped by 21 lakh between 2009-10 and 2010-11 while there has been an in...
24 Jul, 2012, 09.00 AM IST
- Bihar to seek World Bank loan
Bihar government will seek loan from World Bank to provide training to school teachers, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today
13 Jun, 2012, 04.32 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu to recruit 7,000 teachers for government schools
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today directed creating about 7,000 new additional teacher vacancies.
29 Dec, 2011, 03.56 PM IST
- UGC makes new rules for student-teacher ratio at universities
The UGC has laid down new regulations for student-teacher ratio at universities.
18 May, 2010, 06.57 PM IST
- India has one of the lowest teacher-student ratios: Expert
Number of teachers in India is one of the lowest in the world and is generally a last career resort, an expert said.
07 Nov, 2009, 07.44 PM IST
- 'IITs will need 3,000 faculty members in next 10 years'
IITs across the country will need 3,000 teachers in the next 10 years to manage teaching and research activities, a top official on Thursda...
14 Aug, 2008, 10.33 PM IST
- Faculty crunch at IITs set to aggravate
The faculty crunch at IITs is set to aggravate with the government reducing the number of sanctioned teaching posts in the institution.
08 Aug, 2008, 09.15 PM IST
- IIM expansion would come at a price
Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day announcement that the government would set up seven more IIMs to take the total number to 13 comes at a t...
16 Aug, 2007, 05.15 AM IST
- Kerala: Master of elementary education
No prizes for guessing this one: Kerala has been ranked first as far as elementary education in the country is concerned.
04 Jan, 2007, 03.27 AM IST
- Model Edu Bill has some tough courses for teachers
Concerned about the teacher absenteeism in elementary schools, the government has decided to move to a system for appointment of teachers -...
03 Jul, 2006, 12.13 AM IST