Education For All in India with Focus on Elementary Education: Current Status, Recent Initiatives And Future Prospects, Real Life Data: Statement I
Statistical Statements I
- Table 1:Literacy Rates (7+ Population)
- Table 2: Rural and Urban Distribution of Literacy Rates
- Table 3: Adult Literacy Rate (15+ Population)
- Table 4: Educational Pattern in States & UTs of India
- Table 5: Number of Schools
- Table 6: Indicators of Access
- Table 7: Habitations Served by Schooling Facilities
- Table 8: Population Served by Schooling Facilities
- Table 9: Facilities in Primary Schools
- Table 10: Growth in Number of Teachers
- Table 11: Indicators Concerning to Teachers
- Statements II
- EFA Year 2000 Assessment
Table 1: Literacy Rate (7+ Population): All India, 1991 and 1998
Year | Male | Female | Total |
1991 | 64.13 | 39.29 | 52.21 |
1998* | 73.00 | 50.00 | 62.00 |
Source: * NSSO data. Reported in MHRD (2000d).
Table 2: Rural and Urban Distribution of Literacy Rate: All India, 1991 and 1998
Year | Rural | Urban | Total |
1991 | 44.69 | 73.08 | 52.21 |
1998 | 56.00 | 80.00 | 62.00 |
Source: Same as Table 1.
Table 3: Adult Literacy Rate (15+ Population): All India, 1991 and 1998
Year | Male | Female | Total |
1991 | 61.89 | 34.09 | 48.54 |
1998* | 70.00 | 43.00 | 57.00 |
Source: *NSSO data reported in Thakur & Mehta (1999).
Table 4: Educational Pattern in States & UTs of India
STAGE | |||
State/UT | Primary | Middle | Secondary |
Andhra Pradesh | I‑V | VI‑VII | VIII‑X |
Assam | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Gujarat | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Goa | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Haryana | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Karnataka | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Kerala | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Maharashtra | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Meghalaya | I‑IV | V‑VIII | IX‑X |
Mizoram | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Nagaland | I‑IV | V‑VIII | IX‑XII |
D & N Haveli | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Lakshadweep | I‑IV | V‑VII | VIII‑X |
Note : All other States & UTs have Grades I‑V and VI‑VIII corresponding to Primary and Upper Primary levels of education.
Source : Annual Report: 1994‑95, MHRD, New Delhi
Table 5: Number of Schools, All India, 1950-51 to 1998-99
Number of Schools | |||
Year | Primary | Upper Primary | Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools |
1950-51 | 209671 | 13596 | 15.4 |
1955-56 | 278135 | 21730 | 12.8 |
1960-61 | 330399 | 49663 | 6.7 |
1965-66 | 391064 | 75798 | 5.2 |
1970-71 | 408378 | 90621 | 4.5 |
1975-76 | 454270 | 106571 | 4.3 |
1980-81 | 494503 | 118555 | 4.2 |
1985-86 | 528872 | 134846 | 3.9 |
1990-91 | 560935 | 151456 | 3.7 |
1995-96 | 590421 | 171216 | 3.4 |
1998-99* | 626737 | 190166 | 3.3 |
Rate of Growth (%), 1990-98 |
1.40 |
2.89 |
– |
* Provisional, Source: MHRD (2000a). The author calculates growth rates and ratios.
Table 6: Indicators of Access, All India: 1965 to 1993
Particulars |
2nd Survey
1965 |
3rd Survey
1973 |
4th Survey
1978 |
5th Survey
1986 |
6th
Survey 1993 |
% of habitations having primary schools/sections within 1 Km. | 68.58 | 75.58 | 80.23 | 83.83 | 83.36 |
% of rural population served by primary schools/sections up to 1 Km. | 86.33 | 90.34 | 92.82 | 94.45 | 93.76 |
% of habitations served by upper primary schools/sections within 3 Kms | 55.50 | 56.85 | 69.97 | 74.00 | 76.15 |
% of rural population served by upper primary schools/sections within 3 Km | 68.24 | 68.80 | 78.83 | 83.98 | 85.00 |
Source: National Council of Educational Research & Training (different survey reports), New Delhi.
