A total of 596 primary and secondary schools have become non-functional in Arunachal Pradesh as there is not a single student in them, the assembly was informed on Tuesday.
Education Minister Taba Tedir Tuesday said the department has received a list of such schools from deputy commissioners and deputy directors of school education from various districts.
An earlier report, prepared in August last year, had put the number of non-functional primary schools at 254 and such secondary schools at 19.
Replying to a question by Jambey Tashi of the BJP, the minister said, "The department is going to close such non- functional schools with zero enrollment and will focus on strengthening the functional schools."