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Asia > India > Education

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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 3.99 % of GNI Time series [88th of 168]
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 > Primary level 125,568,597 Time series [1st of 189]
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 81,050,129 Time series [2nd of 171]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 11,295,041 Time series [3rd of 150]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Primary level 46.82% Time series [144th of 179]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Secondary level 42.56% Time series [141st of 162]
Education enrolment by level, percentage girls > Tertiary level 38.45% Time series [106th of 126]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level 95% Time series [62nd of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Men 98% Time series [32nd of 160]
Education enrolment ratio, net, primary level > Women 91% Time series [84th of 160]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 3.8% Time series [76th of 127]
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government 10.7% Time series [57th of 85]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.1% [82nd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 12.7% [68th of 96]
Education spending (% Primary) 38.4% [54th of 110]
Education spending (% Secondary) 40.1% [33rd of 107]
Education spending (% Tertiary) 20.3% [42nd of 108]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 73% Time series [67th of 112]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 73.1% Time series [60th of 101]
Education, percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 72.9% Time series [58th of 101]
Education, primary completion rate 90 Time series [71st of 148]
Education, primary completion rate > Men 94 Time series [49th of 145]
Education, primary completion rate > Women 86 Time series [72nd of 145]
Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita 11.08 % Time series [72nd of 101]
Expenditure per student, secondary > % of GDP per capita 19.82 % Time series [50th of 93]
Expenditure per student, tertiary > % of GDP per capita 68.57 % Time series [14th of 81]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 43.6% [161st of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 39.6% [152nd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 77.883 [17th of 191]
Girls to boys ratio, primary level enrolment 0.93 Time series [115th of 183]
Girls to boys ratio, secondary level enrolment 0.81 Time series [118th of 172]
Girls to boys ratio, tertiary level enrolment 0.7 Time series [77th of 139]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 130.14 % Time series [11th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 138.66 % Time series [9th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 134.52 % Time series [10th of 157]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 1,051 hours [6th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11 1,051 hours [4th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12 1,176 hours [4th of 38]
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]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ 40.5% Time series [26th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Men 29.8% Time series [25th of 138]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women 51.7% Time series [25th of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ 289,642,800 Time series [1st of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Men 109,943,600 Time series [1st of 138]
Illiterate population by sex, aged 15+ > Women 179,801,200 Time series [1st of 138]
Literacy rate, adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 47.84 % Time series [98th of 121]
Literacy rate, adult male > % of males ages 15 and above 73.41 % Time series [93rd of 121]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 61.01 % Time series [95th of 121]
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24 67.75 % Time series [88th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 84.19 % Time series [79th of 123]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24 76.43 % Time series [85th of 123]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 76.4% Time series [23rd of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Men 84.2% Time series [21st of 138]
Literacy rates, aged 15-24 > Women 67.7% Time series [23rd of 138]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 76.34 % Time series [48th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 81.25 % Time series [43rd of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 78.92 % Time series [48th of 92]
Primary completion rate, female > % of relevant age group 83.91 % Time series [89th of 138]
Primary completion rate, male > % of relevant age group 92.87 % Time series [70th of 138]
Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 88.53 % Time series [90th of 141]
Primary education, duration > years 5 years Time series [160th of 197]
Primary education, pupils 136,193,800 Time series [1st of 176]
Primary education, pupils > % female 46.82 % female Time series [139th of 175]
Primary education, teachers 3,387,905 Time series [2nd of 159]
Primary education, teachers > % female 44 % female Time series [120th of 153]
Primary school girls out of school 39% [31st of 99]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 16.5 [44th of 148]
Progression to secondary school > % 85.08 % Time series [72nd of 123]
Progression to secondary school, female > % 82.25 % Time series [69th of 118]
Progression to secondary school, male > % 87.46 % Time series [60th of 118]