Table 7: Rural Habitations Having Population of 300/500 & More and Served by Primary/Upper Primary Schools/Sections
States/UTs |
PRIMARY | UPPER PRIMARY | |||||||
Served within Habitation (%) | Served up to 1 km
(%) |
Served within Habitation (%) | Served up to 3 km
(%) |
||||||
1986-87 | 1993-94 | 1986-87 | 1993-94 | 1986-87 | 1993-94 | 1986-87 | 1993-94 | ||
Andhra Pradesh | 92.74 | 91.86 | 97.70 | 97.51 | 26.60 | 29.09 | 75.97 | 74.45 | |
Arunachal | 80.31 | 83.03 | 87.80 | 90.69 | 38.01 | 48.09 | 56.46 | 73.22 | |
Assam | 78.38 | 65.80 | 92.71 | 89.02 | 23.01 | 23.31 | 84.65 | 88.00 | |
Bihar | 73.70 | 69.95 | 95.05 | 94.32 | 19.98 | 20.73 | 88.70 | 88.24 | |
Goa | 59.59 | 87.10 | 91.61 | 95.83 | 28.50 | 53.26 | 93.63 | 90.49 | |
Gujarat | 96.50 | 96.03 | 99.23 | 98.32 | 65.88 | 68.59 | 91.90 | 92.30 | |
Haryana | 94.02 | 91.04 | 98.81 | 97.17 | 40.98 | 44.43 | 89.36 | 89.17 | |
Himachal Pradesh | 64.12 | 62.35 | 89.41 | 87.68 | 34.17 | 34.02 | 90.19 | 92.41 | |
J & K | 83.90 | 84.97 | 94.06 | 93.75 | 40.36 | 39.35 | 92.38 | 90.76 | |
Karnataka | 92.89 | 92.08 | 97.36 | 97.15 | 49.12 | 54.54 | 87.65 | 89.11 | |
Kerala | 75.16 | 64.29 | 88.34 | 83.54 | 51.16 | 38.52 | 94.42 | 89.59 | |
Madhya Pradesh | 87.92 | 87.04 | 95.69 | 94.75 | 26.73 | 27.33 | 70.35 | 72.04 | |
Maharashtra | 93.12 | 91.47 | 98.37 | 96.22 | 50.98 | 54.10 | 85.22 | 84.25 | |
Manipur | 88.99 | 82.04 | 98.18 | 95.26 | 42.60 | 43.08 | 90.37 | 90.39 | |
Megahalaya | 89.34 | 83.39 | 95.79 | 94.01 | 41.12 | 42.52 | 78.85 | 81.46 | |
Mizoram | 97.79 | 93.92 | 98.28 | 95.27 | 89.64 | 86.09 | 92.43 | 89.47 | |
Nagaland | 98.59 | 88.79 | 99.58 | 93.36 | 39.03 | 43.24 | 64.56 | 70.13 | |
Orissa | 82.76 | 79.91 | 96.24 | 96.13 | 36.86 | 39.28 | 88.90 | 91.73 | |
Punjab | 96.26 | 89.90 | 99.58 | 99.17 | 33.20 | 31.50 | 90.87 | 86.71 | |
Rajasthan | 87.09 | 86.66 | 90.83 | 93.05 | 38.21 | 39.55 | 72.31 | 76.68 | |
Sikkim | 83.53 | 73.55 | 90.46 | 85.95 | 45.64 | 41.48 | 83.89 | 83.84 | |
Tamil Nadu | 80.15 | 70.53 | 95.44 | 99.43 | 25.55 | 25.79 | 82.26 | 85.55 | |
Tripura | 58.52 | 56.06 | 86.72 | 86.79 | 31.14 | 30.16 | 93.88 | 92.80 | |
Uttar Pradesh | 47.61 | 49.62 | 86.01 | 85.64 | 16.88 | 17.01 | 80.95 | 80.89 | |
West Bengal | 73.07 | 54.76 | 96.71 | 91.94 | 14.53 | 12.03 | 82.91 | 87.66 | |
A & N Islands | 72.51 | 70.53 | 88.30 | 81.16 | 50.48 | 51.85 | 82.86 | 82.96 | |
Chandigarh | 90.48 | 83.33 | 100.00 | 93.33 | 57.89 | 46.67 | 100.00 | 96.97 | |
D & N Haveli | 65.66 | 50.66 | 89.90 | 88.82 | 11.76 | 18.75 | 82.35 | 89.58 | |
Daman & Diu | 60.00 | 59.57 | 93.33 | 100.00 | 42.42 | 54.05 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
Delhi | 95.48 | 67.72 | 100.00 | 88.19 | 43.81 | 41.67 | 97.42 | 98.75 | |
Lakshadweep | 100.00 | 76.92 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 69.23 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
Pondicherry | 82.00 | 64.60 | 98.74 | 97.08 | 35.53 | 34.31 | 95.43 | 95.10 | |
All India | 77.03 | 73.24 | 93.72 | 93.03 | 29.78 | 30.33 | 82.94 | 87.91 | |
Source: Same as Table 6.
