Education

Literacy rates and trends

  1. Literacy is the ability to read and write with understanding in any language.
  2. It is a key indicator of social development and plays a vital role in economic progress.
  3. India's literacy rate has seen significant improvement, rising from 18.33% in 1951 to over 77.7% in 2021 (Census data).
  4. There is a gender gap in literacy, with male literacy at 84.7% and female literacy at 70.3% (Census 2011).
  5. The Kerala model of education
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