Literacy Rate

The literacy rate in rural India is 67.77 per cent as compared to 84.11 per cent in urban India, it said.

India@75 | Then and Now: Population, sex ratio, literacy rate and more

India@75 | From 0.3 million registered vehicles in 1950 to 295.8 million in 2019, from 1.2 million tonnes of crude steel in 1947 to 118 million tonnes in 2021... here is India in numbers

Watch: Bihar teacher sleeps in classroom as student fans her

A video that shows a teacher sleeping in the classroom while students sit idle has drawn backlash on social media.

National Family Health Survey | Over 60% women in 12 states and UTs have not been on the internet

According to the National Family Health Survey, only 20.6 percent women in Bihar used the internet, followed by 21 percent in Andhra Pradesh, and 22.9 percent in Tripura.

In pics | International Literacy Day: States in India with highest literacy rate

Today, on 54 years of International Literacy Day, let's look at the states in India reporting the highest and the lowest literacy rate collected from the from the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Bangladesh has a lesson or two for India in schooling

Bangladesh spends less on education as a percentage of GDP than India but the quality of schooling is far superior.