Facts on Education
- Less than half of India’s children between the ages of 6 and 14 attend school.
- A little over one-third of all children who enroll in grade one reach grade eight.
- At least 35 million children aged 6 – 14 years do not attend school.
- In India, only 53% of habitation has a primary school.
- In India, only 20% of habitation has a secondary school.
- On average, an upper primary school is 3 km away in 22% of areas under habitations.
- In nearly 60% of schools, there are less than two teachers to teach grades 1-5.
- High cost of quality education and need to work to support their families and little interest in studies are the reasons given by 3 in every four drop-outs as the reason they leave.
- More than 50 percent of girls fail to enroll in school; those that do are likely to drop out by the age of 12.
