Jan 2- Hardly 20 % of the government schools is Goa have functional computer facility for pedagogical purpose, states the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2023-24 report released by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Govt of India. Of the 789 government schools in Goa, only 158 i.e. 20 % have functional computer facility for pedagogical purpose. Of the total 1487 schools in Goa 816 i.e. 54.9 % have such facilities – 20 % govt schools , 94.6 % govt aided schools and 92.9 % private aided schools. I.e. 671 schools do not any such facility.
Incidentally, 100 % schools in Chandigarh, 99.9 % schools in Delhi, 99.3 % schools in Puducherry and 99.1 % schools in Kerala have functional computer facility for pedagogical purpose.
Incidentally, percentage of Government Schools in Goa with Middle and Secondary sections having functional ICT labs stands at 37.3 % while 39.9 % govt aided schools have such facilities.
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Other highlights of the data
▪️ Goa has 1487 schools (862 foundational and preparatory level, 77 middle and 548 secondary level schools) with an enrolment of 3,04,735 students who are taught by 14,594 teachers (Pupil teacher ratio of 21)
▪️ 25.2 % schools in Goa have smart classrooms
▪️ 12.8 % schools in Goa have projectors
▪️ 36.4 % schools use mobile phones for teaching learning process
▪️ 87.6 % have internet facility
▪️ There are 4 schools with zero i.e. no enrolment and 16 teachers are there in these 4 schools
▪️ 238 Schools with single teacher and having total enrolment of 3142
▪️ Average Teachers per School 10, Average Enrolments per School 205
▪️ 42.9 % Schools have 50 or less students
▪️11.3 % have more than 500 students
▪️ All schools in Goa have library and functional electricity as well as drinking water facility
▪️ 1353 schools have playgrounds, 32 have digital library, 1477 have functional girls toilets and 1476 have functional boys toilets
▪️ 51 schools have solar panel and 60 have functional rain harvesting systems
▪️ Dropout rate at secondary level is 7.8 % with 10 % boys and 5.4 % girls dropping out from school at this level
🔸 9% schools in Goa have CWSN friendly toilets
Jan 2- Out of 1,487 schools in Goa, mere 9% i.e. 131 schools have CWSN (Child With Special Needs) friendly toilets. In all 63% schools have ramps and 57% are equipped with ramps and hand rails. 4,341 children with special needs (CWSN) are enrolled in schools in the state comprising 2,791 boys and 1,550 girls .
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