Over 50 pc schools in State lack drinking water facilities, toilets for girls, NGO report claims
Shillong: Meghalaya and Assam have the worst pupil-teacher ratio among the eight North Eastern states with Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim topping the chart, according to an education report for the North East released by an NGO on Thursday.
Only about 34 per cent schools in Assam met the Right To Education (RTE) criteria of having one teacher for 30 students while about 60 per cent schools in Meghalaya do so, the Annual Report of Education Report (Rural 2014) for North East India, done by PRATHAM, non-profit organizations based in each of the states, said.
ASER is the largest annual household survey of children in rural India that focuses on the status of schooling and basic learning.
Among the top performers are Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim with each state having over 90 per cent of their schools complying with the RTE norms, the report said.
While over 80 per cent schools in Tripura fulfilled the guidelines, nearly 70 per cent of schools in Arunachal Pradesh met the prescribed RTE pupil-teacher ratio.
The report also said that over 50 per cent schools in Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh do not have separate toilets for girls and lack facilities for drinking water. Even when the provisions were available and unlocked, most of these found to be unfit for use, it said. (PTI)