India, Jan. 3 -- In a first-of-its-kind exercise to strengthen educational support systems, the Directorate of Primary Education has completed a statewide survey identifying 2,23,042 students from single-mother households studying from Class 1 to Class 12. Of these, 26,777 students are enrolled in schools across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

The survey, initiated by the state government in November 2025, was designed to compile district-wise data and assess the need for targeted educational interventions for children of single mothers. Acting on directions from the education minister, the Directorate asked regional education officers, inspectors and municipal authorities to collect and consolidate data from government, aided, par...