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Statistical Canvas of Elementary and Adult Education in India

Overall Literacy
The litercay ratio of India is 65.38% with male literacy at 75.85% and female literacy at 54.16%

In School, out of School
Of the 193 mn Children in the age group 6 to 14 years, government indicates that 8.1 mn children are out of school as of Sept 2004.

Some NGOs indicate this figure as grossly inaccurate, while others indicate that if we add to this number, the number of drop outs, then the number goes to 19 million which is quite acceptable.

It is however important to remember that this is the number of children out of school and this does not mean the others are learning. They are just in the school. Several surveys of government and NGOs indicate that many 4th standard students cant read and write.

Interesting Indicators for all districts
Total Number of Schools : 11 24 033
Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools : 2.57
Average Number of Instructional Days : 204
Number of Schools Without Building : 46364
% of Enrolment in Schools without Building : 2.12
% of Schools having Pucca Building : 70.56
% of Single-Classroom Schools : 9.54
Avg no. of classrooms in Primary Schools : 2.7
% of Schools without Classrooms : 10.45
% of Schools without Enrolment : 2.92
% of Classrooms having Good Condition : 71.03
Student-Classroom Ratio : 39
Average Number of Teachers per School : 4.19
% of Schools without Teachers : 2.07
% of Single-Teacher Schools : 12.17
% of Enrolment in Single-Teacher Schools in Primary Schools : 8.39
Pupil-Teacher Ratio : 36
% of Schools Without Female Teachers : 30.87
% of schools receiving sch dev grant : 66.19
% of Schools Received TLM Grant : 61.26
% of Schools Having Boundary Wall : 50.67
% of schools with drinking water facility : : 83.07
% of schools with common toilet in school : 52.39
% of Schools having Girl's Toilet in School : 37.42
% of Schools without Blackboard : 7.95
% of Schools having Computer in School : 10.73
% of Schools having Ramp in School : 17.14

No. of teachers in elementary schools : 4690176
% of female teachers in elementary schls : 40.33
% of SC teachers to total teachers in Elementary Schools : 18.39
% of ST Teachers to Total Teachers : 23.57
% of Para-Teachers to Total Teachers : 10.71
% of Trained Para-Teachers : 47.83
% of Trained Teachers : 70.78
% of Teachers Received In-Service Training : 40.02
% Teachers Aged 55+ Years Males : 8.04
% Teachers Aged 55+ Years Females : 4.34
% of Teachers Involved in Non-Teaching Assignments to Total Teachers : 18.14
% of Teachers Involved in Non-Teaching Assignments & Number of Days : 17
Enrolment : Class I to V : 12 46 15 546
Enrolment : Class VI to VIII : 4 36 67 786
% Girls Enrolment : Class I to V : 47.79
% Girls Enrolment : Class VI to VIII : 45.80
% of Under-age Children : 14.57
% of Over-age Children : 19.94
Retention Rate at Primary Level : 71.01
Transition Rate from Primary to Upper Primary Level : 83.36
Boys Passed with 60 % & above Marks, Grade IV/V : 47.83
Girls Passed with 60 % & above Marks, Grade IV/V : 48.50
% of Enrolment in Schools with Student-Classroom Ratio above 60 : 30.71
% Share of Enrolment in Pre- Primary Classes to Total Enrolment (Primary) : 11.22

Economic Survey of 2003-04
Literacy and Education
Literacy rates increased from 18.3% in 1951 to 64.8 % in 2001.
Faster growth in female literacy 14.9 % compared to 11.7% in males in last decade.
Rural literacy increased by 7%, thereby reducing the rural-urban gap from 28.4 per cent in 1991 to 20.9 percent in 2002.
Number of primary school increased from 6.39 lakh in 2000-2001 to 6.64 lakh in 2001-02
Number of upper primary schools increased from 2.06 lakhs to 2.19 lakh in the same period.
Of the estimated population of 193 million in the age group of 6-14 years in 2001-02, nearly 82.2 per cent were enrolled in schools
The number of Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools during 2001-02 was 1.33 lakh with an enrolment of 30.5 million
The National Common Minimum Program announced an increase in public spending on education to 6 percent of GDP from 2003-04 (BE) level of 3.1 percent in a phased manner.
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Education / Literacy

  • Universalisation of Elementary Education by 2010
  • Number of out of school : 8.1 million plus drop outs which means close to 19 Mn
  • To provide bare minimum infrastructure to the 59 mn non-enrolled children it requires about 19,70,000 classrooms
  • Number of Elementary Schools : 678,000
  • Number of Elementary Teachers : 3.2 mn
  • Female teachers : 35.81 % (1999-2000)
  • More than 75% of primary schools have multigrade teaching.
  • In rural India, 75% of schools have one teacher for several classes in a single classroom.
  • Primary school enrolment ratio is : 110 boys:90 girls
  • Primary school entrants drop out before the fifth grade : 38%

