Nearly 70% govt schools in Telangana and West Bengal sit empty with zero students

Nearly 70% govt schools in Telangana and West Bengal sit empty with zero students

A total of 5,149 government schools have no students at all and around 70 per cent of these schools reporting zero enrolment in the 2024-25 academic year are in Telangana and West Bengal, according to a data provided by the education ministry in the Parliament. Telangana has approximately 2,081 zero enrolment schools, while in West Bengal, there are 1,571 such institutions. In Telangana, Nalgonda district has the highest number of empty schools …