describe the trend in the literacy
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Census is the main source of literacy data in India. Data on literacy have been collected ever since the counting began in the country in 1872. However, the concept of literacy and education has undergone significant change over time. Up to the 1891 census, the population was classified into three groups – literate, illiterate and under instruction. The last of the three included persons attending schools or colleges or private institutions.
This three-fold classification of population had some inherent problems of interpretation. Therefore, the Census of India switched over to two-fold classification of population into literate and illiterate, thus dropping the category of ‘under instruction’. The other change effected in 1901 was to define literacy in more concrete terms. Earlier, mere ability to read and write determined whether a person was literate or illiterate. But, in 1901, literacy was clearly defined as “the ability to read and write a letter to a friend”. This definition was continued in subsequent three censuses.
The 1941 census marks yet another stage in the evolution of the concept by introducing a question on specific educational attainment or the highest examination passed. Literacy came to be defined as “the ability of person to read and write at least a simple message with some amount of understanding in any language”. This was in line with the guidelines of the United Nations, and the same has continued in the subsequent censuses also.
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This three-fold classification of population had some inherent problems of interpretation. Therefore, the Census of India switched over to two-fold classification of population into literate and illiterate, thus dropping the category of ‘under instruction’. The other change effected in 1901 was to define literacy in more concrete terms. Earlier, mere ability to read and write determined whether a person was literate or illiterate. But, in 1901, literacy was clearly defined as “the ability to read and write a letter to a friend”. This definition was continued in subsequent three censuses.
The 1941 census marks yet another stage in the evolution of the concept by introducing a question on specific educational attainment or the highest examination passed. Literacy came to be defined as “the ability of person to read and write at least a simple message with some amount of understanding in any language”. This was in line with the guidelines of the United Nations, and the same has continued in the subsequent censuses also.
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