Statement II: Status of UEE in the Light of NCERT Sixth All India Educational Survey Data
List of Tables
Table 7 : Number of Villages Not Having Schooling Facility : 1993-94
Table 8 : Villages Having Unrecognized Schools According to Population Slabs, All India: 1993-94
Table 9 : Non-formal Education Centres According to Area, Management and Level, All India: 1993-94
Table 10 : Percentage of Primary NFE Centres According to Area and Management: 1993-94
Table 11 : Percentage of NFE Centres According to Area and Management Upper Primary: 1993-94
Table 12 : NFE Centres According to Instructors and Enrolment, All India: 1993-94
Table 7 : Number of Villages Not Having Schooling Facility : 1993-94
| Villages Not Having Schools With | ||||||||
| Primary Stage | Upper Primary Stage | |||||||
| States/UTs | Total No. of Villages | Number | % | but having NFE Centres | Number | % | But having NFE Centres | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 26650 | 3115 | 11.69 | 590 | 18539 | 69.56 | 1400 | |
| Arunchal Pradesh | 3623 | 2212 | 61.05 | 19 | 3258 | 89.93 | 3 | |
| Assam | 23888 | 7375 | 30.87 | 1352 | 18187 | 76.13 | 278 | |
| Bihar | 67512 | 23702 | 35.11 | 309 | 56375 | 83.50 | 92 | |
| Goa | 360 | 38 | 10.56 | 0 | 168 | 46.67 | 0 | |
| Gujarat | 18003 | 705 | 3.92 | 0 | 6444 | 35.79 | 0 | |
| Haryana | 6728 | 819 | 12.17 | 3 | 4067 | 60.45 | 5 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 16958 | 10387 | 61.25 | 2 | 14989 | 88.39 | 1 | |
| J & K | 6590 | 1038 | 15.75 | 103 | 4357 | 66.12 | 33 | |
| Karnataka | 27073 | 4348 | 16.06 | 0 | 16138 | 59.61 | 0 | |
| Kerala | 1384 | 57 | 4.12 | 1 | 144 | 10.40 | 1 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 71611 | 16214 | 22.64 | 3195 | 60181 | 84.04 | 1090 | |
| Maharashtra | 40516 | 3534 | 8.72 | 51 | 22895 | 56.51 | 55 | |
| Manipur | 2190 | 355 | 16.21 | 70 | 1577 | 72.01 | 72 | |
| Megahalaya | 5492 | 2155 | 39.24 | 199 | 4715 | 85.85 | 0 | |
| Mizoram | 682 | 86 | 12.61 | 10 | 315 | 46.19 | 8 | |
| Nagaland | 1228 | 198 | 16.12 | 0 | 881 | 71.74 | 0 | |
| Orissa | 46927 | 15752 | 33.57 | 2143 | 37427 | 79.76 | 632 | |
| Punjab | 12415 | 2091 | 16.84 | 0 | 9469 | 76.27 | 0 | |
| Rajasthan | 37889 | 8732 | 23.05 | 802 | 28698 | 75.74 | 113 | |
| Sikkim | 440 | 62 | 14.09 | 0 | 260 | 59.09 | 0 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 15822 | 2383 | 15.06 | 16 | 10184 | 64.37 | 23 | |
| Tripura | 855 | 41 | 4.80 | 0 | 311 | 36.37 | 0 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 112803 | 52316 | 46.38 | 12858 | 96754 | 85.77 | 678 | |
| West Bengal | 37733 | 10918 | 28.93 | 0 | 32570 | 86.32 | 0 | |
| A & N Islands | 504 | 278 | 55.16 | 3 | 416 | 82.54 | 0 | |
| Chandigarh | 24 | 5 | 20.83 | 2 | 11 | 45.83 | 1 | |
| D & N Haveli | 71 | 2 | 2.82 | 0 | 42 | 59.15 | 0 | |
| Daman & Diu | 24 | 4 | 16.67 | 0 | 10 | 41.67 | 0 | |
| Delhi | 200 | 32 | 16.00 | 2 | 99 | 49.50 | 1 | |
| Lakshadweep | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | 0 | 2 | 28.57 | 0 | |
| Pondicherry | 263 | 88 | 33.46 | 0 | 190 | 72.24 | 0 | |
| All India | 586465 | 169043 | 28.82 | 21730 | 449673 | 76.68 | 4486 | |
Source : Same as previous Table.
