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Ahmedabad, 26-2-2026
Every year, a large number of students failed in Mathematics in the Class 10 examination. Mathematics impacted the education of many students. In three years, the number of students taking Standard decreased by 50,000.
Two options were introduced in Mathematics from 2022-23. Students who wanted to pursue Mathematics were given the option of Mathematics Standard. Students who wanted to pursue Mathematics were given the option of Mathematics Basic. After the introduction of this system, most Class 10 students were taking Mathematics Basic.
In January 2025, only 7.26 percent of students chose Mathematics Standard in the Class 10 examination. 92.74 percent chose Mathematics Basic. Of the 843,006 students registered for Mathematics in Class 10, only 61,264 students chose Mathematics as a Standard subject, while the remaining 781,742 students chose Mathematics as Basic. This year, the number of students opting for Mathematics as Standard decreased by 10,322 compared to last year.
In March 2024, 8,35,833 students were registered for Mathematics in Std. 10. Of these, 91,586, or 8.59 percent, were registered for Mathematics as Standard. Of these, 793,911 students studied Basic Mathematics, while 71,568 students opted for Standard Mathematics.
In March 2023, 8,83,648 students were registered for Mathematics in Std. 10. Of these, 81,954 students, or 9.27 percent, chose the Mathematics Standard option.
In March 2022, 110,797 students out of 7,81,152 registered for the Mathematics Standard exam. Thus, 14.18 percent of the total Mathematics students took the Mathematics Standard exam.
Standard 1
Previously, the age limit for Standard 1 was set at 5 years.
In June 2023, the age limit for admission to Standard 1 was raised to 6 years. In 2020, the Education Department issued an order informing schools about the age limit.
Only those who had completed six years of age by June 14th were admitted. Consequently, the number of students admitted to Standard 1 this year is 300,000.
Due to a decision by the Gujarat Education Department, the number of students seeking admission to Standard 1 dropped from 1 million to just 300,000.
900,000 students received admission to Balvatika.
Parents were eager to enroll their children in municipal schools, leaving private schools behind. Due to high fees and inflation, parents are enrolling their children in government schools.
In April 2024, the Municipal School Board had 439 schools in Gujarati-Hindi-Marathi-English. The number of children eligible for admission to Balvatika and Standard 1 was 29,000. Standard 1 had 20,130 students, of whom 9,929 were boys and 10,201 were girls.
There were 1,774 students in English medium, 2,935 in Hindi medium, and 1,585 in Urdu medium.
This year, 5,500 more children attended school than in 2023.
1.66 lakh students were studying in 312 buildings of 439 schools with 4,600 teachers.
There are 81 smart schools in Ahmedabad. In addition, there are 217 Schools of Excellence.
The number of children in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Balvatika was 9,231, of which 4,983 were boys and 4,548 were girls. There were 750 children in English medium, 1,040 in Hindi, and 926 in Urdu.
Close Schools
Bhane Gujarat
In 2023, primary schools with zero student enrollment were ordered to be immediately closed.
More than 200 schools in the state had zero students.
The state of government education in Gujarat is alarming; the Gujarat government’s slogan “Bhane Gujarat” is proving inaccurate.
In August 2025, the Central Government’s Ministry of Education released the Unified District Information System of Education Plus report.
The number of single-teacher schools in Gujarat increased by 1,182. The total number of schools increased to 2,936.
Two years ago, the number of students increased from 30,000 to 100,000.
The number of schools in Gujarat has decreased to 53,355.
The number of teachers has decreased by 5,000. According to the Unified District Information System of Education Plus report, there has been a decrease of 45.67 lakh students in classes 1 to 5 in Gujarat, 31.93 lakh in classes 6 to 8, 17.17 lakh in classes 9 and 10, and 10.82 lakh in classes 11 and 12. These figures are for the year 2024-25.
