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By: eduahead | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 | General | 350 Views

Elementary Education in India


More than 1 million primary schools for 194 million children


Vast improvements in attendance and literacy rate since independence


Free and compulsory education from age 6 – 14


But 38% illiteracy rate (58% for SC/ST, 52% females)


Primary: Mostly governmental/local body, 10% private (Upper Primary: 28% private)


Very heterogeneous: Very large di?erences state-wise and rural/urban


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