Over 1.1 lakh schools in India rests on the shoulders of 1 teacher- UNESCO
- There are about 1.1 lakh schools in the country where the entire responsibility rests on the shoulders of only one teacher.
- This claim has been made in UNESCO's (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'State of Education Report for India 2021.
- According to the reports, 11.16 lakh or 19 % of teachers' posts in the country are still vacant, out of which 69 % vacancies are in rural areas.
- There are three states with more than one lakh vacancies. Of these, 3.3 lakh posts of teachers are vacant in UP, 2.2 lakh in Bihar and 1.1 lakh in West Bengal.
- These three states have been rated as the states with the worst standards in the UNESCO report.
