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Education Schemes in India: Overview

Education in India is provided through both public and private sectors, with funding and control at the central, state, and local levels. The Indian constitution provides free and compulsory education as a fundamental right for all children aged 6 to 14 years. Literacy rates in India have improved significantly over the past decades according to census data, reaching 74.04% in 2011 compared to 65.38% in 2001. The central government operates several schemes to promote education such as the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid Day Meal Scheme, and Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme. State governments also implement education programs around textbook and uniform distribution, insurance, and teacher welfare.

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Education Schemes in India: Overview

Education in India is provided through both public and private sectors, with funding and control at the central, state, and local levels. The Indian constitution provides free and compulsory education as a fundamental right for all children aged 6 to 14 years. Literacy rates in India have improved significantly over the past decades according to census data, reaching 74.04% in 2011 compared to 65.38% in 2001. The central government operates several schemes to promote education such as the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid Day Meal Scheme, and Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme. State governments also implement education programs around textbook and uniform distribution, insurance, and teacher welfare.

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EDUCATION

SCHEMES IN
INDIA

INTRODUCTION
Education is important not
only for development of
one's personality, but also
for the sustained growth of
nation.It is the foundation on
which the development of
every citizen and the nation
as a whole hinges.

Education in Indiais provided by thepublic


sectoras well as theprivate sector, with control
and funding coming from three levels: central,
state, andlocal. Under various articles of
theindian conditions, free and compulsory
education is provided as a fundamental right to
children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Development of education in India regards that
free and compulsory education should be
provided to all children up to the age of 14.
Moreover, the 86th Amendment of the Indian
constitution makes education a fundamental right
for all children aged 6-14 years.

As per Population Census of India 2011,


theLiteracy rate of Indiahas shown as
improvement of almost 9 percent. It has
gone up to 74.04% in 2011 from 65.38% in
2001, thus showing an increase of 9
percent in the last 10 years. It consists of
male literacy rate 82.14% and female
literacy rate is 65.46%.

Census Year

Persons

Males

Females

1951

18.33

27.16

8.86

1961

28.3

40.4

15.35

1971

34.45

45.96

21.97

1981

43.57

56.38

29.76

1991

52.21

64.13

39.29

2001
2011

65.38
70.60

75.85
80.50

54.16
60.00

EDUCATIONS SCHEMS
Education in Indiais provided by thepublic
sectoras well as theprivate sector, with control
and funding coming from three levels: central,
state, andlocal. Under various articles of
theindian conditions, free and compulsory
education is provided as a fundamental right to
children between the ages of 6 and 14.

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
National Programme for Education of Girls at
Elementary Level (NPEGEL)
Mid Day Meal Scheme(MDMS)
Mahila Samakhya
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA)

Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme

STATE GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES
. FREE OF COST DISTRIBUTION
SCHEME OF TEXT BOOKS
BOOK-BANK SCHEME:
FREE OF COST SCHOOL UNIFORM
SCHEME:
STUDENT SAFETY INSURANCE
SCHEME:
TEACHER WELFARE PROGRAMME:

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