Education in India Statistics | Digital TK

There was a survey conducted in the year 2014 which result in the following Education in India Statistics.

A survey on ‘Social Consumption: Education’ was conducted in NSS 71st round (January-June 2014).

A sample of 36479 rural households from 4577 villages and 29447 urban households from 3720 blocks were surveyed all over India.

I. Household profile

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Household profile

a. At the all-India level, the average household size was 4.45 with 4.63 in rural areas and 4.08 in urban areas.

b. Average no. of persons aged 5-29 years per household was 2.04 (2.15 in rural and 1.79 in urban areas)

c. Average no. of currently attending persons aged 5-29 years per household was 1.14 (1.21 in rural and 1.00in urban areas)

II. Literacy rates

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Literacy rates

a. Literacy rate among persons (aged 5 years and above) in India was 76%. In rural areas, the literacy rate was 71% compared to 86% in urban areas.

b. The difference in literacy rate among males and females (aged 5 years and above) was observed with male literacy rate higher (83%) than female literacy rate (68%).

III. The completed educational level of population for different age-groups

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The completed educational level of population for different age-groups

a. Percentage distribution of rural persons of ages 15 years & above by highest completed levels of education: 35% were not literate, 23% were literates up to the primary, 17% were of level upper primary, 20% were of levels secondary and higher secondary and 4% were graduate & above.

b. Percentage distribution of urban persons of age 15 years & above by highest completed level of education: 16% were not literate, 17% were literates up to the primary, 16% were of level upper primary, 30% were of level secondary and higher secondary and 18% were graduate & above.

IV. Distance to nearest primary, upper primary and secondary school

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Distance to nearest primary, upper primary and secondary school

a. In rural areas 94% of households and in urban areas, nearly 93% of households reported the availability of primary school within 1 km from the house.

b. Nearly 67% of rural households and 83% of urban households reported upper primary schools within 1 km from the house while only 37% of rural households compared to 73% of urban households reported secondary schools within such a distance.

V. Attendance status of persons in age-group 5-29 years

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Attendance status of persons in age-group 5-29 years

a. In rural areas, 59% of males and 53% of females in the 5-29 years age-group were currently attending an educational institution.

b. In urban areas, these percentages were 57% and 55% respectively for males and females.

VI. Attendance ratios

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Attendance ratios

a. Gross Attendance Ratio (GAR) at the primary level was nearly 100% for both males and females in rural and urban areas.

b. GARs at upper primary level was 92% for males (91% in rural and 93% in urban) and 88% for females (in both rural and urban).

c. At the secondary level, GAR was 87% for both males (86% in rural and 90% in urban areas) and females (84% in rural areas compared to 94% in urban areas).

d. Net Attendance Ratios (NAR) in India at the primary level were 84% for males and 83% for females without any major differences in rural and urban areas.

e. NARs at upper primary level for males and females were 64% and 62% respectively without much variation over rural and urban areas.

f. At the secondary level, NARs were 52% for males (51% in rural and 56% in urban) and 51% for females (49% in rural compared to 59% in urban areas)

g. Age-specific Attendance Ratios in the age-group 18-23 years for males and
females were respectively 35% and 28%.

VII. Current attendance of students by type of education

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Current attendance of students by type of education

a. 95% of students were in general education and remaining were in technical/professional education.

b. Percentages of female students pursuing general education (98% in rural and 93% in urban areas) were slightly more than corresponding male percentages (96% in rural and 89% in urban).

c. Among persons in age-group 15-29 years who were currently attending any course at primary and above levels, 85% of them were in general education.

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VIII. Attendance by type of courses

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Attendance by type of courses

a. Among the male students pursuing general education, 46% were pursuing humanities compared to 54% of the female students, 35% of the male students were pursuing science compared to 28% female students and 20% of the male students were pursuing commerce compared to 18% of female students.

b. Among the male students pursuing a technical/professional education, 46% were pursuing engineering compared to 29% among the female students and 4% of the male students were pursuing medicine (which includes nursing) compared to 14% of the female students.

