"Presentation given by Dr Dinesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on July 15,2011 at WORLD EDUCATION SUMMIT (www.worldeducationsummit.net) in the School Education Track: IMPROVING GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO AND MANAGING QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES: UNIVERSALISATION OF SCHOOL EDUCATION: STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN EDUCATION "

1. Elementary Education: Perspectives and Challenges Dinesh Kumar Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

4. India’s Population: 1,21,01,93,422 (Census 2011) Rank State Population % 1 U.P 19,95,81,477 16.49 2 Maharashtra 11,23,72,972 9.29 3 Bihar 10,38,04,637 8.58 4 West Bengal 9,13,47,736 7.55 5 A.P 8,46,65,533 7.00 6 M.P 7,25,97,565 6.00 7 Tamil Nadu 7,21,38,958 5.96 8 Rajasthan 6.86,21,012 5.67 9 Karnataka 6,11,30,704 5.05 10 Gujrat 6,03,83,628 4.99 76.58

5. Literacy Scenario in 2011 for age 7 and above Persons Male Female Population 105,14,04,135 54,07,72,113 51,06,32,022 Literates 77,84,54,120 44,42,03,762 33,42,50,358 Illiterates 27,29,50,015 9,65,68,351 17,63,81,664

6. Comparision of 2001 & 2011 Literates Persons Males Females 2001 56,07,53,179 33,65,71,822 22,41,81,357 2011 77,84,54,120 44,42,03,762 33,42,50,358 Increase 21,77,00,941 10,76,31,940 11,00,69,001 Illiterates 2001 30,41,46,862 11,06,43,001 19,35,03,861 2011 27,29,50,015 9,65,68,351 17,63,81,664 Increase -3,11,96,847 -1,40,74,650 -1,71,22,197

9. % Dropout rates in schools in India (Based on Abstracts of Statistics of School Education, 2007-08) Boys Girls Total For I - V 26.2 24.8 25.5 For I - VIII 44.3 41.4 43.0 For I - X 56.4 57.3 56.8

10. Total No. and dropout % Stage Number (in crore) Dropout % Dropout No. (in crore) I - V 13.63 25.5 03.48 I - VIII 19.31 43.0 08.30 I - X 22.13 56.8 12.57

11. % Dropout rates in States (From Abstracts of Statistics of School Education 2007-08) I -V I - VIII I - X Arunachal 41.0 48 63.0 Bihar 46.9 70.7 79.5 Chhattisgarh 31.7 - - Manipur 37.5 41.9 44.6 Meghalaya 36.4 60.4 76.1 Mizoram 45.7 60.6 71.4 Nagaland 38.0 46.6 74.0 Rajasthan 46.6 62.3 71.5 UP 33.9 28.6 26.2 WB 35.9 63.9 72.8

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