India - Children out of school

Children out of school, primary

The value for Children out of school, primary in India was 2,958,100 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,670,840 in 1971 and a minimum value of 2,958,100 in 2008.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1971 26,670,840
2000 18,441,400
2001 19,191,240
2002 19,527,870
2003 13,527,190
2004 4,972,929
2005 6,721,531
2006 6,179,542
2007 4,866,752
2008 2,958,100

Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in India was 3,448,328 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,548,260 in 1971 and a minimum value of 3,216,846 in 2004.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1971 17,548,260
2000 13,453,740
2001 13,327,880
2002 13,044,430
2003 7,496,719
2004 3,216,846
2005 4,449,263
2006 4,260,917
2007 3,448,328

Children out of school, primary, male

The value for Children out of school, primary, male in India was 1,418,424 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,122,589 in 1971 and a minimum value of 1,418,424 in 2007.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1971 9,122,589
2000 4,987,653
2001 5,863,366
2002 6,483,444
2003 6,030,467
2004 1,756,083
2005 2,272,268
2006 1,918,626
2007 1,418,424

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation