India’s school network includes roughly 1.47 million schools, 10.3 million teachers, and 247 million students.
Average pupil‑teacher ratio is 24 to 1, meeting the national target of 30 to 1.
Dropout rates dropped to 1.8 % in early grades and 7 % in secondary schools.
Electricity reaches 95 % of schools; safe drinking water reaches 99.5 %.
Computers are in about 70 % of schools and internet in about 67 %.
Girls make up 48.4 % of students and women 54.9 % of teachers.
The teacher‑to‑student ratio has improved to about 24 students per teacher, giving more attention.
Dropout rates have fallen, with fewer children leaving school before finishing.
Most schools have electricity, clean water, toilets, libraries, and many now have computers and internet. 📱
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