Shimla: As many as 943 government primary schools in Himachal Pradesh have only one teacher each while 1,136 schools with less than 10 students have one to four teachers, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh informed the Assembly today.

Out of total 10,766 government primary schools in the state, 411 have less than five students while 745 schools have six to ten student, the Chief Minister said. As many as 35 schools have only one student while in 14 schools, there are two teachers for one student while in 21 schools, the teacher pupil ratio is 1:1.