Primary Education
Table 1 : Number of Institution, Teachers and Enrolment-2005

Type of School Institution No. of Teacher Enrolment
Total Female Total Girls
Govt. Primary School
 37672 162084 71740 (44.3) 9483891 4848049 (50.1)
Registered Non-Govt. Primary School
 19682 76566 22833 (29.8) 3572686 1802605 (50.5)
Non-Registered Non-Govt. Primary School
 946 3456 2200 (63.7) 158059 78186 (49.5)
Other Primary Level Institution
 22097 102683 28217 (27.5) 3169081 1405597 (44.4)
Total (Primary ) 80397 344789 124990 (36.3) 16225658 8134437 (50.1)
Note : Figures in the  Parentheses indicates percentage of female.


Table 2 : Gross and Net Enrolment Rate in Primary Education- 2005

Gender Population (6-10 Yrs.) Total Enrollment (all age) Enrolment of School age (6-10 Yrs) Gross Enrolment Rate (%) Net *  Enrolment Rate (%)
Both Sex
 17315296 16225658 15098938 93.71 87.20
Male
 8868810 8091221 7488654 91.23 84.44
Female
 8446486 8134437 7610284 96.31 90.10
Data source : Directorate of Primary Education


Table 3 : Grade wise Enrolment by sex in all types of  primary level institutions, 2004 and 2005.

Grade Enrolment 2004 Enrolment 2005
  Total Girls % of Girls Total Girls % of Girls
Grade 1 4652038 2292533 49.28 4421063 2201028 49.79
Grade 2 3940759 1947013 49.41 3553587 1766210 49.70
Grade 3 3589776 1788072 49.81 3260972 1632237 50.05
Grade 4 3135770 1557190 49.66 2753517 1397234 50.74
Grade 5 2634957 1322059 50.17 2236519 1137728 50.87
Total (1-5) 17953300 8906867 49.61 16225658 8134437 50.13


Table 4 : Teacher-student Ratio and average students per institution by type, 2005

Type of primary school Teacher-student Ratio Average student per institution

Govt. Primary School

 1:59 252

Registered Non-Govt. Primary School

 1:47 182

Non-Registered Non-Govt. Primary School

 1:46 167

Others Primary Level Institutions

 1:31 143

All Primary School

 1:47 202
Data source : Directorate of Primary Education
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