According to the survey conducted this year for 2023, it has been revealed that 96 government schools have closed over the past five years, and the number of students has decreased by 178,965.
In addition, the number of teachers has also decreased by 8,803 during this five-year period.
According to the survey conducted for 2023, the total number of government schools in the country is 10,096, consisting of 396 national schools and 9,700 provincial council schools. The total number of students in the school system this year is 3,882,688, with 830,021 students in national schools and 3,052,667 in provincial schools. In the overall school system for 2023, there are 1,923,591 male students and 1,959,097 female students.
According to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Education, there are 237,789 teachers employed in the total government school system for 2023. Of these, 56,570 are male teachers and 181,217 are female teachers.
According to data from the 2019 survey, there were 10,165 active government schools. In these schools, there were 2,019,005 male students and 2,042,648 female students, totaling 4,061,653 students.
In 2019, there were 246,592 teachers employed. Among them, 184,125 were female teachers.
According to the 2022 survey report, there were 10,126 active schools in the country’s school system. These included 396 national schools and 9,730 provincial council schools. Accordingly, it is seen that out of the 96 schools that closed in the past five years, 20 closed during 2022, all of which were provincial schools.
In 2022, a total of 3,969,597 students received education in government schools, with the majority of 3,135,011 students studying in provincial schools. During this period, 236,731 teachers were employed in government schools, among which 179,921 were female teachers and 56,817 were male teachers.
According to the 2023 school census report, among the active government schools in that year, 1,506 schools had fewer than 50 students. The number of schools with between 51 and 100 students was 1,638, while the number of schools with between 101 and 200 students was 2,128. There were also 2,638 schools with between 201 and 500 students.
Accordingly, out of the 10,096 active schools in the country for 2023, 7,910 schools have fewer than 500 students.
In addition, according to the 2023 survey, 33 schools with fewer than 4,000 students were identified, while there were 67 schools with between 3,001 and 4,000 students.
The survey also revealed that there are 1,309 schools with 501 to 1,000 students, 379 schools with 1,001 to 1,500 students, 200 schools with 1,501 to 2,000 students, and 198 schools with 2,001 to 3,000 students.
