List of Tables

Table 13 : Percentage of NFE Learners (Primary & Upper Primary) to Total Elementary Enrolment: 1993-94

Table 14 : Number of Schools, All India: 1950-51 to 1997-98

Table 15 : Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools and Average Number of Teachers in Schools: 1986-87 & 1993-94

Table 16 : Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Percentage of Female Teachers: 1986-87 & 1993-94

Table 17 : Transition Rate (%): All India: 1970-71 to 1990-91

Table 13 : Percentage of NFE Learners (Primary & Upper Primary) to  Total Elementary Enrolment : 1993-94

	(G+VAs)		Government		(Govt.+VAs)
	% to Total Enrolment		% to Total Enrolment		% to ASP (6-14Yrs.)
State	Girls	Total	Girls	Total	Girls	Total
Andhra Pradesh	6.87	6.61	6.45	6.26	7.46	7.96
Arunchal Pradesh	0.68	0.65	0.68	0.65	1.01	1.08
Assam	7.63	7.34	7.50	7.20	8.73	9.08
Bihar	0.74	0.54	0.53	0.40	0.47	0.49
Goa	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.07	0.07
Gujarat	0.33	0.31	0.18	0.17	0.43	0.45
Haryana	0.21	0.24	0.18	0.21	0.23	0.29
Himachal Pradesh	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.03
J & K	2.23	2.04	2.16	1.96	1.74	2.07
Karnataka	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kerala	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.07
Madhya Pradesh	6.47	5.79	6.32	5.66	6.99	7.41
Maharashtra	0.09	0.11	0.06	0.07	0.14	0.19
Manipur	6.21	5.74	5.52	5.13	10.95	10.51
Megahalaya	3.21	3.29	2.94	3.03	5.49	5.58
Mizoram	1.00	1.01	0.95	0.97	1.98	2.07
Nagaland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Orissa	5.57	5.38	4.24	4.14	6.05	6.90
Punjab	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Rajasthan	5.92	3.49	5.53	3.25	4.23	3.87
Sikkim	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tamil Nadu	0.10	0.10	0.03	0.03	0.20	0.21
Tripura	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Uttar Pradesh	7.80	6.24	7.57	6.04	6.01	6.36
West Bengal	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A & N Islands	0.66	0.56	0.66	0.56	1.16	1.06
Chandigarh	3.52	2.79	3.52	2.79	5.22	4.22
D & N Haveli	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Delhi	0.23	0.20	0.19	0.15	0.41	0.34
Lakshadweep	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pondicherry	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
All India	2.72	2.49	2.54	2.33	3.05	3.22

G: Government, VA: Voluntary Agency, ASP: Age-specific Population

Source: Computed by the author based on NCERT (1998).

Table 14 : Number of Schools: All India, 1950-51 to 1996-97

Number of Schools
Year	Primary	Middle	Ratio of  Primary to Middle Schools
1950-51	209671	13596	15.4
1955-56	278135	21730	12.8
1960-61	330399	49663	6.7
1965-66	391064	75798	5.2
1970-71	408378	90621	4.5
1975-76	454270	106571	4.3
1980-81	494503	118555	4.2
1985-86	528872	134846	3.9
1990-91	560935	151456	3.7
1991-92	566744	155926	3.6
1992-93	572541	153921	3.7
1993-94	572923	155707	3.7
1994-95	581306	163605	3.6
1995-96	590421	171216	3.4
1996-97	598354	176772	3.4

Source: Varghese and Mehta (1998).

Table 15 : Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools and Average Number of  Teachers in Schools