Investments in Education

  • Expenditure on education in India : 3.8 per cent of GDP (1998)
  • Ninth Five Year Plan allocation for education : Rs. 24,908 crore
    This is against an expenditure of Rs. 8,522 crore in the
    Eighth Plan
  • The total governmental (both central and state) expenditure on elementary education (classes I through VIII) = Rs 21,850 crore per annum. Over 95% of this money is used for teachers' salaries.
  • The estimated cost of additional financial resources for universalisation of elementary education is Rs 1,40,000 crore over the next ten years.
  • Rs. 3609 crore provided for elementary education
  • Rs. 350 crore provided for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to implement Universalisaiton of Elementary Education in a mission mode by 2003.
  • Rs. 969 crore provided for District Primary Education Project.
  • Rs. 120 crore provided for Adult Education.
  • Rs. 400 crore provided for Operational Black Board.

ASER 2006 Findings

COMPLETING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Four years after the 86th Amendment to the Constitution, large numbers of children will not complete elementary education.

One of the goals of SSA is that children complete 8 years of schooling. ASER 2006 records that 13.5 % of 14 year old children are not in school and an additional 14.4% of those that are in school are studying in Std 6 or lower. This means that over 25% children who were 10 years old when the Constitution was amended in 2002 will not complete elementary education this year.

In the 15-16 year age group, national enrollment stands at 78.7%. However, 24.7% of the 15-16 year olds who go to school are still enrolled in Std 8 or lower and are still in the process of trying to complete elementary schooling.

If a child enters school at 6, she/he should be in Std 3 by age 8. If standard and age are compared across the country, overall, 21.4% of Std 3 children are 10 years or older. However, there are significant variations across states. In Bihar and Jharkhand, more than 35% of Std 3 children are 10 years or older. This number is 28% in UP. On the other hand, in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the percentage of children in Std 3 who are 10 years or older is less than 3%. There are interesting and important implications to these numbers. Over-age children in primary school are less likely to complete the elementary stage.

ASER 2006 Findings
Enrollment remains steady at 93.2%
Out of all 5 year-old children, 46.6% are enrolled in formal schools.
Nationally, 5 yearolds form 21.8% of the Std I class.
In the 7-10 year age group, national enrollment stands at 95.3%.
In the 11-14 year age group, national enrollment stands at 91.1%.
In the 7-10 year age group, more than 95% girls are enrolled in school
Out of School Girl Children in the 11-14 year age group : 10%-20%


COMPLETING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
One of the goals of SSA is that children complete 8 years of schooling. ASER 2006 records that 13.5 % of 14 year old children are not in school and an additional 14.4% of those that are in school are studying in Std 6 or lower. This means that over 25% children who were 10 years old when the Constitution was amended in 2002 will not complete elementary education this year.

In the 15-16 year age group, national enrollment stands at 78.7%. However, 24.7% of the 15-16 year olds who go to school are still enrolled in Std 8 or lower and are still in the process of trying to complete elementary schooling.

If a child enters school at 6, she/he should be in Std 3 by age 8. If standard and age are compared across the country, overall, 21.4% of Std 3 children are 10 years or older. However, there are significant variations across states. In Bihar and Jharkhand, more than 35% of Std 3 children are 10 years or older. This number is 28% in UP. On the other hand, in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the percentage of children in Std 3 who are 10 years or older is less than 3%. There are interesting and important implications to these numbers. Over-age children in primary school are less likely to complete the elementary stage.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS (including aided schools)
Eight states have more than 30% children in non-government run schools whether primary (I-V) or upper primary (VI-VIII) - Manipur (56.7%), Nagaland (46.1), Kerala (45.2%), Meghalaya (44.6%), Goa (44.65), Haryana (40.35), Punjab (37.25) and UP (30.25). The states differ in the ratio of aided to unaided schools.

Ten states have between 15% and 30% children in non-government run schools.

ASER records big shifts in the last year into private schools. An increase of more than 5 percentage points was recorded in Punjab (16+), Goa (15.35+), Haryana (9.8+) and Karnataka (6.1+). The shift to private schools has been at the expense of government school enrollment.

Overall, more boys (20.4%) are in private schools than girls (16.8%). For the 7-10 age group, if we compare percentage of boys enrolled in private school with that of girls, the largest differences by gender are in Punjab (50% boys and 43% girls) and Haryana (51% boys and 39% girls).

