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NEW DELHI: Indicating for the first time an increase in the enrolment of girls in rural schools compared to urban ones, the Seventh All-India School Education Survey conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revealed a rise in the enrolment of children in the primary and upper primary school levels across the country. Released recently by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Arjun Singh, the survey while signalling an increase in schooling facility points out that some States are still far behind in getting children to school and ensuring quality education for them. According to the survey, the number of primary schools in the country has gone up by an impressive 14.19 per cent from the last survey to stand at 6.51 lakhs. In stark contrast, however, nearly 18 States were found to have a growth rate of less than 10 per cent. While there has been a 50.66 per cent growth in the upper primary school segments, the secondary and higher secondary schools have seen an increase of 38.43 and 85.75 per cent growth.
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The percentage of girl students in rural areas is 46.75 per cent in Class I to V, 42.59 per cent in Class VI to VIII, 38.9 per cent in Class IX and X and and 38.05 for Class XI and XII. In the States of Meghalaya and Sikkim, the enrolment of girls in Classes I-V has crossed 50 per cent of the total enrolment. Seen as a long standing problem in rural schools, the number of school teachers, including para-teachers, has increased to 55.28 lakhs, while the number of para-teachers is 2.8 lakhs. Around 39 per cent of the teachers are women, although the survey points out that the number of female teachers in primary schools is less than 30 per cent in States like Bihar, Chhattisgrah, Jharkhand, Tripura and West Bengal.
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