Education in india

At the time of independence only 12% of the Indian population was literate. According to the 1991 census there literacy rate was 52%, meaning that over half a billion people were literate. Literacy rate among the urban population is higher than among the villagers. It is also higher among the men than among the women. The literacy rate among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is lower than in the general population.

The government provides education at the primary level, but not all Indians get the opportunity to go to school. There are many sources for funding and depending on the funding level schools range from schools without buildings to schools with all of the hi-tech facilities.

According to researchers in the 1980s about one-third of Indians study or studied in schools that have English as the medium of instruction. This number continued to climb through the 1990’s and into the 2000’s. For many, English is in many senses their first language and it is easier for them to read, write and even communicate in English than any other language. This makes India the second largest English speaking country in the world after the USA.

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