Indian Education Scenario

India is a fast pace developing country for which, an inclusive and high-quality education system is of utmost importance. The country is currently grooming and chanting with youth energies. It has the largest youth population in the world—a large energetic but uncertain massive crowd o 600 million young people under the age of 25. In the hustle-bustle of growing and moving towards economic prosperity, India struggles to educate and employ its growing population: More than 27 percent of the country's youth are excluded from education, employment, or training. If we talk only about India's education sector then with more than 1.4 million schools and more than 230 million enrolments, India is home to one of the largest and complex school education systems in the world along with China and the primary education sector is the foundation of the educational system building which requires lots of support at all the levels such as social, financial and administrative level.

Education in India is provided by the public sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: central, state, and local. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution, free and compulsory education is provided as a fundamental right to children between the ages of 6 and 14. The ratio of public schools to private schools in India is 7:5. India has made progress in terms of increasing the primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately three-quarters of the population in the 7–10 age group, by 2011. With enrolment reaching at least 96 percent since 2009, and girls making up 56 percent of new students, it is clear that many problems of access to schooling have been addressed. India's improved education, However, many education survey organizations have been reported low quality of education at the primary schools.

ASER 2016 data shows that 27% of all children in Class VIII were unable to read a Class II level text. Almost 57% were unable to solve a 3-digit by 1-digit division sum. Some examples have been given below. As per the survey report, the situation is really alarming and we need to do something to ensure that our young people reach adulthood with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities so that India's much-awaited 'demographic dividend' materializes. Serious & immediate rethinking about this age group (6-14 yrs.) is urgently needed.

These figures are not just the numbers but the sign of caution that the kind of learning is not imparted to the future of India. As per the survey report, the situation is really alarming and we need to do something to ensure that our young people reach adulthood with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities so that India's much-awaited 'demographic dividend' materializes. Serious & immediate rethinking about this age group (6-14 yrs.) is urgently needed.