On paper, it seems like there's a one-on-one ratio of 51 children to one teacher in the field hockey team. However, this is not the case on the ground, where there are only 25 teachers for 212 students.

Teacher's Day is not just a festival to honor teachers, but also an occasion to assess the soul of the education system. A ground report by 'Dainik Bhaskar' from 840 schools reveals that the student-teacher ratio in government schools across the state, including the capital city Bhopal, has completely collapsed. Despite numerous claims of rationalization and online data from Education Portal 3.0, the reality on the ground is quite different. Somewhere, a single...