Visakhapatnam: Revealing a stark imbalance, the latest Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2025–26 data tabled in Parliament disclosed that 16,357 government schools in Andhra Pradesh are functioning with just one teacher. The Union Ministry of Education shared these figures in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in response to a question raised by MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on teacher vacancies in government schools and single‑teacher schools nationwide. The ministry furnished the number of teachers currently in position in government schools across different levels in the state. Andhra Pradesh has 74,616 teachers at the primary level, 7,254 at the upper primary level, 87,545 at the secondary level and 31,710 at the higher secondary level. As per UDISE+ 2025–26 data, the national average PTR stands at 19:1 at the primary level, 17:1 at the upper primary level, 15:1 at the secondary level, and 23:1 at the higher secondary level, all within the norms envisaged under the NEP.