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The education system in India: promises to keep
By Kiran Bhatty
The Round Table
August 19, 2022
The completion of seventy five years is an occasion to celebrate, a moment to rejoice for a country of the size, diversity, and complexity of India, which started its journey as a newly decolonised democratic republic three-quarters of a century ago. With a population of more than 360 million, but an average literacy rate of just 18.3% and female literacy rate of 8.9% (Census of India, 1951), India had a long way to go. Today, the average literacy rate is 73% and the female literacy rate is up to 65.5% (Census of India, 2011), with more than 1.5 m schools catering to over 200 million children (U-DISE, 2017-18). The education levels of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) – among the most educationally marginalised communities – have also shown a substantial increase to 66.1% and 59% (Census of India, 2011) respectively in this period.
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