Key findings of the Annual Status of Education Report 2012 prepared by PRATHAM, http://img.asercentre.org/docs/Publications/ASER%20Reports/ASER_2012/nationalfinding.pdf are as follows: Enrollment in the 6-14 age group continues to be very high. But the proportion of out of school children has increased, especially among girls in the age group of 11 to 14 • Overall, enrollment numbers remain very high. Over 96% of…
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Very high enrollment figures for rural India Private school enrollment is rising in most states Basic reading levels showing decline in many states Arithmetic levels also show a decline across most states Main findings from school visits: Children’s attendance has declined More than half of all Std 2 and Std 4 classes are sit together…
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According to Children in India 2012-A Statistical Appraisal, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GoI, http://www.im4change.org/docs/659Children_in_India_2012.pdf: • Statistics of School Education (2009-10) shows that there are 14,49,420 educational institutions in the country, of which there are 67,822 Pre-Primary/ Pre-basic schools, 8,23,162 Primary/ Junior basic schools, 3,67,745 Middle/ Sr. Basic schools, 1,23,726 High/ Post Basic schools,…
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Key findings of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2011, http://pratham.org/images/Aser-2011-report.pdf, are as follows: Very high enrollment figures for rural India • 96.7% of all 6-14 year olds in rural India are enrolled in school. This number has held steady since 2010. • States that had a high proportion (over 10%) of 11-14 year old girls…
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According to Global Education Digest 2011-Comparing Education Statistics Across the World, UNESCO, http://www.uis.unesco.org/Library/Documents/global_education_digest_2011_en.pdf: • The most populated country in South Asia, India, accounts for three-quarters of the regional leap in enrolment. From 1970 to 2009, enrolment in secondary education increased from 21 million to 102 million in this country alone. • In Afghanistan and India…
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The Annual Status of Education Report 2009,http://www.asercentre.org/asersurvey/aser09/pdfdata/national%20highlights.pdf show: Fewer girls 11-14 out of school • The overall percentage of children (6-14) who are out of school has dropped from 4.3% in 2008 to 4% in 2009. • Out of school girls in the age group 11 to 14 has dropped from 7.2% in 2008 to 6.8% in 2009. In…
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According to Education in India: 2007-08, Participation and ExpenditureNSS 64th Round, (July 2007–June 2008), Report No. 532(64/25.2/1): • A survey on ‘Participation and Expenditure in Education’ was conducted in NSS 64th round (July 2007 – June 2008). A sample of 445960 persons, from 63318 rural households and 37263 urban households spread over the country, was surveyed. • The…
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Progress in Elementary Education since 1999 Source: RGI; SES, MHRD Growth of Educational Institutions since 1999 Source: SES, MHRD From the table below, one can decipher that although enrolment of both boys and girls has increased in between 1999-2000 and 2004-2005, yet there exist gender disparities in enrolment. Sex-wise Enrolment by Stages, 1999-2000 to 2003-04 Source: SES, MHRD…
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