India's Education Data

EdPriEnrollGrossFemalePcnt

Primary gross enrollment of female students was found in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verified from prevous model versions and the original source was insufficiently cited and has not been found again. The series has data for only 2004 and needs updated. 

Gross enrollments for females are over 100% in most of India's states. Lakshadweep has the lowest gross enrollment which is forecast to increase rapidly and then decline after students get on grade level. 

This series could be updated using data that is available from the Ministry of Planning with data from 2011 and there may be more recent data available with further research. 

EdPriEnrollGrossMalePcnt

Primary gross enrollment of male students was found in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verified from prevous model versions and the original source has not been found. The series has data for only 2004 and the series needs updated. 

Male gross enrollment rates are higher than the female gross enrollment rates overall. About half of the states have enrollments over 100% which are forecast to decline to 100% at around 2030. Lakshadweep has the lowest gross enrollment rate which is forecast to increase to over 100% and then declines back down to 100% by around 2055. 

This series can be updated with data from the Ministry of Planning in a report on education in 2011. There may be more recent data to update this series with, but further research is needed. 

EdPriEnrollGrossTotalPcnt

Primary gross enrollment of all students was found in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verified from prevous model versions and the original source has not been found. The series has data for only 2004. 

EdPriEnrollNetTotalPcnt

This series was found in a Human Development Report of India and has data for 1981 and 1991.

This series is outdated and could be updated using more recent Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report or from the DevInfo database in the MDG data. 

EDPriPTR

Student teacher ratios in primary education was found in a Human Development Report of India and has data for 1982, 1992, and 1997.

EdSecEnrollGross%Female

Secondary gross enrollment of female students was found in a Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verifiend from previous model versions and the original data source has not been found. There is data for only 2004. 

EdSecEnrollGross%Male

Secondary gross enrollment of male students was found in a Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verifiend from previous model versions and the original data source has not been found. There is data for only 2004. 

EdSecEnrollGross%Total

Secondary gross enrollment of all students was found in a Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verifiend from previous model versions and the original data source has not been found. There is data for only 2004. 

EdSecEnrollNet

Secondary net enrollment of students was found in a Human Development Report of India and there is data for 1981 and 1991. 

EdSecUpperEnrollGross%Female

Upper secondary gross enrollment for females was found in a Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verifiend from previous model versions and the original data source has not been found. There is data for only 2004. 

EdSecUpperEnrollGross%Male

Upper secondary gross enrollment for males was found in a Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Annual Report. The data has not been verifiend from previous model versions and the original data source has not been found. There is data for only 2004. 

EdTerEnrollGross%Female

Tertiary gross enrollment of females was found in a Draft Report of Working Group on Higher Education 11th Five Year Plan Planning Commission. This series only has data for 2000. 

This series is outdated and there is more recent data available at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation website in the Statistical Yearbook of India for 2016 in the Education section. 

EdTerEnrollGross%Male

Tertiary gross enrollment of males was found in a Draft Report of Working Group on Higher Education 11th Five Year Plan Planning Commission. This series only has data for 2000. 

This series is outdated and there is more recent data available at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation website in the Statistical Yearbook of India for 2016 in the Education section. 

EdTerEnrollGross%Total

Tertiary gross enrollment of all students was found in a Draft Report of Working Group on Higher Education 11th Five Year Plan Planning Commission. This series only has data for 2000. 

This series is outdated and there is more recent data available at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation website in the Statistical Yearbook of India for 2016 in the Education section. 

Illiteracy%

Illiteracy rates are calculated using the Census of India literacy rate data. The series has data for every decade starting in 1951 and ending in 2011 because the Census is done every ten years. 

LiteracyAdult%

Adult literacy rates are found in the Census of India which publishes literacy data every ten years when the census is conducted, starting iin 1951 and ending in 2011.