Education For All in India with Focus on Elementary Education: Current Status, Recent Initiatives And Future Prospects

Statistical Statements I

Source: * NSSO data. Reported in MHRD (2000d).

Table 2: Rural and Urban Distribution of Literacy Rate: All

India, 1991 and 1998

Source: Same as Table 1.

Table 3: Adult Literacy Rate (15+ Population): All India, 1991 and 1998

Source: *NSSO data reported in Thakur & Mehta (1999).

Note : All other States & UTs have Grades I‑V and VI‑VIII corresponding to Primary

and Upper Primary levels of education.

Source : Annual Report: 1994‑95, MHRD, New Delhi

Table 5: Number of Schools, All India, 1950-51 to 1998-99

Number of Schools
Year	Primary	Upper Primary	Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools
1950-51	209671	13596	15.4
1955-56	278135	21730	12.8
1960-61	330399	49663	6.7
1965-66	391064	75798	5.2
1970-71	408378	90621	4.5
1975-76	454270	106571	4.3
1980-81	494503	118555	4.2
1985-86	528872	134846	3.9
1990-91	560935	151456	3.7
1995-96	590421	171216	3.4
1998-99*	626737	190166	3.3
Rate of Growth (%), 1990-98	1.40	2.89	-

* Provisional, Source: MHRD (2000a). The author calculates growth rates and ratios.

Particulars	2^nd Survey 1965	3^rd Survey 1973	4^th Survey 1978	5^th Survey 1986	6^th Survey 1993
% of habitations having primary schools/sections within 1 Km.	68.58	75.58	80.23	83.83	83.36
% of rural population served by primary schools/sections up to 1 Km.	86.33	90.34	92.82	94.45	93.76
% of habitations served by upper primary schools/sections within 3 Kms	55.50	56.85	69.97	74.00	76.15
% of rural population served by upper primary schools/sections within 3 Km	68.24	68.80	78.83	83.98	85.00

Source: National Council of Educational Research & Training (different survey reports), New Delhi.

Table 7: Rural Habitations Having Population of 300/500 & More and Served by

Primary/Upper Primary Schools/Sections