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UDISE+ 2024-25 Report: School Infrastructure and Teacher Gaps

2 September 20251 min read
REPORTS & INDEXESUDISE+ 2024-25Report: SchoolInfrastructure andTeacher Gaps2 September 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

The UDISE+ 2024-25 data showed strong basic facilities but gaps in digital access, teachers and health support.

Key facts

  • Computers: 65% of schools, only 58% working. Internet: 63% (government 58.6%, private 77.1%).
  • Electricity: over 25,000 schools lack it.
  • Basics: drinking water 99%, toilets 98.6%, hand-wash 95.9%.
  • Check-ups: just 75.5% of schools; weakest Bihar (32.7%), Nagaland (44.9%).

Teachers and small schools

  • PTR: primary 20:1; higher classes Jharkhand 47:1, Maharashtra and Odisha 37:1; norms RTE 30:1, NEP 2020 20-25:1.
  • Trained teachers about 91%; lowest Meghalaya.
  • 5.1% of schools have under 10 students: Ladakh 32.2%, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand 22%.

Regional pattern

  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu lead; West Bengal (18.6% internet) and Meghalaya (26.4%) lag.

Exam angle

  • Launched 2018; highest tiny-school share: Ladakh.

Test yourself

1. In UDISE+ 2024-25, which region had the highest share of schools with under 10 students?

Ladakh recorded 32.2%, the highest figure listed.

2. What pupil-teacher ratio benchmark does the RTE Act set, as noted in the UDISE+ 2024-25 coverage?

The RTE Act norm is 30:1; NEP 2020 suggests 20-25:1.

3. UDISE+ 2024-25 found how many schools still without electricity?

More than 25,000 schools lack electricity.

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