No Blackboards 90000 Schools Asmanyas Elementary Schools National University Educational Planning Administration NUEPA

No Blackboards in 90,000 Schools

No Blackboards in 90,000 Schools

New Delhi: Asmanyas 90,000 elementary schools in the country do not have a blackboard. So says a new government survey.

In terms of percentage, the report— "Elementary education in India: State report cards 2005-06"— prepared by the education think-tank, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), reveals 7.37 per cent schools in rural areas were without blackboards.

The figure for urban areas lacking this basic facility stood at 9.06 per cent.

Interestingly, the figure for the rural areas is roughly the same as it was during the year 2004-5 (7.95 per cent)

The report further reveals that as many as 4, 64,000 schools did not have school buildings. Of the schools without blackboards, 21,699 did not have even teachers.

The study covered 11, 24,033 schools. It determined that the lack of blackboards affected enrolment of students in schools.

The 7.95 per cent of elementary schools (during 2004-5) without blackboards registered 4.21 per cent of the total elementary enrolment, the report said.

Besides blackboards, buildings and teachers, thousands of schools also did not have drinking water facilities, toilets, boundary walls and playgrounds. As many as 1, 02,227 schools — or 9.54 per cent of the total schools imparting elementary education — were single classroom schools.

Quite a few schools operated in tents. About 1.29 percent of primary schools have no teachers and another 16.58 per cent have only one teacher. Of the total of 1, 36,848 schools with one teacher, 95, 65 per cent were in rural areas.

Every second school in the country did not have a boundary wall, while about 48 per cent of schools could not boast of a playground, the report said.

About 9.99 million children repeated elementary grades, a figure which represents 5.90 percent of the total enrolment. As much as 85 per cent of the repeaters are located in rural areas.

Incidentally, a whopping 30.73 per cent schools that impart elementary education did not have any female teacher.

No Blackboards in 90,000 Schools

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