panaji goa has slid further on the national educational development index of the union ministry for human resource development hrd from last years 21st spot to the 33rd position in 201213 better only than jharkhand and chhattisgarh the state has faced the biggest loss on the infrastructure parameter and showed improvement on just one countteacher indexat the upper primary level goa had dropped to the 21st position from the 13th rank in 201011 in the data compiled for hrd by national university for educational planning and administration nuepa the teacher parameter indicates larger number of qualified teachers fewer educators appointed on contractual basis higher proportion of female teachers lesser nonteaching assignments and more inservice trainings provided to teachers goas performance on infrastructure proved poor with the state not meeting the national average on providing ramps for handicapped students in schools separate functional toilets for girls and playgrounds the data collected through the states sarva shiksha abhiyan office indicates that less than 50 schools in goa have a playground to offer to its students for sports and other extracurricular activities only around 37 schools in goa with an enrolment of 150 students and above have a headmaster far below the 80 schools in kerala delhi himachal pradesh and tamil nadu there has been no improvement in goas figure since 201112 and it has remained constant the percentage of single teacher primary schools worsened in 201213 with 37 institutes in goa having one teacher to educate students from class i to iv last year 33 primary schools had a single teacher the proportion of students served by such schools also went up from 12 to 15 on an average a government school in goa had two classrooms for its students while the national average is three goas performance remained constant on the other parameters for the educational development index of access to schools and students performance the states show on teacher parameter was notable with close to 80 teachers being female and with an average of one teacher for every 18 students as against the national average of one teacher for 27 students in terms of infrastructure goa had performed well on some counts by providing drinking water connection electricity boundary walls computers functional boys toilet handwash facility and libraries to more schools than the national average