Table 8 : Villages having Unrecognised Schools According to Population Slabs All India : 1993-94
| Population Slab | Number of Villages | Number of Villages having Unrecognised Schools | Number of Unrecognised Schools | |||||||
| Primary | % | Upper Primary | % | Primary | % | Upper Primary | % | |||
| Below 300 | 148165 | 3398 | 12.61 | 521 | 7.01 | 3646 | 9.59 | 546 | 6.09 | |
| 300-499 | 89157 | 2974 | 11.03 | 623 | 8.38 | 3302 | 8.68 | 676 | 7.53 | |
| 500-999 | 147069 | 6153 | 22.83 | 1509 | 20.29 | 7535 | 19.81 | 1809 | 20.16 | |
| 1000-1999 | 119019 | 6542 | 24.27 | 2021 | 27.17 | 8700 | 22.88 | 2298 | 25.61 | |
| 2000-4999 | 68116 | 5791 | 21.49 | 1967 | 26.45 | 9576 | 25.18 | 2362 | 26.33 | |
| 5000 & Above | 14939 | 2095 | 7.77 | 796 | 10.70 | 5271 | 13.86 | 1281 | 14.28 | |
| Total | 586465 | 26953 | 100.00 | 7437 | 100.00 | 38030 | 100.00 | 8972 | 100.00 | |
Source : Same as Table 1
Table 9 : Non-formal Education Centres According to Area, Management and Level
All India: 1993-94
| Level | Government | Voluntary Agencies | Total | ||||||
| Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Primary Only | 100073 | 5519 | 105592 | 6221 | 152 | 6373 | 106294 | 5671 | 111965 |
| % | 94.77 | 88.72 | 94.31 | 97.61 | 2.39 | 5.69 | 94.94 | 5.065 | 100.00 |
| Upper Primary Only | 4538 | 626 | 5164 | 482 | 27 | 509 | 5020 | 653 | 5673 |
| % | 87.88 | 12.12 | 91.03 | 94.70 | 5.30 | 8.97 | 88.49 | 11.51 | 100.00 |
| Both Primary and Upper Primary | 2315 | 163 | 2478 | 313 | 115 | 428 | 2628 | 278 | 2906 |
| % | 93.42 | 6.58 | 85.27 | 73.13 | 26.87 | 14.73 | 90.43 | 9.57 | 100.00 |
| Total | 106926 | 6308 | 113234 | 7016 | 294 | 7310 | 113942 | 6602 | 120544 |
| % | 94.43 | 5.57 | 93.94 | 95.98 | 4.02 | 6.06 | 94.52 | 5.48 | 100.00 |
Source : Same as Table 1
Table 10 : Percentage of NFE Centres According to Area and Management Primary : 1993-94
| States/UTs | Government | Voluntary Agencies | |||||||
| Rural | Total | Rural | Total | ||||||
| Girls | Total | Girls | Total | Girls | Total | Girls | Total | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 37.03 | 15.56 | 38.92 | 17.01 | 30.67 | 15.53 | 31.05 | 16.16 | |
| Arunchal Pradesh | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Assam | 5.72 | 7.74 | 5.57 | 7.42 | 1.87 | 1.59 | 1.84 | 1.57 | |
| Bihar | 1.25 | 0.97 | 1.17 | 0.94 | 5.87 | 6.12 | 5.79 | 5.98 | |
| Goa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Gujarat | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | |
| Haryana | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.11 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.06 | |
| J & K | 0.32 | 1.00 | 0.29 | 0.95 | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.26 | 0.46 | |
| Karnataka | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Kerala | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.35 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 18.27 | 20.66 | 18.48 | 21.43 | 7.20 | 7.54 | 7.11 | 7.66 | |
| Maharashtra | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 4.80 | 3.50 | 4.74 | 3.48 | |
| Manipur | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.89 | |
| Megahalaya | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.60 | |
| Mizoram | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.08 | |
| Nagaland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Orissa | 8.98 | 7.65 | 8.62 | 7.41 | 17.07 | 35.09 | 16.84 | 34.52 | |
| Punjab | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Rajasthan | 15.50 | 6.53 | 14.38 | 6.24 | 20.00 | 7.39 | 20.26 | 7.27 | |
| Sikkim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.80 | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.63 | |
| Tripura | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11.79 | 38.16 | 11.23 | 36.84 | 11.20 | 19.93 | 11.05 | 19.61 | |
| West Bengal | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| A & N Islands | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Chandigarh | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| D & N Haveli | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Daman & Diu | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Delhi | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.17 | |
| Lakshadweep | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Pondicherry | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total Centres (All India) | 4734 | 100073 | 5118 | 105592 | 375 | 6221 | 380 | 6373 | |
Source: Computed by the author based on the information presented in NCERT (1998).
