19,643 classes empty, 3,504 schools have one teacher in U'khand
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Girish Kumar Anshul /
04:19 pm on
Wednesday, 12 March, 2025 A report published on March 10 by Uttarakhand's rural development and migration commission revealed that 3,504 schools rely on a single teacher, and 10,470 out of 17,787 schools (59%) have no principal. It also found 19,643 classes have no students while 8,324 have only one student. Additionally, in 180 schools, 242 teachers are each teaching only one student.