India, Oct. 28 -- Around 340 schools in Tripura with a combined enrollment of 6,492 students are being run by only one teacher each, according to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2024-25 report released by the Ministry of Education.

The report, published in August this year, highlighted significant gaps in manpower deployment in schools despite improvements in infrastructure indicators.

It also noted that Tripura has no school with zero enrolment, which officials described as a positive sign of increasing access to schooling across the state.

According to the data, the overall Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Tripura stands at 18, which is within national norms.

However, the average enrolment in single-teacher...