4,133 Empty Schools: Bengal’s Education Crisis Exposed

The school education system in West Bengal has revealed a striking imbalance, with 4,133 schools reporting zero student enrolment despite having 19,502 teachers, while another 6,769 schools have only one teacher serving a combined 2,29,569 students, according to the Union government’s UDISE+ 2025-26 report. The statistics,  published in July and uploaded to the Union Education […]