Why in the News?
The latest round of Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) data was released by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
About UDISE+
- Launch: Introduced in 2018–19 as an upgraded version of UDISE (2012–13).
- Purpose: Collects and monitors school-level data across India.
- Coverage: Tracks enrolment, dropout rates, teachers, infrastructure, and gender indicators.
- Design: Built to speed up data entry, reduce errors, improve verification, and enhance data quality.
- Policy Role: Functions as a key tool for planning, monitoring, and implementing education reforms.
- Scope: Covers schools at all levels – foundational, preparatory, middle, and secondary.
Key Highlights of the UDISE+ 2025 Report:
- Teachers: Number of teachers crossed 1 crore (1,01,22,420) in 2024–25, a 6.7% rise from 2022–23.
- Pupil–Teacher Ratio (PTR): Improved to 10 (foundational), 13 (preparatory), 17 (middle), and 21 (secondary), well below NEP’s 1:30 recommendation.
- Dropout Rates: Fell sharply to 2.3% (preparatory), 3.5% (middle), 8.2% (secondary) in 2024–25, compared to 8.7%, 8.1%, 13.8% respectively in 2022–23.
- Retention Rates: Reached 98.9% (foundational), 92.4% (preparatory), 82.8% (middle), 47.2% (secondary).
- Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER): Rose to 90.3% (middle) and 68.5% (secondary).
- Transition Rates: Increased to 98.6% (foundational → preparatory), 92.2% (preparatory → middle), 86.6% (middle → secondary).
- Zero-Enrolment & Single Teacher Schools: Single-teacher schools reduced to 1,04,125; zero-enrolment schools dropped to 7,993 (38% decline).
- Infrastructure: 64.7% schools with computer access, 63.5% with internet, 93.6% with electricity, 99.3% with drinking water, 97.3% with girls’ toilets, 96.2% with boys’ toilets. 95.9% with handwashing, 83% with playgrounds, 89.5% with libraries, 54.9% with ramps/handrails, 29.4% with rainwater harvesting.
- Gender Representation: Girls’ enrolment rose to 48.3%. Female teachers increased to 54.2% of the workforce.
| [UPSC 2018] Consider the following statements:
1. As per the Right to Education (RTE) Act, to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in a State, a person would be required to possess the minimum qualification laid down by the concerned State Council of Teacher Education. 2. As per the RTE Act, for teaching primary classes, a candidate is required to pass a Teacher Eligibility Test conducted in accordance with the National Council of Teacher Education guidelines. 3. In India, more than 90% of teacher education institutions are directly under the State Governments Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Options: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only * (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only |
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