[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories. The India fact sheet presents the latest available UIS data on key Education Indicators for India to identify trends at the national level.
Definitions:
Compulsory education: The number of years or age span during which children are legally obliged to attend school.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure: Current and capital expenditure on education by local, regional and central governments (household contributions are excluded), expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.).
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP: Current and capital expenditure on education by local, regional and central governments (household contributions are excluded), expressed as a percentage of GDP.
Government expenditure per student (in PPP$): Total public expenditure per pupil or student in the specified level of education, expressed in international dollars (current) adjusted in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).
Gross enrolment ratio: Number of pupils or students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. For the tertiary level, the population used is the 5-year age group starting from the official secondary school graduation age.
Gross graduation ratio, ISCED 5A, first degree: All graduates in ISCED 5A programmes (first degree) expressed as a percentage of the population of the age where they theoretically finish the most common first degree programme in the given country.
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education: Total number of new entrants in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the theoretical entrance age to the last grade of primary.
Net enrolment rate: Total number of pupils or students in the theoretical age group for a given level of education enrolled in that level, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.
Out-of-School population: Total number of primary or lower secondary school-age children who are not enrolled in primary (ISCED 1) or secondary (ISCED 2 and 3) education.
Percentage of repeaters: Total number of pupils who are enrolled in the same grade as the previous year, expressed as a percentage of total enrolment in the given grade of education.
Percentage of technical/vocational enrolment: Total number of pupils or students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at a given level of education, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils or students enrolled in all programmes (technical/vocational and general) at that level.
Primary to secondary transition rate (%): The number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary education (general programmes only) in a given year expressed as a percentage of the students c projects enrolled in the last grade of primary education in the previous year who do not repeat that grade the following year. It measures the probability that a pupil in the last grade of primary education makes the transition to secondary general education.
Pupil-teacher ratio: The average number of pupils per teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers.
School-age population: Population of the age group theoretically corresponding to a given level of education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.
School life expectancy: The number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education.
Survival rate by grade: The percentage of a cohort of pupils or students enrolled in the first grade of a given level or cycle of education in a given school year who are expected to reach a given grade, regardless of repetition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]