Telling numbers | Pupils and teachers: the best ratios are in the smaller states | Explained News, The Indian Express

Telling numbers | Pupils and teachers: the best ratios are in the smaller states | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |Updated: July 19, 2019 3:17:44 am

Telling numbers | Pupils and teachers: the best ratios are in the smaller states

In its reply to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha this week, the HRD Ministry said the PTR norm in the country has been set at 30:1 for primary level, and at 35:1 for the upper primary level.

The report found the PTR at national level 23:1 for primary schools and 24:1 for upper primary schools. (Representational image)

Tripura, Sikkim, and Nagaland have the best Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), according to a report compiled by the Unified District Information on School Education (UDISE) in 2017-18 and tabled by the government in Parliament.