Indian states ranking by school enrollment rate
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of students in Classes I to VIII (6-13 yrs). The list is compiled from the Statistics of School Education- 2010-11 Report by Ministry of HRD, Government of India.[1][2]
Gross enrolment ratio (GER) is a statistical measure used in the education sector and by the UN in its Education Index to determine the number of students enrolled in school at several different grade levels (like elementary, middle school and high school), and examine it to analyze the ratio of the number of students who live in that country to those who qualify for the particular grade level.
| Rank | State | Gross Enrollment Ratio for Classes I-VIII (6-13 yrs) 2011 [2] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manipur | 155.0 |
| 2 | Meghalaya | 153.6 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 152.0 |
| 4 | Mizoram | 150.7 |
| 5 | Sikkim | 123.8 |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 122.6 |
| 7 | Jharkhand | 121.0 |
| 8 | Tripura | 115.4 |
| 9 | Tamil Nadu | 112.0 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 111.0 |
| 11 | Uttar Pradesh | 109.5 |
| 12 | Chhattisgarh | 109.4 |
| 13 | Uttarakhand | 107.8 |
| 14 | Gujarat | 107.2 |
| 15 | Odisha | 104.8 |
| ** | All India Average | 104.3 |
| 16 | Jammu and Kashmir | 104.2 |
| 17 | Punjab | 103.1 |
| 18 | Bihar | 102.9 |
| 19 | Goa | 101.0 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 100.0 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 99.3 |
| 21 | Karnataka | 99.3 |
| 22 | Kerala | 96.2 |
| 23 | Andhra Pradesh | 92.0 |
| 24 | Haryana | 90.5 |
| 25 | West Bengal | 90.1 |
| 27 | Nagaland | 85.4 |
| 28 | Assam | 84.0 |
| U/T | Delhi | 120.1 |
| U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 103.9 |
| U/T | Puducherry | 103.4 |
| U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 86.9 |
| U/T | Chandigarh | 79.3 |
| U/T | Daman and Diu | 78.2 |
Notes
- ^ "Socio-Economic Profiles & Inter-State comparison of some Major States of India" (PDF). Economic Survey 2012-13, Government of India. 2012–2013. p. 276. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ a b >"GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO IN CLASSES I-V AND VI-VIII AND I-VIII" (PDF). Statistics of School Education- 2010-11, Ministry of HRD, Government of India. 2012–2013. p. A122. Retrieved April 22, 2014.