Reworking the Estimates of Enrolment and Literacy Rates

Jatinder S. Bedi ()
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Jatinder S. Bedi: Institute for Development and Communication

Chapter Chapter 4 in Policy Impacts on Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects of Indian Education, 2018, pp 37-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The estimates of enrolment and literacy rates derived in Chap. 3 for India and Punjab for age 7 and above (age 5 and above for data for the period 1951–1971) give us an idea of the state of education. It appears that gender, rural–urban and social inequalities are still persistent, but are converging. The limitations of existing methods are well listed here as well in Chap. 3 as these provide limited insight into the prevailing state of enrolment and literacy rates among those currently enrolled. An attempt is made in this section to first critically evaluate the method used in various studies in order to improve upon the limitations in these methods. One of the important contributions of the revised methodology is to overall find the size of population eligible for enrolment and literacy by tracking the period of intensive literacy at below primary level, which is identified as 7–13 years age group. Out of this age group, a section never gets a chance to enrol throughout their life, while other achieve enrolment/literacy level according to their willingness, abilities, opportunities and other circumstances over a period of time at various ages of their life. The overall enrolment and literacy levels are estimated by mapping the age-wise Census, 2011 data for various completed level of education through informal or formal educational institutes. This is defined in this study as Gross Enrolment Rate and Gross Literacy Rates based on revised method and are specified as GERrm and GLRrm, respectively. Apart from this important revision in GERrm/GLRrm estimates, we have also developed a link between the age-specific LRs and LRs for various standards of education keeping the age/age groups same for all levels.

Keywords: Literacy Rate; Current Registration; Completed Primary Level; Eligible Population; Informal Education System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1492-6_4

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