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Contribution short abstract

A large number Public schools in India have closed and the number of Private schools are on the rise. With over 45.7 million out of school children in the age of 8-13 years, the EFA agenda seems to be out of place. UnregulatedPrivate Schools will never absorb these children.

Contribution long abstract

School Education India- Educational attainments, SDG 4 Goals and the EFA agenda

Abstract

The Indian Constitution having embarked upon the status of a Welfare State in 1947, the agenda for literacy and educational initiatives became a compulsion.

Although much progress has been made in enrolment in primary schooling since 2000, completion rates in Secondary Schooling have not been satisfactory.

There has been an alarming growth of Private Schools, up from 29.24 percent in 2017-18 to 32.64 percent in 2023-24. On the other side, the percentage of Public Schools has fallen to 67.34 percent in 2023-24 from 74.6 percent in 2016-17. The State has not come up with an adequate number of Public Schools to meet the agenda of EFA.

Recent statistics reveal that there are over 104000 “Single Teacher” schools and over 12300 Schools with “zero enrolments”. About 47.44 million children aged 6-17 were found unenrolled in school in 2023-24; this represents 16.8 percent of the total projected child population within this age range. The Agenda for EFA calls for a cohesive approach to eradicate literacy. This calls for efficient governance and regulations to meet the EFA Agenda of eradicating illiteracy for a new world order. MDGs is a challenge to our government. It is imperative that our Government revamp its policies and programs with proper regulations in order to meet the agenda of EFA.

Prof. Sandipan Bhattacharya.

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