Table 8: Rural Population Served by Schools/Sections, 1993-94
State & UT |
Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools |
Primary Schools/ Sections |
Upper Primary Schools/Sections |
||||||
Within Habitation | Up to 1 km | Within Habitation | Up to 3 kms | ||||||
1998-99 | 1993-94 | 1986-87 | 1993-94 | 1993-94 | 1986-87 | 1993-94 | |||
Andhra Pradesh | 5.95 | 92.45 | 97.30 | 97.62 | 42.99 | 79.18 | 79.43 | ||
Arunachal | 3.92 | 70.12 | 73.35 | 77.87 | 33.13 | 42.20 | 54.39 | ||
Assam | 3.69 | 66.27 | 93.57 | 88.61 | 22.40 | 83.29 | 87.16 | ||
Bihar | 3.90 | 77.19 | 95.86 | 95.51 | 27.13 | 88.30 | 88.33 | ||
Goa | 10.63 | 91.77 | 90.60 | 97.01 | 63.94 | 91.80 | 92.87 | ||
Gujarat | – | 97.12 | 99.45 | 98.78 | 76.79 | 94.43 | 94.48 | ||
Haryana | 5.74 | 94.47 | 99.37 | 98.47 | 64.70 | 93.12 | 93.26 | ||
Himachal | 6.50 | 45.07 | 76.64 | 75.97 | 17.33 | 76.04 | 78.22 | ||
J & K | 3.38 | 82.68 | 90.70 | 92.37 | 38.41 | 85.99 | 86.78 | ||
Karnataka | – | 91.11 | 97.24 | 96.58 | 60.86 | 89.78 | 91.42 | ||
Kerala | 2.28 | 76.67 | 94.39 | 89.68 | 50.54 | 96.22 | 91.84 | ||
M.P | 4.11 | 84.67 | 92.92 | 93.55 | 31.36 | 69.58 | 72.60 | ||
Maharashtra | 1.88 | 90.65 | 97.95 | 95.82 | 61.08 | 88.46 | 87.64 | ||
Manipur | 4.08 | 82.26 | 97.39 | 94.12 | 37.25 | 80.19 | 82.24 | ||
Megahalaya | 4.95 | 74.05 | 89.22 | 87.97 | 25.57 | 64.99 | 69.50 | ||
Mizoram | 1.68 | 94.30 | 98.28 | 95.77 | 77.58 | 82.85 | 83.38 | ||
Nagaland | 3.13 | 92.36 | 99.45 | 95.05 | 47.76 | 66.41 | 74.54 | ||
Orissa | 3.49 | 76.10 | 92.83 | 93.74 | 34.21 | 83.35 | 87.88 | ||
Punjab | 5.00 | 90.83 | 99.59 | 99.32 | 45.41 | 92.49 | 89.68 | ||
Rajasthan | 2.37 | 85.39 | 92.90 | 92.55 | 46.96 | 77.00 | 79.00 | ||
Sikkim | 3.82 | 65.59 | 83.11 | 83.44 | 26.38 | 76.20 | 79.01 | ||
Tamil Nadu | 5.57 | 77.16 | 96.02 | 99.53 | 35.36 | 84.07 | 87.78 | ||
Tripura | 4.99 | 55.43 | 84.12 | 85.00 | 24.92 | 86.31 | 85.89 | ||
Uttar Pradesh | 4.57 | 60.50 | 88.07 | 88.60 | 21.69 | 81.88 | 82.09 | ||
West Bengal | 18.2 | 61.22 | 97.38 | 93.07 | 14.16 | 82.79 | 87.51 | ||
A & N Islands | 3.69 | 70.45 | 83.01 | 81.75 | 44.37 | 73.57 | 77.03 | ||
Chandigarh | 1.41 | 89.86 | 99.67 | 96.07 | 47.15 | 100.0 | 99.30 | ||
D & N Haveli | 2.67 | 40.05 | 85.19 | 86.83 | 10.07 | 65.33 | 76.05 | ||
Daman & Diu | 2.41 | 72.25 | 94.78 | 99.22 | 63.67 | 99.44 | 100.00 | ||
Delhi | 4.45 | 81.93 | 100.00 | 93.83 | 58.31 | 98.60 | 99.05 | ||
Lakshadweep | 4.75 | 86.32 | 100.00 | 99.73 | 73.29 | 99.16 | 98.74 | ||
Pondicherry | 3.33 | 74.75 | 99.02 | 97.68 | 43.73 | 96.48 | 95.76 | ||
All India | 3.30 | 77.81 | 94.45 | 93.76 | 37.02 | 83.98 | 85.00 | ||
Source: Same as Table 6 and MHRD (2000a).
