Educational Status of Children in North India
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Uttar Pradesh is India`s most populous state with 199,581,477 as per the 2011 census.
This means a population density of 828 persons per km² i.e. 2,146 per sq. mi. The
Census of India 1991 found that the state with the lowest illiteracy rate was Kerala on
the southern tip of India, with only 10% of its population illiterate. The states with the
highest illiteracy rates in all India were Bihar with 61% and UP with 58%. As of 2011
census illiteracy in UP was still 56.27% with females 43% illiterate.
In 2011 school facilities and teacher effort were studied across five states of India
including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. 26% of schools did not have a blackboard in
every classroom, 52% had no playground, 59% no drinking water, 89% no toilet,
59% no maps or charts, 75% no toys, 77% no library and 85% no musical
instruments.
Thus the need for proper education and educational facilities is especially acute
in the Gangetic Plain area of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Especially a school whose
primary purpose is to provide the most destitute children a chance to obtain a
good education is urgently needed.
It is just such a facility, strategically located in Uttar Pradesh near the Bihar
border that we hereby propose.
This means a population density of 828 persons per km² i.e. 2,146 per sq. mi. The
Census of India 1991 found that the state with the lowest illiteracy rate was Kerala on
the southern tip of India, with only 10% of its population illiterate. The states with the
highest illiteracy rates in all India were Bihar with 61% and UP with 58%. As of 2011
census illiteracy in UP was still 56.27% with females 43% illiterate.
In 2011 school facilities and teacher effort were studied across five states of India
including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. 26% of schools did not have a blackboard in
every classroom, 52% had no playground, 59% no drinking water, 89% no toilet,
59% no maps or charts, 75% no toys, 77% no library and 85% no musical
instruments.
Thus the need for proper education and educational facilities is especially acute
in the Gangetic Plain area of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Especially a school whose
primary purpose is to provide the most destitute children a chance to obtain a
good education is urgently needed.
It is just such a facility, strategically located in Uttar Pradesh near the Bihar
border that we hereby propose.
