Chart on Gross Enrolment Ratio in India
Gross enrolment ratio is the total enrolment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education in a given school year.
According to an ASSOCHAM Eco Pulse (AEP) Study “Comparative Study of Emerging Economies on Quality of Education’, India was ranked at the second last place among seven developing countries in terms of education quality as it score minimum points in primary, secondary, tertiary and demographic parameters as compared to other six emerging economies of the world.
The ASSOCHAM analysis revealed that the primary education in India is highly under-developed as compared to the other emerging nations. Although primary education is compulsory and there is legal guarantee of free education, the gross enrolment ratio in primary education is least in India at 98.1. The highest gross enrolment ratio is in Brazil (148.5), followed by China (116.2) and Russia (113.8) Even Indonesia (110.9) and South Africa (105.1) enjoy better enrolment ratio than India.
Sources: Selected Educational Statistics, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, http://www.assocham.org/prels/printnews.php?id=1815
Read more on the socio-economic profile of India at: http://india-reports.com/summary/socio.aspx
