A NITI Aayog report revealed that Telangana has 5,001 single-teacher government schools with over 62,000 students enrolled. The state also ranked second in the country for zero-enrolment schools, highlighting major challenges in the government school education system
Telangana has approved the temporary closure of 1,441 government and local body schools for 2025–26 after topping the country with 2,081 zero-enrolment schools. Another 640 institutions may soon follow, pushing closures beyond 2,000
Telangana has been grappling with a growing crisis in its education system, with over 2,200 schools reporting zero enrolments in the academic year 2024-25. The state's enrolment issues are part of a larger national problem, with West Bengal and Telangana contributing to over three-quarters of the country's schools with no children.
