Indian Education Repository

The survey was conducted to build indicators on participation of the persons of age 3 to 35 years in the education system, expenditure incurred on education of the household members and various indicators of those currently not attending education. Major findings for ages 3-35 years:
* Literacy rate among persons of age 7 years and above was 77.7%. It was 73.5% in rural and 87.7% in the urban areas.
* Among persons of age 3 to 35 years, 13.6% never enrolled, 42.5% ever enrolled but currently not attending while 43.9% were currently attending.
* Nearly 57.0% of the students in rural and 23.4% in urban areas received free education.
* In rural areas, average expenditure per student pursuing general course in the current academic year was Rs. 5,240 while in urban areas it was Rs. 16,308.