The number of one-teacher schools in Gujarat has increased by 1,182 in two years to 2,936. According to the Unified District Information System of Education Plus (UDISE+) 2024-25 report released by the Union Ministry of Education, the state had 1,754 one-teacher schools in 2022-23, which has increased to 2,936 in 2024-25. The number of students in these schools has also increased by 30,000 in two years, exceeding 100,000.
In 2024-25, not a single student enrolled in 63 schools in Gujarat, but these schools had 78 teachers. Across the country, 7,993 schools saw no admissions.
Now, there is one teacher for every 21 students, up from 31 previously. Ten years ago, there were 26 students per teacher at the middle level, which has now dropped to 17. At the secondary level, the number has dropped from 31 to 21.
Number of schools and teachers
By 2025, the number of schools in the state will decrease to 53,300 in a year.
The number of teachers had decreased to 55. During this period, 5,000 teachers were also reduced. The number of teachers decreased to 3.89 lakh, which was 3.94 lakh in 2023-24.
In 2024-25, the state will have a total of 1.15 crore students from pre-primary to 12th grade.
Students have been enrolled.
One-Teacher Schools
The number of one-teacher schools in Gujarat has increased by 67%.
71,506 students in 1,754 schools in 2022-23
87,322 students in 2,462 schools in 2023-24
105,134 students in 2,936 schools in 2024-25
Students by Standard in Gujarat in 2024-25
45.67 lakh students in Classes 1 to 5
31.93 lakh students in Classes 6 to 8
17.17 lakh students in Classes 9 to 10
10.82 lakh students in Classes 11 to 12
Dropout
The government says the school dropout rate has decreased. However, the number of students in Classes 1 to 5 has decreased from 45.67 lakh to 10.82 lakh in Classes 11-12. This means that 3.485 million students dropped out of school. Thus, 76.30% of children drop out.
At the secondary level, dropout rates were 10.9% in 2023-24, which will decrease to 8.2% in 2024-25. At the middle level, it will decrease from 5.2% to 3.5%, and at the primary level, it will decrease from 3.7% to 2.3%. Additionally, the retention rate at the primary level will increase from 85.5% to 92.4% in 2023-24.
In 2023, the Gujarat government launched a project to enroll students in Standard 6 in private social participation schools. The state government will reimburse private schools for the cost of education per student.
By April 2023, 38,550 teachers in the state were due to retire over the next five years. In return, the state government was to recruit 12,000 teachers on a contract basis in schools to be started through social partnerships.
The Swami Vivekananda Gyan Shakti Resident Schools were to identify 100,000 talented students in the state’s government schools and provide them with free education from Standard 6 to 12, along with accommodation.
The school was to provide coaching for competitive exams.
110,000 applications were received for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya entrance exam. 40,000 applications were received for the Eklavya Model Resident Schools. The Education Department allocated a budget for 50 Gyan Shakti Resident Schools.
PPP Model
400 Gyan Setu Day Schools were to be started under the PPP model.
400 Gyan Setu Day Schools were to be established through a social partnership for 200,000 students studying in classes 6 to 12 in government and grant-in-aid schools.
The project partner was to make the entire capital investment. The number of students in classes 6 to 12 in each school was to be limited to 500.
Teachers and other staff were to be recruited on a contract basis.
The Education Department decided to admit 30,000 students each year based on merit.
Raksha Shakti School Project
It was decided to establish two Raksha Shakti Schools in a private partnership for 5,000 promising students. It was decided to provide education similar to that of the Sainik Schools run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
This was decided to be done in partnership with the National Defence University.
38,000 Teachers to Retire
38,550 teachers will retire in the state over a period of five years, from 2023 to 2027-28. This includes 25,560 teachers from classes 1 to 5, 2,292 from classes 6 to 8, and 10,698 from classes 9 to 12 who will retire. The state government will establish social partnership schools and recruit teachers on a contract basis. It has been decided to recruit 12,000 teachers in social partnership schools over the next seven years. (Google translation from Gujarati)
