A brief summary of India's education status, after 60 years of independence:
• Literacy: 65.38% (Male 75.85%, Female 54.16%) – average world literacy 80%
• Children reaching grade V: 59.8 %(2000/01)
• Gross Enrolment Ratio girls (Class 6-8): 56%
• Human Development Index ranking: 126/177 (2006)
• Only 31% of children complete education upto 10th standard and 42% complete upto 8th standard
• One out of three (67 lacs out of 1.92 crore) children in class 5 is unable to read and write
• Only about 10% primary schools have majority of children learning as per expectations
• More than 75% schools have unplanned multigrade teaching
• Public examinations of all kind focus on rote learning - with practically no focus on application, analysis, critical thinking and creativity
• 20 percentage point adverse ratios of literacy and drop outs for girls & socio-economically disadvantaged children
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