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One Student, One Teacher

Government schools in many states are struggling to retain students even as many unqualified teachers continue to teach which erodes the quality of education.

One Student, One Teacher in Telengana SchoolA government school in Telengana has only one student and one teacher. The school is in the village of Narappan Nenipalli. Earlier hundreds of students studied here but now has lost out to competition from English medium schools. The lone student Keerthana studies in Grade IV. To teach her the government spends Rs 12, 14,000 as annual salary to teacher, 30,000 to cook and total expenses add upto Rs 12.84 lakh a year. The school is trying to attract stu...

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