Indian Education Repository

* In 2019-20, total students in school education from pre-primary to higher secondary have crossed 26.45 crore. This is higher by over 42 lakh compared to 2018-19.

* Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) increased to 89.7% (from 87.7%) at Upper Primary level, 97.8% (from 96.1%) at Elementary Level.
* In 2019-20, 96.87 lakh teachers have been engaged in school education. This is higher by about 2.57 lakh compared to 2018-19. The Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) has improved at all levels of school education.
* Enrolment of Divyang students has increased by 6.52% over 2018-19. In 2019-20, enrolment of girls from primary to higher secondary is more than 12.08 crore. This is an increase by 14.08 lakh compared to 2018-19.
* More than 80% schools in India in 2019-20 had functional electricity. This is an improvement by more than 6% over the previous year 2018-19.
* More than 84% schools in India had a library/reading room/ reading corner in 2019-20, an improvement of nearly 4% compared to the previous year. In 2012-13, about 69.2% schools had library/ reading room/ reading corner.