IX. Type of institution

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Type of institution

a. In rural areas, 72% of the students at primary level, 76% at upper primary level and 64% at secondary & higher secondary level attended Government institutions, while in urban areas, 31% at primary level, 38% at upper primary level and also at secondary & higher secondary levels attended Government institutions.

b. 29% of students from rural areas and 23% of students from urban areas, pursuing technical/professional courses, were attending government institutions, whereas percentages of such students attending private unaided institutions were 48% in rural and 50% in urban areas.

X. Students receiving free education

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Students receiving free education

a. At primary and upper primary levels nearly 60% of students (70% in rural areas and 30% in urban areas) were getting free education in India.

b. At secondary and higher secondary levels, 40% of students from rural areas and 22% from urban areas were getting free education.

c. 94% and 89% of students studying in government institutions at the primary level respectively from rural and urban areas were getting free education. At upper primary levels, corresponding figures were 89% and 80% respectively.

d. Percentage of students studying in private unaided institutions and receiving free education at primary and upper primary levels were very negligible (around 1-2%) in both rural and urban areas.

XI. Students received various Incentives

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Students received various Incentives

a. At primary level, 56% of students (66% in rural and 28% in urban areas) got free textbooks and 63% (72% in rural and 33% in urban) got mid-day meal from government and other sources.

b. At upper primary level, the percentages of students who got free textbooks and mid-day meals were 54% (63% in rural and 30% in urban) and 62% (70% in rural and 37% in urban) respectively.

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XII. Private coaching

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Private coaching

a. 26% of students (27% of males and 24% of females) were taking private coaching in India combining all levels of education.

b. Incidence of taking private coaching was maximum at secondary and higher secondary levels combined. (38% of male students and 35% of female students)

XIII. Private expenditure on education

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Private expenditure on education

a. Average expenditure () per student incurred and/or to be incurred during the current academic session was nearly6788 for general education, 62841 for technical/professional (except vocational) and27676 for vocational education.

b. Average expenditure in a current academic session for studying medicine in was 64968 in government institutions,90205 in private aided and 118657 in private unaided institutions. For engineering course, the expenditures were42401, 69696 and78227 in government, private aided and private unaided institutions respectively.

c. Nearly 46% of the expenditure on general education and 73% of the expenditure on technical education were on course fees.

d. For students pursuing general education, 15% was spent on private coaching as against 3% for students pursuing technical/professional education (including vocational).

XIV. Never-enrolment and discontinuance of education

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Never-enrollment and discontinuance of education

a. After completing primary level education, 37% of males and 39% of females among the ever enrolled persons (aged 5-29 years) left their study.

b. For each completed level of school education from upper primary & above, more than 50% of ever enrolled persons (aged 5-29 years), both males and females, did not continue their study further

c. In India, percentages of persons in the age group of 5-29 years dropping out/discontinuing studies were nearly 33% in rural areas and 38% in urban areas.

d. In India, nearly 11% of the persons aged 5-29 years in rural areas and 6% in urban areas never enrolled in any educational institution.

e. For the males of age 5-29 years, engagement in economic activities was the most common reason for dropping out (30% in rural areas and 34% in urban areas), whereas for the females in the same age group, the dominant reason was engagement in domestic activities (33% in rural areas and 23% in urban areas).

f. In rural areas the major reason for never-enrolment for persons of ages 5-29 years was ‘not interested in education’ (33% male and 27% female) while in urban areas, nearly 33% males and 30% females in the age group of 5-29 years never enrolled because of ‘financial constraints’.

XV. Access to computer and internet

Nearly 6% of rural households and 29% of urban household possessed a computer.

In India, among households with at least one member of age 14 years and above, nearly 27% had internet access in the survey year, 2014. The proportions were 16% among rural households and 49% among urban households.

Among persons of age 14-29 years, nearly 18% in rural areas and 49% in urban areas were able to operate a computer.

Education in India Statistics
Education in India Statistics

These are some Education in India Statistics which can help you understand the Indian education system very correctly.

So I hope that you understand these following statistic and you may use this data later for your use.

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