A recent World Bank survey found that 25% of government primary school teachers in India are absent from work.

Only 50% of teachers are actually engaged in the act of teaching while at work, according to researchers.

These statistics represent average numbers taken across many states. The numbers are not so harsh across all of India and several Indian states fare much better.

The survey is part of a broader World Bank research project on absenteeism, which set out to measure how widespread the problem is in six countries in the world, including India and Bangladesh.

Survey teams paid unexpected visits to random primary schools and health clinics. They recorded that on average 19% of teachers and 35% of health workers weren�t at work on the surveyed day in the six countries.

SOURCE: The World Bank

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