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 Source.

• Universalisation of Elementary Education by 2010

• Number of Children in school : 136 Mn

• Number of out of school : 50 to 59 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%

• Universalisation of Elementary Education by 2010

• 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.

• Universalisation of Elementary Education by 2010

• Total number of illiterates : 296 mn (2001)

• The literacy rate : 65.38 % (2001)

• Males : 75.96 %

• Females : 54.28 %

• Literacy Rate (1991 Census) : 51.63%

• Change in Literacy Rate (1991 -2001) : 13.75%

• Drop out rates at elementary stages - 1960-1997

• Growth of school teachers - 1950-1997

• Gross enrolment ratio at primary stage -1950-1997

• Growth of schools in India -1950-1997

• Number of districts accordings to literacy percentage (ALL)

• Percentage child population to total population

• Projected population of India 1991-2016

• Growth of adult literacy (15 Yrs and above)

• Growth of school enrolment in India 1950-1997

• Number of districts according to ST literacy percentage

• Number of districts according to SC literacy percentage

• Growth of literacy: 1901-1997

• Sex ratio in India

• Percentage decadal variations in population. 1901-1991

• Percentage growth rate of population-1901-1991