2,21,047 teachers in Assam against 49 lakh students: Ranoj Pegu

way2barak, Nov.9: Just a day after abolishing 8,000 post of teachers, state Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu on Wednesday stated that these posts have been abolished in the interest of maintaining financial integrity. He further stated that at present, there are 2,21,047 teachers in Assam against 49 lakh students. In this backdrop, he stated that there is no necessity of additional teachers in the state.

The Education Minister further stated that in the schools of the state, there are enough teachers against students. At present there are 4000 vacant posts of teachers in the schools which will be filled up soon and that more posts will be created, if necessary.

Based on the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data, the minister in a informed that the dropout rate in lower primary schools was 3.3 percent in 2020-21, which went upto 6.02 in 2021-22. The dropout rate in the case of upper primary schools was recorded at 4.6 percent in 2020-21 and it shot up to 8.8 percent in 2021-22. However, the dropout rate at the secondary level has declined from 31 percent in 2020-21 to 20.3 percent in 2021-22.

The Education Minister further stated, “The number of total dropout students is 1, 29,543. These out-of-school children cover 1, 01,602 dropout children and 27,941 never enrolled children, who were identified through a survey.”