India - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education
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| BASIC DATA |
| Official Country Name: |
Republic of India |
| Region: |
East & South Asia |
| Population: |
1,014,003,817 |
| Language(s): |
English, Hindi, Bengali,Telugu, Marathi, Tamil,Urdu, Gujarati,Malayalam, Kannada,Oriya, Punjabi,Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit,Hindustani |
| Literacy Rate: |
52% |
| Number of Primary Schools: |
598,354 |
| Compulsory Schooling: |
8 years |
| Public Expenditure on Education: |
3.2% |
| Educational Enrollment: |
Primary: 110,390,406 |
| |
Secondary: 68,872,393 |
| |
Higher: 6,060,418 |
| Educational Enrollment Rate: |
Primary: 100% |
| |
Secondary: 49% |
| |
Higher: 7% |
| Teachers: |
Primary: 1,789,733 |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: |
Primary: 47:1 |
| |
Secondary: 33:1 |
| Female Enrollment Rate: |
Primary: 90% |
| |
Secondary: 39% |
| |
Higher: 5% |
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