India has more than one million out-of-school children, according to a UN report. The report says global progress towards universal primary education has halted.
The policy paper, jointly released by the Unesco Institute for Statistics and the Education For All Global Monitoring Report, says, "New data show that the world will not fulfil one of the most basic commitments: to get every child in school by 2015."
According to the report, India is among countries like Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan which face the greatest challenge.
It shows that, as of 2011, India has 1.4 million out-of-school children. The country brought in the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 to make it mandatory for all children between six and 14 years to attend school.
The report also says the problem of children dropping out of school is significant. Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia have the highest rates of early school leaving. "Across these regions, more than one in every three students who started primary school in 2012 will not make it to the last grade," the report said.
In Central, South and West Asia, most out-of-school children would probably never receive any formal education, the report says.
The silver lining is that while India is still in the red, the report puts it among the countries that have shown the way forward by showing rapid progress in reducing the number of out-of-school children in relatively short time. India has reduced its out-of-school population by more than 50% compared to a decade earlier.
The report, however, suggests that universal primary education goes beyond simply enrolling children in school - they must complete their education as well.
"There has been greater progress in improving enrolment rates than in increasing completion rates. This unfinished business must take centre stage in 2015 and beyond," the report says
The policy paper, jointly released by the Unesco Institute for Statistics and the Education For All Global Monitoring Report, says, "New data show that the world will not fulfil one of the most basic commitments: to get every child in school by 2015."
According to the report, India is among countries like Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan which face the greatest challenge.
It shows that, as of 2011, India has 1.4 million out-of-school children. The country brought in the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 to make it mandatory for all children between six and 14 years to attend school.
The report also says the problem of children dropping out of school is significant. Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia have the highest rates of early school leaving. "Across these regions, more than one in every three students who started primary school in 2012 will not make it to the last grade," the report said.
In Central, South and West Asia, most out-of-school children would probably never receive any formal education, the report says.
The silver lining is that while India is still in the red, the report puts it among the countries that have shown the way forward by showing rapid progress in reducing the number of out-of-school children in relatively short time. India has reduced its out-of-school population by more than 50% compared to a decade earlier.
The report, however, suggests that universal primary education goes beyond simply enrolling children in school - they must complete their education as well.
"There has been greater progress in improving enrolment rates than in increasing completion rates. This unfinished business must take centre stage in 2015 and beyond," the report says
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