International Education Day 2024: Check India's Report Card

Jan 23, 2024 nandinityagi

International Education Day, observed annually on January 24, was established by the UN General Assembly to recognize the role of education in promoting global peace and sustainable development.

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Since its inception, International Education Day serves as a platform to advocate for accessible and quality education worldwide. Let’s check where India stands in terms of education statistics.

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The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2023 conducted by the Pratham Foundation is a household survey that aims to record the enrollment status of children under the age group of 3-16 years and to assess the reading and arithmetic levels of children in the age group of 5-16 years. Here are some key findings.

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Overall, 86.8% of 14-18-year-olds are enrolled in an educational institution.

There are small gender gaps in enrollment, but notable differences are visible by age. Older youth are more likely to be not enrolled. The percentage of youth not enrolled is 3.9% for 14-year-old youth and is 32.6% for 18-year olds.

Most of the young people in the age group 14-18 years were enrolled in the Arts/Humanities stream.

In Std XI or higher, more than half are enrolled in the Arts/Humanities stream (55.7%), followed by STEM (31.7%) and Commerce (9.4%). Females are less likely to be enrolled in the STEM stream (28.1%) than males (36.3%).

Only 5.6% of surveyed youth report taking vocational training or other related courses currently.

Youth at the college level are the most likely to be taking vocational training (16.2%). Most youth are taking short duration courses (of 6 months or less).

A higher percentage of males (40.3%) than females (28%) report doing work other than household work for at least 15 days during the preceding month.

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