Girls given the back seat
12 years, 5 months ago

Girls given the back seat

The Hindu  

There is good news around enrolment as more 8-year-old girls are now in schools but more boys than girls are sent to private schools because parents perceive private schools provide better education. Young Lives Round 3 survey on lives of 3,000 children in Andhra Pradesh since 2002 running parallel to millennium development goals suggests 99.3 per cent 8 year-old boys were in school in 2009 as against 90.8 per cent in 2006 while the percentage for girls was 98.7 per cent and 88.8 per cent respectively. The study shows that at age nine, 41.2 per cent boys were attending private school as compared to 28.8 per cent girls. It also found 88 per cent private schools and 62.8 per cent public schools had toilet facilities. Similarly, 78.9 per cent private schools had separate toilets for girls and boys while only 45.2 per cent public schools had separate toilets.

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ASER 2024: Dharmendra Pradhan has reasons to rejoice but India's learning crisis not over yet
1 month, 4 weeks ago

ASER 2024: Dharmendra Pradhan has reasons to rejoice but India's learning crisis not over yet

India Today  

In a nation where education is both a promise and a predicament, the Annual Status of Education Report 2024, released by the Pratham Education Foundation on January 28, offers crucial insights into the state of learning in rural India. In Class 3, the proportion of government school students who can read a Class 2-level text rose from 16.3 per cent …

Over 700 schools in Haryana running without girls’ toilets: Report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 700 schools in Haryana running without girls’ toilets: Report

Hindustan Times  

A data from the Union education ministry’s Unified District Information System for Education -Plus, releasded earlier this week, highlights significant infrastructure gaps in schools of Haryana. Of the total 23,517 schools in the state, 767 lack functional girls’ toilets, while 1,263 schools are without functioning boys’ toilets. The data reveals that 22,918 schools in Haryana have girls’ toilets, but only …

Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court of framing the "Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School Going Girls" approved by the Union Health Ministry. The Centre previously informed the apex court that over 97.5 per cent schools in the country, including government, state-aided and private ones, provided separate toilets facilities for female students. The Centre pointed out that in West …

Over 98% of Indian Schools Have Separate Toilet Facilities for Girls: Centre
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 98% of Indian Schools Have Separate Toilet Facilities for Girls: Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Over 97.5% of schools in India provide separate toilet facilities for girl students, according to a Centre affidavit filed with the Supreme Court. The Centre has informed the court that 16 lakh toilets for boys and 17.5 lakh toilets for girls have been constructed in more than 10 lakh government schools and 2.5 lakh toilets for boys and 2.9 lakh …

Private schools beat state schools in bagging the highest proportion of top GCSE grades this year, figures reveal - but boys have narrowed attainment gap with girls
7 months ago

Private schools beat state schools in bagging the highest proportion of top GCSE grades this year, figures reveal - but boys have narrowed attainment gap with girls

Daily Mail  

Private schools have moved further ahead of state schools in bagging the highest proportion of top grades this year. In England, 48.4 per cent of private school entries scored at least a 7 compared to 19.4 per cent of those from comprehensive schools - a gap of 29 percentage points. In England, 48.4 per cent of private school entries scored …

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 -- …

21% schools in Telangana lack functional toilets for girls
2 years, 4 months ago

21% schools in Telangana lack functional toilets for girls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: While the Right to Education Act required schools to build toilets for children, Telangana appears extremely poor in terms of having functional toilets for girls, only slightly better than the Northeastern states but worse than the national average. According to the report, 78.8 per cent of schools in Telangana, including government, government aided, private unaided, and other management schools, …

37% Govt Schools Have No Girls' Toilet; No Safe Drinking Water In 40% : Report Before Karnataka HC
3 years, 8 months ago

37% Govt Schools Have No Girls' Toilet; No Safe Drinking Water In 40% : Report Before Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to submit a plan of action for spending the Rs 100 crore allocated towards infrastructure development in government schools across the state. The state government, while placing on record data of work being undertaken in schools, said that a sum of Rs 88 crore was allotted for infrastructure in the …

75% of Audited Toilets in Govt Schools Not Hygienically Maintained: CAG Report
4 years, 6 months ago

75% of Audited Toilets in Govt Schools Not Hygienically Maintained: CAG Report

News 18  

New Delhi: At least 75 per cent of government school toilets audited in 15 states by the Comptroller and Auditor General were not found to be hygienically maintained, according to a report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. The CAG Audit examined the records pertaining to construction of toilets by these seven CPSEs and also conducted physical survey of a sample …

Data | Gender disparity in early education
5 years, 2 months ago

Data | Gender disparity in early education

The Hindu  

Students in private schools performed better in various tasks than those enrolled in government schools and anganwadis, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2019, which surveyed children aged between 4 and 8. LKG/UKG Cognitive tasks Sorting 77.5 87.2 Pattern recognition 43.4 49.9 Language tasks Picture description 63.7 76.6 Listening comprehension 23.5 40.4 Numerical tasks Counting objects 36.8 57.6 …

Toilets are main concern for girl students: CRY
12 years, 5 months ago

Toilets are main concern for girl students: CRY

The Hindu  

On a day when the Supreme Court directed the Union and State governments to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and toilets, in all schools within six months, a survey conducted among parents in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore said that “toilets remain the single-most commonly voiced concern for girl students and their parents across India among the lower-income …

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