Proportion of primary education time spent in physical education 6
Proportion of primary education time spent learning arts 6
Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages 14
Proportion of primary education time spent learning mathematics 14% [9th of 36]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning mother tongue 25% [1st of 36]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning religion 6
Proportion of primary education time spent learning science 11% [21st of 36]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning social studies 8% [34th of 36]
Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology a
Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills 3
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 3.68 % Time series [83rd of 136]
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]
Public spending per student > Secondary level 23.1 [48th of 123]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 68.4 [44th of 123]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 40.2 Time series [27th of 159]
Pupils reaching grade 5 67.9 [90th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 40 [33rd of 175]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 17.9 [58th of 121]
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 66.28 Time series [95th of 137]
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 93.44 Time series [132nd of 174]
Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 79.83 Time series [132nd of 162]
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education > % 86.89 % Time series [122nd of 157]
Ratio of young literate females to males > % ages 15-24 80.47 % Time series [93rd of 123]
Repetition rate, primary > % of total enrollment 3.19 % Time series [73rd of 128]
Repetition rate, primary, female > % of total enrollment 3.09 % Time series [70th of 125]
Repetition rate, primary, male > % of total enrollment 3.28 % Time series [75th of 125]
Repitition rate > Primary level 4.2 [85th of 143]
School enrollment, preprimary > % gross 35.88 % gross Time series [92nd of 159]
School enrollment, preprimary, female > % gross 35.84 % gross Time series [88th of 153]
School enrollment, preprimary, male > % gross 35.91 % gross Time series [87th of 153]
School enrollment, primary > % gross 116.2 % gross Time series [23rd of 176]
School enrollment, primary > % net 89.68 % net Time series [77th of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 112.14 % gross Time series [25th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 86.96 % net Time series [89th of 137]
School enrollment, primary, male > % gross 120.02 % gross Time series [18th of 174]
School enrollment, primary, male > % net 92.24 % net Time series [64th of 136]
School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 17.04 % Time series [36th of 139]
School enrollment, secondary > % gross 53.51 % gross Time series [116th of 164]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 47.34 % gross Time series [116th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, male > % gross 59.3 % gross Time series [114th of 162]
School enrollment, secondary, private > % of total secondary 41.89 % Time series [14th of 124]
School enrollment, tertiary > % gross 11.76 % gross Time series [90th of 141]
School enrollment, tertiary, female > % gross 9.31 % gross Time series [88th of 137]
School enrollment, tertiary, male > % gross 14.05 % gross Time series [77th of 137]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 10 years Time series [29th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Female 9 years Time series [28th of 93]
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary > Male 11 years Time series [28th of 93]
Scientific and technical journal articles 12,774 Time series [14th of 175]
Scouting > Membership > Guiding introduced 1911
Scouting > Membership > Scouting introduced 1909
Secondary education, general pupils 83,131,380 Time series [2nd of 183]
Secondary education, pupils 83,858,260 Time series [2nd of 166]
Secondary education, pupils > % female 42.81 % female Time series [122nd of 153]
Secondary education, teachers 2,586,211 Time series [2nd of 141]
Secondary education, teachers > % female 33.92 % female Time series [102nd of 131]
Secondary education, vocational pupils 726,889 Time series [15th of 163]
Teaching weeks per year > Lower secondary 42 weeks per year [4th of 36]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 42 weeks per year [4th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 10.5% [94th of 151]
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 27 % Time series [36th of 78]
Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment 25.3 % Time series [33rd of 72]
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment 27.6 % Time series [36th of 72]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 41.1 % Time series [36th of 77]
Universities > Top 100 2 [14th of 22]
    Universities > Top 100 (per $ GDP) 0.041 per $14.1 billion of GDP [14th of 22]
Universities > Top 200 3 [20th of 31]
    Universities > Top 200 (per $ GDP) 0.004 per $1 billion of GDP [19th of 30]
Universities > Top 50 1 [10th of 12]
    Universities > Top 50 (per $ GDP) 0.02 per $14.1 billion of GDP [8th of 12]
Universities > Top 500 3 [26th of 38]
    Universities > Top 500 (per $ GDP) 0.004 per $1 billion of GDP [35th of 37]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 0.8 Time series [25th of 138]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls both

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Scouting ; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

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VINOD THAKUR
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