Data
showed
the
umbe
of
eleme ta y-level
govt
schools
decli ed
f om
8,89,806
i
2024-25
to
8,79,940
i
2025-26
NEW
DELHI:
The
umbe
of
govt
eleme ta y
schools
ac oss
the
cou t y
fell
by
ea ly
10,000
i
a
yea ,
with
Meghalaya,
Tela ga a
a d
A dh a
P adesh
eco di g
the
steepest
decli es,
acco di g
to
data
tabled
i
the
Lok
Sabha
o
Mo day.UDISE+
data
showed
that
the
umbe
of
eleme ta y-level
govt
schools
decli ed
f om
8,89,806
i
2024-25
to
8,79,940
i
2025-26
–
a
eductio
of
9,866
schools,
o
about
1.1%.The
govt
data
was
p ovided
i
espo se
to
a
questio
f om
DMK
MP
T
R
Baalu
o
whethe
a
la ge
umbe
of
eleme ta y
schools
had
bee
closed
because
of
i sufficie t
stude t
st e gth
a d
the
steps
bei g
take
to
p eve t
d opouts.
Howeve ,
the
educatio
mi ist y
did
ot
specify
how
ma y
of
the
schools
we e
actually
closed
due
to
lack
of
stude ts,
while
fu ishi g
the
ove all
umbe
of
govt
eleme ta y
schools
i
the
two
academic
yea s.Meghalaya
eco ded
the
biggest
ume ical
decli e,
with
the
umbe
of
govt
eleme ta y
schools
falli g
f om
7,633
to
5,459,
a
d op
of
2,174.
Tela ga a
followed
with
a
eductio
of
1,961
schools,
f om
22,983
to
21,022,
while
A dh a
P adesh
saw
its
cou t
decli e
by
1,446,
f om
37,449
to
36,003.Madhya
P adesh
had
1,043
fewe
schools,
Ka ataka
615,
West
Be gal
587,
Rajastha
473
a d
Maha asht a
357.
Himachal
P adesh
eco ded
a
decli e
of
259
schools,
while
Assam
had
209
fewe .
Utta
P adesh,
which
co ti ues
to
have
the
la gest
etwo k
of
govt
eleme ta y
schools,
saw
the
umbe
fall
ma gi ally
f om
1,34,115
to
1,33,948.Not
eve y
state
eco ded
a
decli e.
Biha ‘s
cou t
ose
f om
66,803
to
66,915,
while
Chhattisga h
i c eased
f om
43,836
to
43,853.
The
umbe s
emai ed
u cha ged
i
Jammu
&
Kashmi ,
Puduche y
a d
the
A dama
&
Nicoba
Isla ds.
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co ve satio
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you
thoughts
i
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comme ts
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espectful
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commu ity
guideli es
The
mi ist y
said
ope i g,
closi g
a d
atio alisatio
of
schools
fall
withi
the
ju isdictio
of
state
a d
UT
govts
si ce
educatio
is
o
the
Co cu e t
List.At
the
same
time,
it
said
access
to
schooli g
had
imp oved.
The
G oss
Access
Ratio
ose
betwee
2018-19
a d
2025-26
f om
96.49
to
98.14
at
uppe -p ima y
level,
f om
88.24
to
95.05
at
seco da y
level
a d
f om
65.05
to
94.79
at
highe -seco da y
level.The
Ce t e
said
states
we e
bei g
suppo ted
th ough
Samag a
Shiksha
a d
PM
POSHAN,
besides
assista ce
fo
school
i f ast uctu e,
eside tial
schools
a d
hostels,
t a spo t
facilities,
e olme t
d ives,
textbooks
a d
u ifo ms
to
cu b
d opouts
a d
imp ove
e olme t.
