India, July 12 -- Thousands of schools across the state continue to function without basic facilities such as electricity, internet connectivity, usable toilets, playgrounds and infrastructure for differently-abled students, according to the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2025-26 report released by the Union ministry of education.

The report states that Maharashtra has 108,139 schools, with 21,632,669 students and 750,272 teachers. Of the total students, 11,162,457 (51.6%) are boys and 10,470,212 (48.4%) are girls. On average, each school has around 200 students and seven teachers.

One of the report's biggest concerns is the lack of facilities for differently-abled students. As many as 32,228 schools do ...