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Asia > India > Education

INDIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 65 [65th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 116 years [116th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 96 [96th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 164 [164th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 82% [82nd of 132]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 161% [161st of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 152% [152nd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 17 [17th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11 4 hours [4th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12 4 hours [4th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 7 hours [7th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 5 hours [5th of 38]
Primary school girls out of school 31% [31st of 99]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning mother tongue 1% [1st of 36]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills 3
Public spending per student > Primary level 107 [107th of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 44 [44th of 123]
Pupils reaching grade 5 90 [90th of 108]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 4 weeks per year [4th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 94% [94th of 151]

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SOURCES: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm); Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.; Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.; Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.; Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002); Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.; Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.; Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 11 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.; ; Intended instruction time spent practicing reading, writing, and the students' mother tongue, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age.; Intended instruction time spent studying vocational skills, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.; Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.; Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.; Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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Ash (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
29th July 2007
The Constitution of India provides for free and compulsory education for upto 14 years of age.
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