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STATE PROFILE
The following statistics reflect the state profile for the Year 2000-2001, as published by Directorate of Primary Education.
Enrolment:
|
Std
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Boys
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Girls
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Total
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Std. I-V
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619624
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512918
|
1132542
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Std. VI - VII
|
129136
|
107811
|
236947
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Std. I – VII
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748760
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620729
|
1369489
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Teachers:
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
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115413
|
96224
|
221637
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Dropout Rate
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Boys
|
Girls
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Total
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|
Std.I-V
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21.05
|
20.81
|
19.12
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Std.I-VII
|
40.53
|
36.90
|
38.92
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Std.
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Net Enrolment Ratio
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Gross Enrolment Ratio
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|
Std. I-V
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93.13
|
124.25
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Std. I-VII
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86.40
|
100.02
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Literacy Rate
|
|
1961
|
1971
|
1981
|
1991
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2001
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|
Male
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48.73
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53.73
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65.14
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73.13
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80.50
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Female
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22.77
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29.00
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38.46
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48.64
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58.60
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All
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36.19
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41.84
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52.21
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61.29
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69.97
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Growth of Primary Education in
Gujarat
The growth of primary education in the last four decades has been as follows:
|
Year
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Schools
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Enrolment
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Teachers
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1960-61
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18,902
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22,47,113
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58,807
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1970-71
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21,355
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36,04,967
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92,801
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1980-81
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25,076
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51,08,521
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1,29,616
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1990-91
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31,279
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69,89,505
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1,67,983
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1999-2000
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35,975
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81,34,004
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1,98,407
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2000-2001
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37,073
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85,77,040
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2,11,637
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| (This
does not include Ashram shalas run by SJ &
ED)
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Gujarat has achieved the national norm of providing a primary school within 1 Km of every village. Gujarat has also been able to provide an upper primary school within a radius of 3 Kms from every village. The ratio of upper primary schools to lower primary schools is 1:5 which is lower than the national norm of 1:3. The pupil-teacher ratio in Gujarat for primary schools is 1:42, which is slightly higher than the national norm of 1:40.
|
Year
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S.C.
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S.C. (in percentage)
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S.T.
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S.T.(in percentage)
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1960-61
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1,47,613
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7.66%
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2,02,458
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10.50%
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1970-71
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1,28,902
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8.14%
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2,91,398
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11.88%
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1980-81
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4,50,588
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8.75%
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5,37,018
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12.37%
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1990-91
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6,29,065
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9.98%
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7,45,000
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11.86%
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1999-2000
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7,87,940
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9.68%
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12,24,069
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15.04%
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2000-2001
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7,92,968
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9.24%
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13,69,489
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15.97%
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Scheduled Caste population in the state: 7.41%
Scheduled Tribe population in the state: 14.92%
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Year
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Std.I-V
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Std.I-VII
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1993-94
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44.6
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62.3
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1994-95
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37.7
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53.1
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1995-96
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36.9
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51.2
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1996-97
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35.4
|
49.4
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1997-98
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35.2
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48.4
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1998-99
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28.9
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48.1
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1999-2000
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22.30
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41.48
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2000-01
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19.12
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38.92
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The dropout rate for girl students is given in the statement below: -
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Year
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Std.I-V
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Std. I-VII
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1996-97
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39.74
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51.17
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1997-98
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38.95
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50.18
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1998-99
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27.56
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49.74
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1999-2000
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20.83
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39.90
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2000-2001
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20.81
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36.90
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The
reasons for the high rate of dropout have been
identified as follows: -
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shortage
of teachers
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shortage of class rooms
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lack of toilet facilities for girls
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non-availability of upper primary sections
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need for children to work or look after siblings
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migrating parents – sugar cane and construction workers
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social restriction on educating girls
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Uninteresting curriculum outdated teaching methods and inadequate teaching learning material and laboratory equipment.
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