EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA

EDUCATION POLICY OF 1968

Fourfold Emphasis

Quality EducationAttention to science & technologyMoral valuesRelating education to life

CHALLENGES

Big country and big population 72% of population is in rural areas Lack of infrastructure Lack of transportation Lack of qualified teachers Poverty

SCHEMES IMPLEMENTEDSarva Shiksha Abiyan

(A program for universal elementary education)

Mid-Day Meal Scheme

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SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME

Providing access to all children in the age group 6-14 years through formal primary schools

Completion of five years of primary education by all children by 2007

Completion of eight years of elementary education by all children by 2010

provision of elementary education of satisfactory quality for all by 2010.

One teacher for every 40 students

A school within 1 km of every habitation

Spacious and well lit and well ventilated rooms

Free textbooks

Increasing school enrollment & attendance

Socialization of children irrespective of caste

Addressing malnutrition

Social empowerment of women

Provision of free of cost lunch to all primary school children

ACHIEVEMENTS

UNDP projects that India will achieve the 100% target net

enrollment ratio by 2015

Currently, 95.7% of children ages 6-14 years are enrolled in

schools; 4.3% are out of school in rural areas;

Youth literacy rate has increased 24% since 2000

Net enrolment in primary education: 89% (Ibid.)

The 2009, RIGHT of children to free and compulsory

education act ensures that more than 8 million children,

mostly girls, are now attending school.