Education in India Statistics

• Shockingly, in Std 8, there are 1% of students who cannot even read letters. It leaves us wondering how they reached up till the 8^th standard
• In India, there are 1561 schools with just 1 teacher to teach
• In the age group of 6-14, there are 3.3% students who are either not enrolled or dropped out of school. In the age group of 7-16, the figure is 5.3%. This data includes both male and female students
• Manipur has the lowest (6%) of schools with access to drinking water and the highest being Kerala with 85.6% schools having access to drinking water. All India average is 73.5%
• Meghalaya falls short of accessible toilets with only 24.4% schools having the facility and the highest is again Kerala with 71.6% schools having access to the same. All India average is 49.1%
• When it comes to access to Library books, Manipur has the lowest with only 7.1% schools having this facility. The topper is yet again, Kerala with 98.1% schools having library books. All India average is 71.4%
• If you are concerned about mid-day meal, the survey shows that Kerala tops the “Kitchen shed for cooking midday meal” category with 97.8% schools having the facility while Manipur has the lowest with only 43.9% schools having the same. All India average is 83.7%