Table 11 : Percentage of NFE Centres According to Area and Management Upper Primary: 1993-94
| Government Voluntary Agencies | |||||||
| State/UTs | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 58.22 | 61.18 | 58.58 | 31.54 | 25.93 | 31.24 | |
| Arunchal Pradesh | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Assam | 2.36 | 0.00 | 2.07 | 6.43 | 0.00 | 6.09 | |
| Bihar | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.81 | 2.90 | 0.00 | 2.75 | |
| Goa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Gujarat | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Haryana | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.41 | 3.70 | 0.59 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| J & K | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.20 | |
| Karnataka | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Kerala | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 18.52 | 1.18 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 23.29 | 32.75 | 24.44 | 10.58 | 25.93 | 11.39 | |
| Maharashtra | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 4.15 | 11.11 | 4.52 | |
| Manipur | 0.88 | 1.60 | 0.97 | 1.45 | 0.00 | 1.38 | |
| Megahalaya | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Mizoram | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Nagaland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Orissa | 9.70 | 1.12 | 8.66 | 31.33 | 7.41 | 30.06 | |
| Punjab | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Rajasthan | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.81 | 2.28 | 3.70 | 2.36 | |
| Sikkim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 2.90 | 3.70 | 2.95 | |
| Tripura | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2.53 | 0.64 | 2.30 | 4.77 | 0.00 | 4.52 | |
| West Bengal | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| A & N Islands | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Chandigarh | 0.04 | 2.08 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| D & N Haveli | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Daman & Diu | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Delhi | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.79 | |
| Lakshadweep | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Pondicherry | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total Centres (All India) | 4538 | 626 | 5164 | 482 | 27 | 509 | |
Source: Same as Previous Table.
Table 12 : NFE Centres According to Instructors and EnrolmentAll India : 1993-94
| Number of Centres According to Enrolment Slabs | ||||||||||
| Level | No. of Instructors | Nil | 1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | More
than 50 |
Total | Average Enrolment
/Centre* |
| Primary | Zero | 323 | 242 | 991 | 2306 | 408 | 123 | 160 | 4553 | 26 |
| One | 729 | 2600 | 15946 | 68094 | 11429 | 2611 | 2289 | 103698 | 27 | |
| Two | 1 | 84 | 301 | 688 | 269 | 499 | 583 | 2425 | 45 | |
| More than 2 | 8 | 88 | 247 | 449 | 115 | 36 | 346 | 1289 | 58 | |
| Total | 1061 | 3014 | 17485 | 71537 | 12221 | 3269 | 3378 | 111965 | 27 | |
| Upper | Zero | 20 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 128 | 36 |
| Primary | One | 22 | 161 | 766 | 3008 | 378 | 48 | 62 | 4445 | 25 |
| Two | 18 | 115 | 366 | 327 | 84 | 45 | 72 | 1027 | 25 | |
| More than 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 73 | 78 | |
| Total | 60 | 290 | 1189 | 3385 | 477 | 105 | 167 | 5673 | 26 | |
Source: Same as Previous Table.
- Computed by the author.
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