	Primary Schools		Upper Primary Schools		RATIO		Average Number of Teachers
							Primary		Upper Primary
State	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94
Andhra Pradesh	44346	49194	5647	6418	7.9	7.7	2.2	2.2	7.0	5.8
Arunchal	952	1166	182	284	5.2	4.1	2.0	2.2	7.0	6.7
Assam	25873	28822	4991	7138	5.2	4.0	2.2	2.4	5.9	6.5
Bihar	51377	52674	12211	13765	4.2	3.8	2.2	2.1	7.4	7.3
Goa	993	1029	123	116	8.1	8.9	2.9	2.8	9.1	7.4
Gujarat	12709	13588	16192	18151	0.8	0.7	2.5	2.3	7.6	7.5
Haryana	4849	5143	1161	1487	4.2	3.5	3.3	3.3	9.4	8.6
H.P	6904	7732	1020	1105	6.8	7.0	2.4	3.0	5.5	5.7
J & K	7466	9057	2196	2648	3.4	3.4	1.6	1.9	7.1	7.2
Karnataka	23023	22128	14969	18263	1.5	1.2	1.6	2.0	6.3	5.6
Kerala	6096	6701	3547	2927	1.7	2.3	8.2	7.6	15.6	18.3
M.P	64089	72730	12692	16237	5.0	4.5	2.5	2.5	5.8	5.4
Maharashtra	38094	41292	16919	18908	2.3	2.2	3.0	3.3	8.1	8.1
Manipur	2757	3027	436	702	6.3	4.3	3.2	3.5	8.4	10.2
Megahalaya	3692	4099	665	816	5.6	5.0	1.8	2.1	4.5	4.8
Mizoram	1005	978	463	610	2.2	1.6	3.3	3.9	5.7	6.5
Nagaland	1131	1305	291	307	3.9	4.3	4.7	4.9	10.1	10.6
Orissa	34178	37239	8271	10420	4.1	3.6	2.2	2.4	4.3	3.9
Punjab	12838	13085	1445	1455	8.9	9.0	3.7	3.5	7.4	5.9
Rajasthan	28103	33271	8334	10122	3.4	3.3	2.2	2.7	8.3	7.8
Sikkim	468	532	121	115	3.9	4.6	4.4	5.1	12.8	13.3
Tamil Nadu	29268	30329	5666	5593	5.2	5.4	3.9	3.8	11.3	11.1
Tripura	1927	2029	419	434	4.6	4.7	3.9	4.5	8.7	12.3
Uttar Pradesh	75564	86426	17335	19145	4.4	4.5	3.5	3.5	5.7	5.3
West Bengal	48456	48841	3127	2976	15.5	16.4	3.4	3.3	7.3	6.4
A & N Islands	177	187	40	44	4.4	4.3	3.5	4.0	14.5	16.4
Chandigarh	44	43	31	29	1.4	1.5	8.5	9.4	15.2	14.7
D & N Haveli	124	125	36	43	3.4	2.9	1.4	1.6	9.4	9.7
Daman & Diu	32	45	16	19	2.0	2.4	5.7	6.6	9.9	7.6
Delhi	1838	1962	366	505	5.0	3.9	10.0	11.2	13.2	15.0
Lakshadweep	18	19	4	4	4.5	4.8	10.3	13.6	28.5	44.0
Pondicherry	339	337	100	120	3.4	2.8	5.1	5.3	14.2	13.9
All India	528730	575135	139016	160906	3.8	3.6	2.8	2.9	7.2	6.9

Source : Calculated by the author  based on information presented in NCERT (1992 & 1998).

Table 16 : Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Percentage of  Female Teachers

	Primary Level				Upper Primary Level
	P-T Ratio		% of  Female Teachers		P-T Ratio			% of Female Teachers
States/UTs	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94	1986-87	1993-94	1993-94		1986-87
A.P	44	50	28.04	31.56	24	44	36.45		32.58
Arunchal	34	36	17.34	23.01	17	23	20.92		17.88
Assam	36	39	25.59	28.84	30	30	17.88		19.14
Bihar	60	53	17.46	20.03	25	44	22.16		18.33
Goa	29	21	58.99	63.81	37	39	58.14		53.83
Gujarat	61	45	39.03	38.70	21	42	46.86		43.78
Haryana	53	49	41.25	46.24	40	39	40.42		40.49
H.P	38	126	35.59	39.86	29	24	24.16		19.85
J & K	33	24	38.07	38.85	19	24	39.73		34.26
Karnataka	48	50	26.12	32.64	33	59	45.31		39.7
Kerala	40	32	62.12	67.27	30	31	64.61		58.93
M.P	39	46	21.62	24.76	29	37	27.72		24.74
Maharashtra	42	83	38.22	39.03	37	27	38.71		37.29
Manipur	17	18	21.43	30.49	16	16	33.14		21.95
Megahalaya	37	37	39.96	46.18	21	18	37.78		37.02
Mizoram	27	30	44.40	46.16	13	15	22.27		21.16
Nagaland	20	19	29.90	34.00	15	19	27.43		21.56
Orissa	39	36	15.67	23.07	31	32	17.71		12.09
Punjab	40	38	54.03	58.46	39	22	44.33		40.90
Rajasthan	55	47	23.42	27.14	18	34	24.46		22.87
Sikkim	15	14	29.60	34.08	17	19	32.26		31.46
Tamil Nadu	56	49	39.31	41.07	37	51	48.06		49.45
Tripura	36	37	21.86	22.39	29	24	22.68		22.56
Uttar Pradesh	41	59	21.27	25.26	35	39	21.26		19.44
West Bengal	41	51	20.44	23.03	41	61	25.96		21.50
A & N Islands	31	23	32.85	39.49	26	22	50.69		45.94
Chandigarh	28	40	90.91	93.35	31	23	90.59		88.32
D & N Haveli	35	41	38.86	35.03	27	33	56.35		51.83
Daman & Diu	41	36	45.36	54.24	36	28	41.67		36.71
Delhi	34	32	56.67	59.93	31	21	51.90		60.57
Lakshadweep	28	31	29.73	31.27	18	25	30.68		48.25
Pondicherry	34	29	41.93	50.81	29	30	49.28		38.86
All India	44	50	28.20	31.41	29	38	35.08		32.80

Source : NCERT (1992) and MHRD (Selected Statistics for the year 1993-94).

Table 17 :  Transition Rate (%) : All India, 1970-71 to 1990-91

Year	Transition Rate (%)
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys/Girls Differnetial
1970-71	86.80	74.08	82.56	12.72
1975-76	87.99	78.34	84.58	9.65
1980-81	92.11	81.77	88.35	10.34
1985-86	90.79	82.01	87.45	8.78
1990-91	95.20	93.22	94.42	1.98

Source: Varghese and Mehta (1998).