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Asia > India > Education

INDIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 5.1 [65th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 8 years [116th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [96th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 5 [164th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 11,295,041 Time series [3rd of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.1% [82nd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 12.7% [68th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate 90 Time series [71st of 148]
Geographical aptitude results 77.883 [17th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 1,176 hours [7th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 1,051 hours [5th of 38]
Literacy > Male 70.2% Time series [130th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 59.5% Time series [133rd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 10.74 % Time series [57th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 7.2 [107th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 40.2 Time series [27th of 159]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 42 weeks per year [4th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 10.5% [94th of 151]
Universities > Top 100 2 [14th of 22]
Universities > Top 500 3 [26th of 38]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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