WIRE — India now has over 1.02 crore (1,02,73,020) teachers working in around 14.66 lakh (14,66,682) schools across the country. The country has also nearly 24.72 crore (24,72,19,766) students, and the dropout rate declined from 2.3 per cent in 2024-25 to 1.8 per cent in 2025-26, according to the Ministry of Educationâ s UDISE report. 

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