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Why We Need To Stop Pretending That Indian Education Is Heading In The Right Direction
 

 

the current statistics of India’s educational underperformance are startling. Out of all the Asian countries, India has the fourth lowest literacy rates at 74%, with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh trailing slightly behind; this becomes even more staggering when compared to Sri Lanka’s 98% literacy rate achievements. Other findings of student accomplishments in primary school mainly sourced from Pratham Educational Foundation, point to even greater gaps:

• Only half of all children aged 8-11 years enrolled in a government school are able to read a simple paragraph with three sentences.
• Less than half (43 percent) of these children are able to subtract a two-digit number from another two-digit number.
• Only 37 percent of children enrolled in class 4 and 5 can read fluently.
• Less than half (45 percent) are able to divide 20 by 5.
• Only 16 percent of class 4 pupils can master measurement of the length of a pencil with a ruler.
• Only 22 percent of class 6 students could understand that crumbling paper does not alter its weight.
• Reading and math skills of class 4 students in India’s top schools are below the international average.

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