Academic Performance & Aptitude
Detailed statistical insights on the national literacy levels and competence of Indian students in the subjects of English, Maths, Science, Social Science and IT skills.
Detailed statistical insights on the national literacy levels and competence of Indian students in the subjects of English, Maths, Science, Social Science and IT skills.
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LITERACY
- India's literacy rate in 2017-18 stood at 77.7%. This essentially means that 22.3% people of 7+ years of age across India yet cannot read and write a simple message and are 'illiterate'. India's literacy rate over the last decade has increased by 6%, which roughly translates to 70 crore people who can, since then, read and write.
- Women in India continue to be less literate than men over the last decade. Women's literacy rate in 2017-18 was 70.3% compared to 84.7% literacy rate in men. However, the gap between women's and men's literacy between 2007 to 2017 has been reduced by 3.8% - from 18.2% in 2007-08 to 14.4% in 2017-18.
- People in rural India continues to be less literate than urban India. Rural literacy rate in 2017-18 was 73.5% compared to 87.7% in urban India. However, the gap between rural and urban literacy between 2007 to 2017 has been reduced by 3.1% - from 17.3% in 2007-08 to 14.2% in 2017-18.
Period: 2011
- As per the 2011 Census of India, Kerala had the highest overall literacy rate of 93.9%, followed by Lakshadweep at 92.3% and Mizoram at 91.6%.
- Male literacy was the highest in Lakshadweep at 96.1% followed by Kerala at 96% and Goa at 92.8%.
- Female literacy was the highest in Kerala at 92% followed by Mizoram at 89.4% and Lakshadweep at 88.3%.
- From a global perspective, China with a larger population than that of India had a literacy rate of 95.12% compared to India's 74% during the same period.
- 35% of Indian population of 7 years of age as of 2017-18 were educated only upto Class 8 while 63% were educated upto Class 12. Only 10.6% of the Indian population were educated upto or beyond graduation (bachelor degree).
- 69% males were educated upto Class 12 while only 55% females were educated upto Class 12. As of 2017-18, 12.8% of Indian males were educated upto or beyond graduation, compared to 8.3% females.
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