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Monday, October 31, 2016

2011 Census - Over 6.54 Crore Indians have Never Set Foot in a School in India

As many as 6.54 crore people in the age group of 5-19 years in the country have never attended any school while another 4.49 crore have dropped out of schools in the last decade.

According to the 2011 Census data, there is 38.01 crore population in the age group of 5-19 years of which 26.98 crore (71 %) are attending educational institutions.

 As many as 4.49 crore (11.8 %) people have attended schools earlier while 6.54 crore (17.2 %) have never been to a school.

There were about 65.7 lakh disabled people in the age group of 5-19 at Census 2011 in India, according to the Census data

Nearly 17.5 lakh (26.7 %) of the disabled population have never attended any school, 8 lakh (12.1%) have dropped out of schools in the last decade while 40.2 lakh people (61.2 %) are attending educational institutions

The proportion of disabled persons who never attended any educational institution in 2011, was found to be highest among persons with 'multiple disability' (54.4 %), followed by 'mental illness' (50.3 %) and 'mental retardation' (41.2 %), whereas persons with 'any other disability' (17.7 %) show the least percentage.

Further, out of 40.2 lakh disabled persons attending educational institutions, 22.8 lakh (56.7 % ) are males and 17.4 lakh (43.3 %) are females.

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