6.54 Crore people in India have never attended any school
Posted on: 01/Nov/2016 2:26:46 PM
In India, 6.54 crore people in the age group of 5-19 years have never attended any school. This has been made known from 2011 Census data.
The census details are as follows: There is 38.01 crore population in the age group of 5-19 years. Out of which 26.98 crore (71 per cent) is attending educational institutions. 4.49 Crore (11.8 per cent) people have attended schools but latter on they stopped. 6.54 Crore (17.2 per cent) have never been to a school. There were about 65.7 lakh disabled people in the age group of 5-19. 17.5 lakh (26.7 per cent) of the disabled population has never attended any school. Eight lakh (12.1 per cent) have stopped their education in the half way. 40.2 lakh people (61.2 per cent) are attending educational institutions.
