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Since 2001, India’s Education for All program has brought nearly 20 million children into primary school.
India is now seeking to improve the quality of primary education as well as improve access, equity and quality in secondary education.
Since 2000, the World Bank has committed over $2 billion to education in India.
Almost two decades of basic education programs have expanded access to schools in India. Today, India’s Education for All program – Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) - caters to some 200 million children living in over a million habitations across the country, making it one of the largest elementary education programs in the world.
Since 2001, the program has brought nearly 20 million children into primary school. Very few countries can parallel this impressive performance.
Twenty four of India’s states have already achieved universal primary enrollment and many others are approaching it. Most of the newly-enrolled children are first generation learners from long-deprived communities or children with special needs. More girls are now in school - there are 93 girls for every 100 boys in primary school compared to just 90 in 2001.