Question

write a note on the universalisation of elementary education in India

Answer 1

Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE) has been accepted as a national goal in India. Central and State governments are making strenuous efforts to achieve this goal.As a result of these efforts, 94 per cent of the country’s rural population has primary schools (grade I-V) within one km and 85 per cent of rural population has upper primary schools (grade VI – VIII) within a distance of 3 km.The number of primary schools has gone up by three times, from 2.1 lakh to 6.42 lakh and of upper primary schools by about 15 times from 13,596 to 1.98 lakh during 1950-51 and 1999-2000, respectively. Number of teachers in these schools has also increased from 6.24 lakh m 1950-51 to 32.17 lakh in 1999-2000. Expenditure on education as a whole as percentage of GDP also rose from 0.7 per cent in 1951-52 to 3.74 per cent in 2003-04.
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Answer 2

universlisation of elimentary education has been accepted as a national goal in india central and state government are making strenuous efforts to achieve this goal