LEARNING LEVELS: For Std I-II Reading - 2006 ASER Data
Proportion of children who can read alphabets or more : 74.5%


LEARNING LEVELS: For Std III- V Reading - 2006 ASER Data
Percentage of children who can read either at Level 1 or Level 2 : 66.2%.

LEARNING LEVELS : For Std I - II Math - 2006 ASER Data
Proportion of children who can recognize numbers or do more math : 60.6%.

LEARNING LEVELS: For Std III- V Math
In arithmetic for Std 3-5, 64.7% children can do subtraction or more.

MOTHERS: A case to integrate mother's literacy efforts with schools.
Of mothers in the age group of 17 to 55 years who were surveyed in ASER 2006, 52.02% have not been to school and 52.87% cannot read a Level 1 (Std 1) text.

95.7% mothers who have completed Std 5 or more can read a Std 1 text. The proportion of mothers who can read is lower for mothers with lower levels of schooling. For example, just 50% mothers who have completed Std 1 are able to read. Of women who have not been to school, over 99% women cannot read.

Mothers and children
For mothers who have had no schooling, the chances that their children will be out of school is much higher (at almost 10%) than that of their schooled counterparts (2.5%).

There does not appear to be a gender difference in school enrollment of children whose mothers have had schooling. For unschooled mothers, the percentage of sons being out of school (at 8.4%) is lower than that of daughters (at 11.4%).

In terms of the relationship between young children's learning levels and mother's schooling, 25% children of unschooled mothers are unable to recognize even alphabets as compared to 12.8% children of schooled mothers.

Across the board, more 6 to 8 year-old children cannot recognize numbers as compared to their ability to recognize letters. Here too, children of unschooled mothers have a greater disadvantage.

YOUNG CHILDREN: A self-evident case for pre-school classes in school.
At the all India level, enrollment in anganwadi or balwadi is 68.6% for 4 year olds. However, there are inter-state variations. In Maharashtra and in Southern states except AP, more than 90% of all 4 year-olds go to anganwadis. But in the North and the Northeast less than 60% of all 4 year olds are in anganwadis in most states.

By the time they are 5 years old, a large majority (84%) are either in anganwadi/balwadi or in school. The proportion of children in anganwadi drops from almost 68.6% at age 4 to 38% at age 5 with 46.6 % 5 year olds enrolling in Std I.

There are significant variations at the state level. More than 60% of all five year olds are in school in Punjab, Rajasthan, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. In 14 states, the proportion of 5 year-olds going to school is greater than 50%.

Of all 5 year olds going to school, 12.2% are in private schools. In several states, however, more than 25% are in private schools. These include Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana.

Other Critical Statistical Indicators
Adult Literacy and other statistics
Adult literacy rate ( % age 15 and above in 1990) : 49.3%
Adult literacy rate ( % age 15 and above in 2002) : 61.3%
Youth literacy rate (% ages 15 to 24 in 1990) : 64.3%
Net primary enrolment ratio in 2001/02 : 83 7%
Children reaching grade 5 in 2000/01 : 59 8 %

Commitment to Education : 1999 figure followed by 1999-2001 figure
Public expenditure on education ( % of GDP) : 3.9 ; 4.1
Public expenditure on education ( % of total govt expenditure) : 38.9; 38.4
Public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary ( % of all levels) : 12.2; 12.7
Public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels) : 27.0 ; 40.1
Public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels) : 14.9 ; 20.3

Reading : % Children who can read

Std. Nothing Letter Word Level 1
(Std 1) text
Level 2
(Std 2) text
Total
I 38.4 38.3 16.8 4.0 2.6 100
II 14.2 30.1 32.5 15.0 8.3 100
III 6.3 16.5 29.3 28.0 19.9 100
IV 3.2 8.9 18.7 31.7 37.6 100
V 2.1 4.9 11.9 28.1 53.0 100
VI 1.3 2.5 6.7 22.9 66.6 100
VII 0.8 1.5 4.1 17.5 76.1 100
VIII 0.6 0.9 2.3 12.6 83.7 100
Total 9.9 14.8 16.5 19.8 39.0 100

Arithmetic : % Children who can read

Std. Nothing Recognize numbers Subtract Divide Total
I 53.8 38.5 5.7 2.1 100
II 26.1 49.0 18.9 6.0 100
III 13.5 38.0 33.3 15.2 100
IV 7.5 24.6 37.4 30.6 100
V 4.7 16.0 34.0 45.3 100
VI 2.9 10.1 28.5 58.5 100
VII 1.9 7.5 23.3 67.4 100
VIII 1.2 5.0 18.0 75.8 100
Total 16.1 25.7 24.6 33.6 100



