Number of secondary school pupils to rise by 20 per cent in next 10 years
9 years, 8 months ago

Number of secondary school pupils to rise by 20 per cent in next 10 years

The Independent  

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Almost 50 schools across South Korea to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis
1 month ago

Almost 50 schools across South Korea to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis

The Independent  

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Almost 50 schools across South Korea to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis
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1 month ago

Almost 50 schools across South Korea to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis

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The deeper meaning of declining school enrolment
1 month, 1 week ago

The deeper meaning of declining school enrolment

The Hindu  

As the world’s most populous country, India hopes to reap its demographic dividend due to its burgeoning youth population. It is no wonder that the Unified District Information System for Education Plus data for 2022-23 and 2023-24, which was released by the Ministry of Education on December 30, 2024, caused much consternation as it showed a 15.5 million drop in …

ASER 2024: In rural Punjab, govt pre-primary schools see surge in enrolment
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2 months ago

ASER 2024: In rural Punjab, govt pre-primary schools see surge in enrolment

Hindustan Times  

Government pre-primary schools have seen an almost three-fold rise in enrolment among three-year-old students, according to the latest Annual Status of Education Report 2024 for rural Punjab, released by the Pratham Foundation on Tuesday. The report also highlights a significant increase in the enrolment of children aged 4 to 8 in government pre-primary schools, which has doubled over the past …

37 lakh drop in school enrolments in 2023-24, new data system tracks real figures
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2 months, 4 weeks ago

37 lakh drop in school enrolments in 2023-24, new data system tracks real figures

India Today  

India witnessed a steep decline in school enrolments last year, with figures dropping by 37 lakh, according to UDISE+ 2023-24 data from the Ministry of Education. For the first time in years, school enrolment in India has seen such a sharp decline, dropping by over a crore across the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. Managed by the Education Ministry, it …

Only a ‘slight increase’ in proportion of elementary schools after RTE Act implementation, says report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Only a ‘slight increase’ in proportion of elementary schools after RTE Act implementation, says report

The Hindu  

A recent status report reveals that the decade following the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 saw only a “slight increase” in the number of elementary schools compared to the previous decade’s significant growth. Unaided private schools In contrast, unaided private schools grew by 61.9%, rising from 193,722 in 2010-11 to 313,567 in …

Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply
5 months ago

Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply

The Independent  

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Change in demographic profile major cause of declining student strength in schools
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Change in demographic profile major cause of declining student strength in schools

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Though the directive from the Kerala State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights can be cited as the trigger for many educational institutions taking the co-education route, there is more to it than meets the eye. Till the end of the 2022 academic year, the state had 280 girls schools and 164 boys schools in the government and …

Secondary schools with poorest pupils faced biggest cuts, say experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Secondary schools with poorest pupils faced biggest cuts, say experts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There is no end in sight for the perilous funding situation in our schools, …

Demand for London primary schools falls again, as more children offered their first choice
1 year, 11 months ago

Demand for London primary schools falls again, as more children offered their first choice

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While London Councils figures showed a …

Schools prepare for fewer students as birth rate drops
1 year, 11 months ago

Schools prepare for fewer students as birth rate drops

China Daily  

Students show their product during a science fair at a primary school in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Monday. ZHANG JINGANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Decline provides opportunity to reduce class size, pursue better development China's low birth rate in recent years caused the number of kindergarten and primary school students in the country to drop last year. Meanwhile, the number of primary …

Economic Survey 2023: School Enrolment Rate Increase, Steady Decline In Dropouts
2 years, 1 month ago

Economic Survey 2023: School Enrolment Rate Increase, Steady Decline In Dropouts

ABP News  

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented the Economic Survey 2023 in the parliament today, January 31, 2023. The Economic Survey 2022-23 highlights a marked improvement in Gross Enrolment Ratio and Gender Parity in schools. Besides improved GER in school enrolment, the Economic Survey 2022-23 has also picked out the welcoming decrease in school drop-out rates. The …

Economic Surve 2022-23 | Share of education in budgetary allocations has fallen over last 7 years
2 years, 1 month ago

Economic Surve 2022-23 | Share of education in budgetary allocations has fallen over last 7 years

The Hindu  

January 31, 2023 07:50 pm | Updated February 01, 2023 02:04 am IST The budgetary allocation for education as a percentage of total expenditure has dropped over the past seven years, from 10.4% to 9.5%, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23. As a share of total GDP, the budgetary allocation for education saw only a minimal gain of 0.1 percentage …

