Telangana has 5,001 single-teacher government schools, says NITI Aayog report

Telangana has 5,001 single-teacher government schools, with over 62,000 students enrolled. The state also ranks second in the country for zero-enrolment schools, highlighting major challenges in the government school education system. Most single-teacher schools are at the primary level, with students studying 18 subjects, all handled by a single teacher. This crisis is part of a larger issue, with 1,04,125 single-teacher schools recorded across the country, and 7,993 zero-enrolment schools.