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8,000 Schools with Zero Enrolment Employ 20,000 Teachers in India
The Northlines
|October 27, 2025
Close to 8,000 schools across the country had zero enrolments during the 2024-25 academic session, with West Bengal accounting for most such schools, followed by Telangana, according to official data.
A total of 20,817 teachers were employed in the schools with zero enrolments. In a peculiar case, West Bengal accounted for 17,965 such teachers, along with the highest number of schools without enrolments (3,812).
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of The Northlines.
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