India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Total Teacher in Govt Schools 2025-26
Primary
Upper Primary
Secondary
Higher Secondary
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
877
799
893
2189
ANDHRA PRADESH
74616
7254
87545
31710
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
3001
6576
3123
3588
ASSAM
95731
40479
40954
39552
BIHAR
164481
242606
635
128339
CHANDIGARH
43
284
2270
2921
CHHATTISGARH
74645
53452
10282
47760
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU
546
1656
271
791
DELHI
18287
319
2343
62435
GOA
1997
321
999
488
GUJARAT
27386
153108
3747
10438
HARYANA
32256
10378
7120
51215
HIMACHAL PRADESH
19080
5243
7270
34674
JAMMU & KASHMIR
18748
38988
17578
16255
JHARKHAND
35945
45188
16322
18917
KARNATAKA
34830
95197
43325
20292
KERALA
16294
15626
6447
44234
LADAKH
734
2426
1054
1075
LAKSHADWEEP
179
192
358
MADHYA PRADESH
128006
122807
43375
105782
MAHARASHTRA
91352
108297
15092
8946
MANIPUR
6615
2944
3896
3515
MEGHALAYA
9964
7587
1054
1692
MIZORAM
5378
5560
2148
1153
NAGALAND
5791
5968
4231
2205
ODISHA
60916
78991
58487
14771
PUDUCHERRY
1513
551
1064
1831
PUNJAB
51471
8217
17558
45567
RAJASTHAN
63341
116481
966
260282
SIKKIM
2038
2220
2485
4190
TAMILNADU
56778
47102
29931
87640
TELANGANA
43867
14336
60283
37692
TRIPURA
4862
5840
5926
10253
UTTAR PRADESH
340103
259477
7025
20519
UTTARAKHAND
22738
7270
5810
23583
WEST BENGAL
239882
18261
27315
162655
INDIA
1754291
1532001
538824
1309507
State/UT
Single Teacher Schools for all Management for 2025-26
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
1
ANDHRA PRADESH
16357
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
473
ASSAM
3159
BIHAR
2006
CHHATTISGARH
2461
DELHI
7
GUJARAT
2335
HARYANA
1278
HIMACHAL PRADESH
3128
JAMMU & KASHMIR
1544
JHARKHAND
9827
KARNATAKA
8042
KERALA
67
LADAKH
28
MADHYA PRADESH
2269
MAHARASHTRA
9269
MANIPUR
446
MEGHALAYA
1124
MIZORAM
125
NAGALAND
35
ODISHA
1458
PUNJAB
1749
RAJASTHAN
7200
SIKKIM
31
TAMIL NADU
3957
TELANGANA
4793
TRIPURA
376
UTTAR PRADESH
7874
UTTARAKHAND
2655
WEST BENGAL
6769
INDIA
100843
State
Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, the majority of schools in the country are under the administrative control of the respective State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. Accordingly, the recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers fall within the administrative domain of the concerned States/UTs. Teacher vacancies arise from time to time due to factors such as retirement, resignation, creation of new posts, rationalisation of teacher deployment and changes in enrolment, including in rural, tribal and aspirational districts. The data relating to sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of teachers in Government schools at the primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary levels, State-wise, is maintained by the respective State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.
As per the UDISE+ 2025-26, the State/UT-wise details of teachers in position in Government schools across the country, are placed at Annexure-I.
Further, as per the UDISE+ 2025-26, the State/UT-wise details of single-teacher schools in the country, are placed at Annexure-II.
The Central Government periodically advises States/UTs to fill vacant posts through transparent and merit-based recruitment processes, including through autonomous teacher recruitment boards or similar mechanisms. The progress of recruitment is regularly reviewed through meetings and advisories, with emphasis on competitive selection, consistency and technology-based teacher requirement planning and forecasting.
Further, the Central Government provides financial assistance to States/UTs under Samagra Shiksha to maintain appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) at various levels of schooling in accordance with the norms prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
Para 2.3 of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 emphasises maintaining a PTR of under 30:1 in each school and under 25:1 in areas with a high proportion of socio-economically disadvantaged students. As per UDISE+ 2025-26 report, the PTR at the national level stands at 19 at Primary level, 17 at Upper Primary level, 15 at Secondary level, and 23 at the Higher Secondary level which is within the norms envisaged under NEP 2020.
Moreover, the Ministry of Education is implementing a National Mission to improve learning outcomes at the School Education level through an integrated teacher training programme called 'National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement' (NISHTHA). NISHTHA courses have been designed and are run for Elementary, Secondary, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and Educational Technology and are offered online by NCERT on the DIKSHA platform using high-quality professionally made e-content.
This information was given by Minister of State for Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
