India

Background Information

Region

South Asia

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

26% (UNFPA, 2023)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

120,307,241 (UIS, 2023)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

175,517,260 (UIS, 2023)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

23%

Source: UNSDG , 2021

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

11

Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2019

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

29%

Source: DHS , 2021

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

38%

Source: DHS , 2021

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

8

Source: UIS , 2022

Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities Percentage of schools

100%

Source: UNESCO , 2022

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools

  • Primary 98%

    (2022)

  • Lower secondary 99%

    (2022)

  • Upper secondary 100%

    (2022)

Source: UIS

Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2022

Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education Men as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2022

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS , 2021

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

  • Female 47%

  • Male 45%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

  • Female 44%

  • Male 44%

Female: UIS, 2017

Male: UIS, 2017


Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education

No data available

Youth not in education, employment or training

  • Female 44%

  • Male 14%

Female: ILO, 2021

Male: ILO, 2021


Completion rate

Primary school age
  • Female 91%

  • Male 92%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Lower secondary school age
  • Female 79%

  • Male 82%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Upper secondary school age
  • Female 40%

  • Male 46%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016


Out-of-school rate

Primary school
  • Female 6%

  • Male 6%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Lower secondary school
  • Female 10%

  • Male 9%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Upper secondary school
  • Female 26%

  • Male 21%

Female: UIS, 2016

Male: UIS, 2016

Legal Frameworks Back to Top

Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools

3

Limited protection from violence in educational institutions

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender

2

Only enshrines the right to education or provides for a limited protection of this right

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls

2

No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors

Data coming soon!

Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality

Data coming soon!

Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes

Data coming soon!


Programs Back to Top

Project/Program

Adolescent Empowerment Programme

Project/Program

Advancing Gender Equality in India

Project/Program

After School Life Skills Programme

Advocacy Campaign/Project

A More Equal Future: A MenCare Manual to Engage Fathers to Prevent Child Marriage in India

Network/Convening/Conference

Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference

Project/Program

Barli Institute, India

Project/Program

Boys Stand Up

Project/Program

Camp Vidya

Project/Program

Chhaa Jaa

Project/Program

Combatting Child Trafficking in India

Project/Program

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education

Project/Program

COVID-19 Relief and Response

Project/Program

Cummins Technical Education for Communities

Project/Program

Day School Programme

Project/Program

Educate Girls Audacious Project: Enrolment, Retention and Learning

Project/Program

Educational Initiatives, India and South Africa

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Education and Training

Project/Program

Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Enough

Research Project/Report/Study

Evaluation of Life Skills Curriculum

Project/Program

Feminist and Youth-led Action (FAYA)

Project/Program

Financial Education for Girls Program

Project/Program

Food for Education

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Funding For Girls Education Programs

Project/Program

g4g Day

Research Project/Report/Study

Gender, Education and Skills

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Gender Equality Program

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Gender Equity/Education Funding

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Gender Equity Initiative

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Girl Capital

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Girl Rising Global Education Fund

Project/Program

Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)

Project/Program

Girls First

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Girls First Fund Grant Program

Project/Program

GIRLS Inspire project

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Global Education Program

Project/Program

Global Engagement Initiative

Project/Program

Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Project/Program

Glory School

Project/Program

Growing Livelihood Opportunities for Women (GLOW)

Project/Program

GSL: COVID-19 Response Research

Project/Program

GyanSetu: Centers of Community Transformation

Research Project/Report/Study

Learning from Going to School: Implementation Research on School to Work Transitions Amongst Adolescent Girls in Bihar

Project/Program

LitClub

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Livestreaming Education for Girls

Project/Program

Mission Education programme

Project/Program

More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play

Project/Program

MTV Nishedh

Advocacy Campaign/Project

National Partner Support

Project/Program

Om Foundation School

Project/Program

Orphanage Homes

Project/Program

Pardada Pardadi Educational Society: Education Program

Project/Program

Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) – Cohort 3

Project/Program

Plan-it Girls

Project/Program

Prerna Girls School

Research Project/Report/Study

Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020

Project/Program

Project Kanya: Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools during COVID-19

Project/Program

Project Lehar - Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Programme

Project/Program

Promoting Adolescents' Engagement, Knowledge and Health (PANKH)

Research Project/Report/Study

Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)

Project/Program

Responding to the COVID Situation in India

Project/Program

School Supplies & Classroom Improvements for partner schools

Project/Program

Science Library

Project/Program

Second Chance

Project/Program

Service-learning for WASH in schools

Project/Program

She Can Fly

Project/Program

Shiksha Program

Research Project/Report/Study

Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education

Project/Program

Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Resilience (SOAR)

Project/Program

Teacher Training and Support

Research Project/Report/Study

Tega

Project/Program

The Aarohini Initiative

Research Project/Report/Study

The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education

Research Project/Report/Study

The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Women

Project/Program

The Study Hall College

Project/Program

Udaan - Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy in Rajasthan

Project/Program

Umang - Empowering Girls to Amplify their Aspirations

Project/Program

Unlocking Talent Through Technology

Project/Program

UN Women’s Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Programme

Project/Program

Vidyasthali Kanar High School

Project/Program

Vocational Training

Research Project/Report/Study

Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan

Project/Program

World Teacher

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