गांवों में रिकॉर्ड 98% से ज्यादा बच्चे स्कूल जा रहे: सरकारी स्कूलों में एडमिशन भी बढ़े, बिहार-बंगाल में सबसे ज्यादा निजी ट्यूशन ले रहे बच्चे

A new picture of education has emerged in the rural areas of the country. Now 98.4% children in villages are going to school. For the first time this figure is above 98%, in 2018 this figure was 97.2%. On the other hand, in 2022, only 42.8% of Class 5 students in government and private schools were able to read Class II books, compared to 50.5% in 2018. Not only this, in the year 2012 such children were 46.9%.

It has been found in the report that the number of students taking admission in private schools has decreased. At the same time, enrollment of children in government schools has increased. 4 years ago i.e. in the year 2018, 30.9% children were in private schools, but in 2022 it was reduced to 25%. Children aged 6-14 years enrolled in government schools increased to 72.9% from 66% in 2018.

99% children of 7-10 years took admission in schools
The attendance of teachers in the country’s schools has also improved. In 2022, the attendance of teachers was recorded at 87%. In the year 2018, this figure was 85.4%. At the same time, the attendance of students remains at 72%. Maximum 99% children in the age group of 7 to 10 years took admission in schools. At the same time, 98% of children in the age group of 11 to 14 years remained second after enrolling in schools.

By 2022, 69% of the schools have become playgrounds. While in 2018 only 66.5% schools had a playground. It has been found in the survey that 50% children’s mothers and 80% children’s fathers have studied more than 5th standard.

10% of grade 3 children could not recognize the numbers 1-9
Girls are more capable than boys in the country. 71.3% of girls in class 8 can read class 2 books, only 67.6% of boys. In 2018, 50.5% of children studying in 5th standard of government-private schools could read class-2 books, which reduced to 42.8% in 2022. This figure is also much lower than 46.9% in 2012.

Only 23% children of 8th standard know how to subtract. Only 26% children could recognize numbers between 11 and 99. Only 9.8% of children in third grade can recognize numbers from 1 to 9. There are only 36.8% who can recognize numbers from 11 to 99.

8th class children in Punjab-Haryana ahead of Kerala in division
In Punjab, 44.5% of 8th class children are able to do division. Haryana has 49.5% of such children, whereas in Kerala only 39.9% children can do division. In Rajasthan, only 6.3% of Class 5 students can do division and only 4.9% can subtract, which is the worst in the country. Manipur has the highest pass percentage of 45.2% children, which is the best in the country.

Only 9.5% of Class 3 children in Madhya Pradesh, 16% in Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh, 23% in Gujarat, 21% in Bihar and 31% in Punjab know how to subtract. Children from Manipur topped here too with 56%.

30.5% children in class 1 to 8 in the country take private tuitions, up from 26.4% in 2018. Children taking private tuition has increased by 8% in 2022 as compared to 2018 in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. There is also a reason that after Corona, the youth who spend their money by teaching tuition in the villages have increased rapidly. Private tuitions in Gujarat have decreased by around 5% since 2018.

The quality of education fell in Corona
Due to the Corona epidemic here, the quality of education has been badly affected. This is the reason that about 31% of the children of private and government schools are dependent on private tuition. Such children are 71.5% in Bihar and 74% in West Bengal, which is the highest in the country. At the same time, Rajasthan has the lowest number of 4.6% children dependent on tuition. These figures have been revealed in the Annual Status of Education Report 2022. These results have come out in the survey conducted on 7 lakh children in 19,060 villages of 616 districts.