Table 9: Facilities in Primary Schools: 1993-94
School Management |
Schools having Permanent Buildings (%) | Average Number of Instructional Rooms | Percentage of Schools Having | |||
Drinking Water | Urinal | Urinal for Girls |
Lavatory |
|||
Government | 38.62 | 1.64 | 34.64 | 13.19 | 4.97 | 6.02 |
Local Body | 53.42 | 1.84 | 47.80 | 16.70 | 6.10 | 9.06 |
Private Aided | 3.16 | 1.76 | 65.96 | 49.88 | 32.26 | 31.53 |
Private Unaided | 4.80 | 1.84 | 87.15 | 78.48 | 56.53 | 64.95 |
All Schools | 65.01 | 1.74 | 44.23 | 18.93 | 8.66 | 10.86 |
Source: Sixth All India Educational Survey: 1993-94, NCERT, 1998, New Delhi.
Table 10: Growth in Number of Teachers, All India: 1950-51 to 1998-99 (In ‘000)
Year | Primary Level | Upper Primary Level | ||
Total | Female | Total | Female | |
1950-51 | 538 | 15.24 | 86 | 15.12 |
1960-61 | 742 | 17.12 | 345 | 24.06 |
1970-71 | 1060 | 21.23 | 638 | 27.43 |
1980-81 | 1363 | 25.09 | 851 | 29.73 |
1990-91 | 1616 | 29.27 | 1073 | 33.18 |
1998-99* | 1904 | 34.56 | 1278 | 36.31 |
Growth Rate (%), 1990-98 | 2.07 | 4.21 | 2.21 | 3.37 |
* Provisional.
Source: MHRD (2000a). The author computes growth rates.
Table 11: Indicators Concerning to Teachers, 1998-99
State & UT |
Pupil-Teacher Ratio |
% of Female Teachers | Average Number of Teachers, 1993-94 | |||
Primary | Upper
Primary |
Primary | Upper
Primary |
Primary | Upper
Primary |
|
Andhra Pradesh | 46 | 39 | 34.09 | 42.53 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 38 | 28 | 25.74 | 26.22 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
Assam | 35 | 22 | 27.88 | 16.79 | 2.4 | 6.5 |
Bihar | 63 | 49 | 19.19 | 22.81 | 2.1 | 7.3 |
Goa | 21 | 17 | 69.18 | 68.85 | 2.8 | 7.4 |
Gujarat | 51 | 42 | 49.80 | 48.96 | 2.3 | 7.5 |
Haryana | 46 | 24 | 50.13 | 34.04 | 3.3 | 8.6 |
Himachal Pradesh | 30 | 19 | 39.93 | 23.47 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
J & K | 30 | 22 | 37.20 | 37.77 | 1.9 | 7.2 |
Karnataka | 32 | 49 | 43.62 | 46.17 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
Kerala | 29 | 29 | 70.73 | 66.46 | 7.6 | 18.3 |
Madhya Pradesh | 44 | 33 | 28.93 | 29.80 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
Maharashtra | 36 | 39 | 50.26 | 40.00 | 3.3 | 8.1 |
Manipur | 19 | 20 | 34.57 | 35.36 | 3.5 | 10.2 |
Megahalaya | 39 | 17 | 46.98 | 39.58 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
Mizoram | 24 | 11 | 48.73 | 25.52 | 3.9 | 6.5 |
Nagaland | 20 | 18 | 40.81 | 41.20 | 4.9 | 10.6 |
Orissa | 37 | 34 | 24.77 | 14.71 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
Punjab | 42 | 17 | 62.59 | 51.30 | 3.5 | 5.9 |
Rajasthan | 44 | 36 | 30.66 | 25.79 | 2.7 | 7.8 |
Sikkim | 18 | 19 | 45.46 | 36.51 | 5.1 | 13.3 |
Tamil Nadu | 39 | 40 | 41.45 | 48.25 | 3.8 | 11.1 |
Tripura | 21 | 16 | 22.90 | 22.35 | 4.5 | 12.3 |
Uttar Pradesh | 42 | 30 | 25.27 | 22.44 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
West Bengal | 52 | 36 | 23.20 | 26.64 | 3.3 | 6.4 |
A & N Islands | 20 | 21 | 47.27 | 53.29 | 4.0 | 16.4 |
Chandigarh | 26 | 22 | 92.31 | 89.07 | 9.4 | 14.7 |
D & N Haveli | 45 | 46 | 32.26 | 57.05 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
Daman & Diu | 49 | 38 | 60.23 | 37.57 | 6.6 | 7.6 |
Delhi | 38 | 29 | 63.59 | 65.15 | 11.2 | 15.0 |
Lakshadweep | 25 | 21 | 41.72 | 50.00 | 13.6 | 44.0 |
Pondicherry | 26 | 24 | 60.90 | 52.44 | 5.3 | 13.9 |
All India | 42 | 37 | 34.55 | 36.28 | 2.9 | 6.9 |
Source: MHRD (2000a) and NCERT (1998).