Indian School Education System

9

According to the 2011 census, literacy rate in India was found to be 74.04 per cent. Among the states, Kerala leads the literacy rate followed by Goa, Tripura, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Sikkim. The lowest literacy rate in India is seen in the state of Bihar. India has seen a dramatic increase in the literacy rates over the past decade, when it was registered as 64.83 per cent overall. The following graph shows the increase in the literacy rates in various states from 2001â&#x20AC;&#x201C;201110:

Figure 3: Literacy rates of Indian states

The following figure also depicts that the gap between male and female literacy rates are on the decline11, thanks to several government measures.

Figure 4: Literacy rate as per gender

With India projected to be providing a substantial amount of workforce to the global platform in near future, let us assess the all-important school sector (Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;12 segment) in the subsequent sections. 10 Data from Census of India 2011 11 http://populationcommission.nic.in/content/933_1_LiteracyRate.aspx

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook

Indian School Education System - An Overview

Published on Apr 24, 2015

British Council India

This report on the Indian School Education System gives an overall picture into this vast and continuously changing Indian School Education System. It is the first of a series to be published by the British Council in order to apprise the readers of various facets of the school education system in India. This report, apart from the facts and figures surrounding the school sector in India, also captures the progress of the country since Independence in the field of education. This report further covers the main government initiatives since independence and also provides a comparative study of the major Indian national boards of school education with global ones such as the International Baccalaureate and the Cambridge International Examinations.