96.5% kids in india go to school

[blackops]

NEW DELHI: India took another step towards universal elementary education last year, with 96.5% of all children aged 6-14 years being enrolled in schools, an extensive private audit has revealed. NGO Pratham`s Annual Survey of Education Report says the proportion of girls in the age group of 11-14 years too increased to 94.1% although quality of education remained a big concern.

Overall, Bihar emerged as a star performer with steady improvement in enrolment. Enrolment of boys in the state was 95.6% and that of girls 95.4%. In 2006, 12.3% of boys and 17.6% girls in Bihar were out of school.

The survey conducted in all the districts of the country shows a large number of schools in the country fulfilling norms laid down in the Right to Education Act

Read more: In India, 96.5% kids go to school: Survey - The Times of India In India, 96.5% kids go to school: Survey - The Times of India

 

[anon45]

NEW DELHI: India took another step towards universal elementary education last year, with 96.5% of all children aged 6-14 years being enrolled in schools, an extensive private audit has revealed. NGO Pratham`s Annual Survey of Education Report says the proportion of girls in the age group of 11-14 years too increased to 94.1% although quality of education remained a big concern.

Overall, Bihar emerged as a star performer with steady improvement in enrolment. Enrolment of boys in the state was 95.6% and that of girls 95.4%. In 2006, 12.3% of boys and 17.6% girls in Bihar were out of school.

The survey conducted in all the districts of the country shows a large number of schools in the country fulfilling norms laid down in the Right to Education Act

Read more: In India, 96.5% kids go to school: Survey - The Times of India In India, 96.5% kids go to school: Survey - The Times of India

How do they figure out these numbers? They surely don't have the time/ budget to count the children in a 1 billion + developing country?

Would it be by a sample of areas?

 

[blackops]

How do they figure out these numbers? They surely don't have the time/ budget to count the children in a 1 billion + developing country?

Would it be by a sample of areas?

they were comparing the enrolment level of 2009 to 2010 to get the numbers

 

[PoKeMon]

96.5% kids in india go to school

JHOOT

 

[blackops]

96.5% kids in india go to school

JHOOT

the link is given bellow of times of india you can go an read the whole article by yourself

 

[Ignited Mind]

Impossible.

Just impossible. Obviously the report makers have committed some serious forgery/mistake.

IT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

 

[Awesome]

If its true then its truly something, zaberdast.

 

[Ignited Mind]

If its true then its truly something, zaberdast.

It is not true. It just isn't. I live in this country and I can say for sure that it's not true.

 

[Paan Singh]

it may be possible,it depends on area we live.
basically on every km,we have govt school in haryana.
this calculations can be based on the total schools falling in particular area and students in that schools.

but i will say,atleast 60% kids go to school

 

[blackops]

if you will see the rate in south india you will be shocked to see the rate over there the education level in south india is very good plus many new states in india are showing great improvement in there education system just look at the growth in the number of students in bihar m.p and so on

 

[justanobserver]

How do they figure out these numbers? They surely don't have the time/ budget to count the children in a 1 billion + developing country?

Would it be by a sample of areas?

96.5% kids in india go to school

JHOOT

Here is some info from the ASER website

ASER Centre - Assessment Survey Evaluation Research Centre, New Delhi, India - What we do - ASER survey
Overview


In line with international and national goals, India aims to ensure that all children in the 6 to 14 age group attend school regularly and receive useful and relevant education. All citizens of India pay an education cess of 2% to provide the additional finances needed to achieve these goals. Therefore, citizens should know whether these enormous outlays are leading to the desired outcomes.


Every year since 2005, Pratham has facilitated an innovative exercise for India: that of implementing the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). This enormous annual task engages citizens to reach over 700,000 children nationwide.



* New features are added each year, but the core remains the same: simple tools are used to assess children's ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic.

* Within the span of hundred days, the survey reaches every rural district in the country: over 570 districts, 15,000 villages, 3,00,000 households and 7,00,000 children.



* Each year over 25,000 volunteers from NGOs, citizens' groups, government and educational institutions, and corporate entities donate 4 days of their time In order to achieve this mammoth task.



* In each rural district in the country, ASER is carried out by a local organization or institution.



ASER is the largest annual data collection effort with children in India. It is also the only annual source of information regarding learning levels of children in elementary school.
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The overview has link to the methods they use, you can even query the data
ASER Centre - Assessment Survey Evaluation Research Centre, New Delhi, India - What we do - ASER survey

It is not true. It just isn't. I live in this country and I can say for sure that it's not true.

it may be possible,it depends on area we live.
basically on every km,we have govt school in haryana.
this calculations can be based on the total schools falling in particular area and students in that schools.

but i will say,atleast 60% kids go to school

It's primary school enrollment. Remember Right to Education and Miday Meal schemes are new.

IMO it's the mid day meal scheme which has made the difference. The poor families primarily send their kids to have food, education is a bonus

 

[LaBong]

basically on every km,we have govt school in haryana.

That is the rule actually for whole India. There has to be a primary school at each 1 sq km.

 

[Ignited Mind]

That is the rule actually for whole India. There has to be a primary school at each 1 sq km.

But there isn't.

 

[SpArK]

This was on news channels yesterday.. even though the percentage numbers are quite impressive, there was concern on the quality factors.. Hope the authorities address that too..

 

[somebozo]

it should rather be 96.5% of upper caste kids go to school..nobody counts the lower ones as they are untouchable. I can only laugh at this news at best because I know a bazillion of Indian labors here who have not been to school and their kids back home often as young as 8 are working the fields!