Comprehension : % Readers ( Level II ) who can

Std. Answer at least one questions Answer both questions Solve at least one word problem Solve both word problems
III 89.0 80.3 78.7 64.2
IV 92.3 84.3 82.0 67.5
V 95.1 88.5 86.9 74.4
VI 96.2 90.4 89.3 77.6
VII 97.0 92.2 91.2 80.3
VIII 97.9 93.3 93.0 83.7
Total 95.6 89.6 88.4 76.7

Writing : % Children who can correctly write

Std. One simple dectated sentence
I 15.6
II 35.9
III 56.9
IV 74.4
V 83.5
VI 90.0
VII 93.5
VIII 95.7
Total 64.4

Literacy
Overall Number of Literates & Literacy Rates in India
State / UT/ District with Highest / Lowest Literacy

Slums & Literacy
Million Plus Cities, 2001
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Slums & Literacy
Million Plus Cities, 2001
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Workers & Literacy
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Number of Districts by Sex-wise Literacy Rate : (Excluding J & K)
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Single year age returns by residence, sex and literacy status
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Population attending educational institution by age, sex and type of educational institution
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Migration

Migrants by place of last residence, age, sex, educational level and duration of residence (By India/State/City)
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Women

Number of women and ever married women by present age, educational level, number of surviving children and total surviving children by sex
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Household

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Religion
Total population, 0-6 population, Literates, Total workers by category of work and Non-workers by residence, religious communities and sex
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Disability
Distribution of the disabled by type of disability, sex, literacy status and residence
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Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe

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National Human Development Report 2001 - Technical Appendix
In scaling the diverse indicators, the main consideration has been to make attainments on each of them comparable and at the same time ensuring that the selection of end points, i.e., the maximum and the minimum value on the scales for each indicator are such that they support inter-temporal comparison for a reasonable period of time starting 1980. The scaling norms that have been selected would remain valid at least till about 2020, at a reasonably improved pace of human development.
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Compiled by IAMR

Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi have brought a publication entitled "MANPOWER PROFILE -INDIA"  (YEAR BOOK 1999) which has a rich compilation of educational statistics. Some of such relevant statistics are reproduced below by courtesy IAMR

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Last 25 Districts in terms of literacy ratio
Given below are the names of 25 districts which rank at the bottom of literacy ratio ranking done by IndianNGOs.com based on Census 2001.

Dantewada* 30.
Malkangiri * 30.5
Pakaur * 30.6
Kishanganj 31.1
Shrawasti * 33.8
Nabarangapur * 33.9
Balrampur * 34.6
Araria 35
Katihar 35.1
Purnia 35.1
Bahraich 35.2
Sheohar * 35.3
Koraput 35.7
Madhepura 36.1
Rayagada * 36.1
Jhabua 36.9
Supaul * 37.3
East Champaran 37.5
Sahibganj 37.6
Budaun 38.2
Sitamarhi 38.5
Rampur 38.8
West Champaran 38.9
Saharsa 39.1
Garhwa * 39.2

Last 10 Districts in order of nonliterates
Midnapore
Murshidabad
South 24 Parganas
North 24 Parganas
East Champaran
Bardhaman
Thane
Moradabad
Allahabad
Madhubani
Link to 593 districts in the descending order of nonliterates

India SCORE CARD
Education
Total Literates
56 67 14 995
Literates Male
33 99 69 048
Literates Female
22 67 45 947
Total Literacy Rate
65.38 %
Literacy Rate Male
75.85 %
Literacy Rate Female
54.16 %
Recognised Institutions in India
Year 2002-2003
Andhra Pradesh 61167
Arunachal Pradesh 1337
Assam 30045
Bihar 40511
Chhattisgarh 23951
Goa 1037
Gujarat 7245
Haryana 9619
Himachal Pradesh 10868
Jammu & Kashmir 10488
Jharkhand 17059
Karnataka 26254
Kerala 6697
Madhya Pradesh 54233
Maharashtra 40850
Manipur 2552
Meghalaya 5807
Mizoram 1253
Nagaland 1352
Orissa 36677
Punjab 13340
Rajasthan 32953
Sikkim 497
Tamil Nadu 33394
Tripura 2054
Uttar Pradesh 113546
Uttaranchal 13902
West Bengal 49851
A&N Islands 207
Chandigarh 26
D&N Haveli 126
Daman & Diu 50
Delhi 2111
Lakshadweep 4
Pondicherry 319
INDIA 651382