Mokokchung has highest literacy rate @ 91.62% followed by Wokha @ 87.69%
Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 31
With the improvement in the system of education, the state of Nagaland has witnessed tremendous improvement in its literacy rate over the past decades.
From literacy rate of 10.52 % in 1951, the state has achieved a literacy rate of 79.55 % as per 2011 census, according to Nagaland Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in the just concluded state assembly session.
As per the 2011 Census, among the eleven districts of Nagaland, Mokokchung has the highest literacy rate of 91.62 % followed by Wokha 87.69 %, Zunheboto 85.26 %, Kohima 85.23 %.
At the bottom is Mon district with a literacy rate of 56.99%. As per UDISE statistics, till 2015 the state government recruited a total of 18, 849 teachers comprising of 11, 315 primary school teachers, 5236 middle school teachers, 1783 high school teachers and 515 higher secondary teachers. Corresponding to this number of teachers, the total enrolment of student in government schools during 2015 was 1, 89, 032.
The breakup of the enrolment in the different levels of schooling was; primary school- 1, 16, 834, middle school- 45, 122, high school- 19, 129, higher secondary – 7947.
Against the Right to Education student teacher norms of 30:1, government schools in Nagaland overall has a student teacher ratio of 10:1.
The breakup of ratio was- primary school- 10:1, middle school- 9:1, high school- 11:1, higher secondary- 15:1. The student teacher ratio in government school was similar across districts except for Mon district where the ratio was 17:3.
At the state level, the total enrolment of students in both government schools as well as private schools during 2015 was 4, 33, 120.
The respective enrolment in the different levels of schooling was- primary school- 2, 35, 998, middle school- 1, 09, 058, high school- 57, 688, higher secondary- 30, 376.
Against this enrolment of student, the total number of teachers in school both government and private school was 30, 242.
The breakup of teachers in the different level of schooling was- primary school- 16, 059, middle school- 8856, high school- 3881, higher secondary- 1446. For the maintenance of the structure of education in the state, government incurred an expenditure of Rs. 1392.92 crore for school education during the financial year 2015-16 (B.E).
