India’s Ministry of Education has reported that an average of 13 schools closed each day during the 2025–26 academic year. According to the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report, a total of 4,791 schools were shut across the country, with more than half of them located in Madhya Pradesh, where 2,426 schools closed.

The report shows that India’s total number of schools fell from 1,471,473 in 2024–25 to 1,466,682 in 2025–26. After Madhya Pradesh, Telangana recorded 1,392 school closures, followed by West Bengal with 568, Andhra Pradesh with 474, Tamil Nadu with 369, Karnataka with 281, and Himachal Pradesh with 266.

Some states, however, saw an increase in school numbers despite declining student enrollment. Bihar added 946 new schools, Chhattisgarh 234, and Delhi 87. Yet all three states recorded fewer student admissions, with Bihar seeing the largest drop of 437,037 students, followed by Chhattisgarh with 49,459 and Delhi with 45,250.