RAS question
What is the student-teacher ratio in elementary education in Rajasthan in 2024-25?
Correct answer: (C) 14:1.
In Rajasthan's government schools in 2024-25, the student-teacher ratio in elementary education was 14:1.
Explanation
The figure comes from Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25, which reports government-school student enrolment and teacher strength for 2024-25. At the elementary/primary level, enrolment was 24.30 lakh and teacher strength was 1.76 lakh, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14:1. Secondary education had 52.46 lakh students and 2.33 lakh teachers, where the ratio was 22:1. This matters because the Review compares both ratios with the National Education Policy 2020 benchmark of less than 30:1; Rajasthan's elementary ratio is therefore not just the correct figure but also comfortably within that benchmark.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 25:1 is not Rajasthan's government-school ratio for either level in 2024-25; elementary education was 14:1 and secondary education was 22:1.
- (B) 30:1 is the NEP 2020 benchmark used for comparison, not Rajasthan's reported elementary student-teacher ratio for 2024-25.
- (D) 22:1 belongs to secondary education in Rajasthan's government schools in 2024-25, while the question asks for elementary education.
Concept
This tests education indicators within Rajasthan's economy and human-resource-development syllabus. RAS often asks such ratios because they connect budget-review data with policy benchmarks such as NEP 2020.