Number of Teachers, by Type of Schools, from 1950-51 to 2000-01
|
COMMENTS 
| (in 000') | |||||||||
| Year | Primary | Upper Primary | High / Hr. Secondary | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| 1950-51 | 456 | 82 | 538 | 73 | 13 | 86 | 107 | 20 | 127 |
| 1955-56 | 574 | 117 | 691 | 132 | 19 | 151 | 155 | 35 | 190 |
| 1960-61 | 615 | 127 | 742 | 262 | 83 | 345 | 234 | 62 | 296 |
| 1965-66 | 764 | 180 | 944 | 389 | 139 | 528 | 368 | 111 | 479 |
| 1970-71 | 835 | 225 | 1060 | 463 | 175 | 638 | 474 | 155 | 629 |
| 1975-76 | 955 | 283 | 1248 | 554 | 224 | 778 | 559 | 200 | 759 |
| 1980-81 | 1021 | 342 | 1363 | 598 | 253 | 851 | 669 | 257 | 926 |
| 1985-86 | 1094 | 402 | 1496 | 663 | 305 | 968 | 793 | 339 | 1132 |
| 1990-91 | 1143 | 473 | 1616 | 717 | 356 | 1073 | 917 | 417 | 1334 |
| 1995-96 | 1176 | 558 | 1734 | 758 | 424 | 1182 | 1030 | 519 | 1549 |
| 2000-2001* | 1221 | 675 | 1896 | 820 | 506 | 1326 | 1184 | 577 | 1761 |
| * - Provisional | |||||||||
| Source: Selected Educational Statistics, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India | |||||||||