EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

Literacy Status

The State literacy rate presently is 64.11% (source: Census 2001), which is close to the national literacy rate of 64.8 %. While the female literacy has considerably improved over the last decade, a great disparity persists in the literacy rates of males and females. Some blocks such as Alirajpur, Jobat (district Jhabua), Karahal (district Sheopur), Jhirniya (district Khargaon), Sendhwa (district Badwani), and Bajna (district Ratlam) have literacy rates below 35%. The female literacy is below 20% in two blocks i.e. Karahal (15.1%) of Sheopur district and Alirajpur (19.9%) of Alirajpur district.

Following is the literacy situation in the State as par census 2001:

Following is the status of literacy pertaining to different categories in the State:

Category	Literacy rate (2001)
Category	M.P.	National
SC Female	43.28%	41.90%
SC Male	72.33%	66.64%
Total SC	58.57%	54.69%
ST Female	28.44%	34.76%
ST Male	53.55%	59.17%
Total ST	41.16%	47.1%

Elementary Education Status

The status of elementary education in terms of major educational indicators is given below.

School facilities in Madhya Pradesh

S.N.	School Facilities	Numbers
1	Government Primary schools including Satellite schools	83034
2	Aided Primary schools (Private)	972
3	Unaided Primary schools (Private)	21586
4	Government Upper Primary schools	27559
5	Aided Upper Primary schools (Private)	455
6	Unaided Upper Primary schools (Private)	15738

In addition to the formal elementary schools, alternative primary education facilities have been started to ensure that the children who are out of the ambit of formal education, also get an opportunity to avail the education facility that will ultimately lead to their mainstreaming in the formal education system. The details and status of these alternative facilities are given below:

Alternative Educational facilities in Madhya Pradesh (2009-10)

Status of Residential facilities in Madhya Pradesh (2009-10)

S.No.	Residential Facilities	Numbers	Total Beneficiaries
1	Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya	200	19668
2	Girls Hostel	295	19419

(c) The status of enrolment of children at primary and upper primary levels in terms of GER is as follows:

Age wise Population, Enrolment and GER

Age Group	Population (in lakhs)			Enrolment (in lakhs)			NER (in %)
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
5+ to 11 year	5605659	5198575	10804234	5556630	5151941	10708571	99.13	99.10	99.11
11 to 14 year	2573555	2325158	4898713	2553510	2308359	4861869	99.31	99.18	99.25
5+ to 14	8179214	7523733	15702947	8110140	7460300	15570440	99.18	99.13	99.16

(Source: IPMS)

Following is the status of category wise enrolment at Primary and Upper Primary levels

(d) The status of out-of-school children, which is also the target for bringing children back to school is given below:

Status of out-of-school children

Age group

Out-of-school children

2008-09 (in lakhs)

Out-of-school

2009-10 (in lakhs)

Boys

Girls

Total

Boys

Girls

Total

5-14 years

0.83

0.81

1.64

0.69

0.63

1.32

(Source: IPMS)

The out-of-school children comprise of never enrolled as well as dropout children. Further their age wise details are also essential to plan strategies. The same details are given below:

Details of Out of School Children

	Level	No. of children
Drop Out	Primary	22368
Drop Out	Upper Primary	24037
Never enrolled	5-11 years	73274
Never enrolled	11-14 years	12795

(Source: IPMS)

The analysis of the reasons for children being out of school shows that factors affecting the economic status of the family serve as a hindrance for children to attend the school.

Thus, interventions to help solve these problems need to be planned.

(e) The status of other indicators that affect the retention and efficiency of the system are as follows:

Status of Attendance, Retention Rate, Completion Rate

S.N.	Educational Indicators	Primary			Upper Primary
S.N.	Educational Indicators	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Average Attendance	87.86	85.94	86.90	88.38	86.24	87.20
2	Dropout Rate	9.88	10.51	10.30	9.34	9.42	9.39
3	Retention Rate	90.12	89.49	89.70	90.66	90.58	90.61
4	Overall Repetition Rate	9.28	9.56	9.42	7.28	7.25	7.26
5	Completion Rate	80.40	85.92	83.06	72.58	71.97	72.29

(Source: RR & CR– Cohort study /DISE /Average Attendance – IPMS)

Transition Rate at Upper Primary level

S.N.	Educational Indicators	Primary to Upper Primary
S.N.	Educational Indicators	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Transition Rate	95.09	94.28	94.90

Pass percentage of children in class V and class VIII Examination

ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-09	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	‘A’ Grade Achievers (%)
V examination	535286	563408	1098694	255703
VIII examination	339846	329425	669271	94339

(Source – District Results 2008-09)

Pupil Teacher Ratio

School	Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Government Primary school	38.26
Government Middle school	35.79

(Source: IPMS)

Status of Single Teacher Schools in MP

	No. of Single Teacher Schools
Primary	14510
Upper Primary	3431

(Source: DISE)

While the State has made progress in terms of providing universal access to all habitations and universalising enrolment, retention and achievement of children; more intensive efforts are required to improve the status of retention and learner achievement in the State. While the educational goals are expected to be achieved under the broader framework of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (S.S.A), specific need-based programs are also being implemented. These address the issues of equity through National Program for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (N.P.E.G.E.L), Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyala (K.G.B.V) Yojana and Mid Day Meal (M.D.M) programs.