More Kids Go to Govt Over Pvt School, Says Report; Pandemic, Low Wage May Be Why
2 years, 2 months ago

More Kids Go to Govt Over Pvt School, Says Report; Pandemic, Low Wage May Be Why

The Quint  

According to the 17th nationwide Annual Status of Education report released by NGO Pratham on 18 January, enrollment of children in government schools peaked between 2018 and 2022 in rural areas. In almost all states, there has been a significant jump in the number of children enrolled in government schools from private schools, after the pandemic-induced shutdown of schools, the …

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability
2 years, 2 months ago

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The basic ability of young children to read text dropped to the lowest level since 2012, and for them to complete arithmetic problems to levels last seen in 2014, the latest Annual State of Education Report has found, detailing for the first time how the Covid-19 pandemic affected learning among schoolchildren. “Nationally, children’s basic reading ability has dropped …

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps
2 years, 2 months ago

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps

The Hindu  

As schools reopened after nearly two years of closure due to COVID-19, student enrolments increased to more than pre-pandemic levels but the learning gap widened for foundational skills in reading and arithmetic, reversing several years of improvement, finds the Annual Status of Education Report 2022, released by the NGO Pratham on Wednesday. The percentage of children in Class 3 in …

ASER: Proportion of out-of-school girls falls to record 2% in 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

ASER: Proportion of out-of-school girls falls to record 2% in 2022

Hindustan Times  

The proportion of out-of-school girls in India declined to the lowest ever rate of 2 per cent in 2022, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2022 released on Wednesday. ASER: Proportion of out-of-school girls falls to record 2% in 2022; MP, UP, C'garh areas of concern The report also noted that despite the overall decline, three states -- …

Private school pupil numbers rise to record high
2 years, 9 months ago

Private school pupil numbers rise to record high

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A census by the Independent Schools Council for January 2022 found there are now …

ASER report says more children opting for tuition; enrolment in government schools increase
3 years, 4 months ago

ASER report says more children opting for tuition; enrolment in government schools increase

The Hindu  

Blame it on disruption of classroom teaching due to the pandemic or the inability to adapt to online education, more school children are opting for private tuition according to the Annual Status of Education Report. The ASER 2021 report, released on Wednesday, reveals that 40% of the school children are now opting for private tuition classes compared to 30% in …

Almost 50,000 more secondary school teachers needed in England by 2024 to cope with rising pupil numbers, finds analysis
6 years, 11 months ago

Almost 50,000 more secondary school teachers needed in England by 2024 to cope with rising pupil numbers, finds analysis

The Independent  

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More than half of secondary schools either full or over capacity in Year 7
7 years, 6 months ago

More than half of secondary schools either full or over capacity in Year 7

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, described the situation as a “growing school …

Schools need 50 years to close attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their richer peers, finds study
7 years, 7 months ago

Schools need 50 years to close attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their richer peers, finds study

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It will take 50 years to close the attainment gap between …

Half a million primary school children ‘taught in super-sized classes’
7 years, 8 months ago

Half a million primary school children ‘taught in super-sized classes’

The Independent  

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More than 150,000 children in England denied first choice of school
7 years, 9 months ago

More than 150,000 children in England denied first choice of school

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Applications to primary schools are falling, …

Number of Dutch primary school students continues 7 year decrease
8 years, 6 months ago

Number of Dutch primary school students continues 7 year decrease

NL Times  

The number of primary school pupils in the Netherlands has been shrinking for the past seven years, and that decrease will only continue, according to figures Statistics Netherlands released on Wednesday. In the year 2023 the Netherlands will have around 1.4 million primary school students, a decrease of 74 thousand or 5 percent compared to now. Statistics Netherlands expects that …

Growing crisis over shortage of school places could lead to 'titan' secondary schools to cope with thousands of extra pupils
9 years, 6 months ago

Growing crisis over shortage of school places could lead to 'titan' secondary schools to cope with thousands of extra pupils

The Independent  

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Dutch public school attendance shrinking rapidly
10 years, 6 months ago

Dutch public school attendance shrinking rapidly

NL Times  

The number of children attending public school is shrinking rapidly. In 2012 there were one and a half million children attending public school, in 2025 there are 100 thousand less - a decrease of 7 percent. According to the projections, the number of public school pupils fell in 2025 in most municipalities, sometimes by 25 to 30 percent. The number …

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