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SOUTH ASIA: AVAILABILITY  OF  TEACHERS

  Year India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives South Asia (weighted average) Developing Countries (excluding South Asia )
Total teachers ( 000's) 1990s 4282 637 342 111 195 2.4 2.8 5572 (T) 27653 (T)
Total number of Primary
teachers ( 000s) 1980  1509 (a) 150 154 28 54 (b) 1.5 (c) n/a 1897 (T) 12301 (T)
  1995 1714 413 230 80 70 1.9 n/a 2509 (T) 16244 (T)
annual growth  ( 1980-95) 1.3 7 2.7 7.3 1.8 3.4 n/a 1.9 1.9
Trained teachers (as % of
total primary teachers ) 1995 87 82 91 41 68 (d) n/a 72 85 n/a
Pupil- teacher ratio Primary
Level 1990 61 41 61 39 29 37 n/a 56 32 (e)
annual 1995 64 38 71 39 28 31 31 60 31 (f)
Growth (1990-1995) 0.96 -1.5 3 0 -0.7 -3.5 n/a 0.46 -0.2
Pupil- teacher ratio Secondary
Level 1980 23 18 24 31         n/a n/a n/a 23 20
1995 33         19 28         34 20 13 n/a            31 22
Annual Growth (1980-95) 3.0        0.5 1.3        0.8         n/a n/a n/a 2.5 0.7
Female teachers (%)
Primary level 1980 27 32 8 10 n/a n/a n/a 26 45
1995 31 25 27 16 82 16 n/a 31 51
annual growth (1980-95) 0.93 -1.6 8.5 3.2 n/a n/a n/a 1.2 1
Secondary level 1980 28 30 7 7 n/a n/a n/a 26 32
1992 35 32 10 10 59 n/a n/a 32 40 (g)
annual growth (1980-1992) 1.9 0.54 3 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.7 1.6
Teacher - soldier ratio 1990 3.3 0.67 3.3 2.5 2.5 n/a n/a 2.8 1.6

Note :   a : Year 1985-6 ; b : calculated by multiplying the pupil - teacher ratio ( 1980 ) by the corresponding school age population. c and e : year 1988 ; d : All levels ; f : calculated by using weighted average for different regions. G : year 1994.
Source : Human Development in South Asia : 1998  OUP, Karachi, (1999), Profile of Education for South Asia.
 
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