Questions -
(0) What was the male literacy rate in the year 1987?
What was the female literacy rate in the year 1999?
(iii) Which one was greater - female literacy rate in 2014 or male
literacy rate in 1987?
(iv) How much was the gender gap in the literacy rate in the year
1993?
(v) In which year was the male literacy rate at the highest?
(vi) in which year the gender gap in literacy was 21.7%?
(vii) In which year did the female literacy rate show the highest
boom/rise?
(viii) In which year was the gender gap in literacy at the highest?
(ix) What do you find after analysing the data - The Gender Gap
in Literacy is increasing or decreasing?
Answers
Answer:
This brief examines the literacy landscape in India between 1987 and 2017, focusing on the gender gap in four age cohorts: children, youth, working-age adults, and the elderly. It finds that the gender gap in literacy has shrunk substantially for children and youth, but the gap for older adults and the elderly has seen little improvement. A state-level analysis of the gap reveals the same trend for most Indian states. The brief offers recommendations such as launching adult literacy programmes linked with skill development and vocational training, offering incentives such as employment and micro-credit, and leveraging technology such as mobile-learning to bolster adult education, especially for females. It underlines the importance of community participation for the success of these initiatives.