State of Education in India

This page is about our analysis of different studies, demographics and statistical reports created by various governmental and other agencies.

Inside Government-run Primary Schools 2011: Pratham has brought out their report on a study done across 30,000 children in five states to see how much children learn and what most affects their learning at primary levels.

• Key findings and highlights
• Implications on execution of the RTE Act

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2010: Pratham, the child focused, not-for-profit group publishes an annual report based on a survey of schools in India. The survey in 2010, covered 7,00,000 children in rural areas, and assessed data which covered levels of attendance, gender discrepancies, level of education, capability of students to show impact of education etc.  Below are some of the findings and our analysis.

• Survey Results Overview
• Performance on RTE indicators
• School Observations
• Laggard States, Progressive States
• Reducing dependence on government