Did You Know?
- According to the World Bank, India is among 23 countries that will not achieve primary education for every child by 2015 without special national and global efforts.
- Access and quality of public education, school enrolment and drop-out rates, and illiteracy are among the critical challenges that India faces.
- Significant inequities in the level of education for girls persist.
- India is home to the world’s largest child population: about 400 million of over 1 billion people are below the age of 18.
- It is estimated that 35% of people in India are living on less than $1 a day.
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