Education

India has made huge progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population. The right to education at elementary level has been made one of the fundamental rights under the eighty-sixth Amendment of 2002, and legislation has been enacted to further the objective of providing free education to all children. However, the literacy rate of 65% is still lower than the worldwide average and the country suffers from a high dropout rate. Further, there exist severe disparities in literacy rates and educational opportunities between males and females, urban and rural areas, and among different social groups.

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