Children Data Bank
For India

Growth of Enrolment at Primary and Upper Primary Levels of Education in India,
1950-51 to 1999-2000 and percentage of average annual
growth rate for the year 1990-2000

                                                           Primary Level                                 Upper Primary Level
                                                             (Grades I -V)                                     (Grades VI - VIII)
                             ---------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------
Year
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
1950-51
13.8
5.4
19.2
2.6
0.5
3.1
1960-61
23.6
11.4
35
5.1
1.6
6.7
1970-71
35.7
21.3
57
9.4
3.9
13.3
1980-81
45.3
28.5
73.8
13.9
6.8
20.7
1990-91
57
40.4
97.4
21.5
12.5
34
1998-99*
62.7
48.2
110.9
24
16.3
40.3
1999-2000*
64.1
49.51
113.6
25.1
16.98
42.06
Average Annual Growth Rate (%) 1990-2000
1.31
2.29
1.72
1.73
3.46
2.54
Note :    *        Provisional
Source :           Selected Educational Statistics, 1999-2000, MHRD, Government of India, 2001.
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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