Challanges
What percent of total population of literal people in India?
16%
Were these policies good or bad for Indian Education?
Good!
Between 1951 and 1961, the number of boys attending primary school______ (doubled or tripled)
doubled
what prime minister from India supported education
Prime minister Nehru
what type of schooling was india focused on during the 1950s?
Universities and Higher Education.
What was the literacy rate in 1964?
24%
How many universities at India during independence?
17 - 18
Whats one level of schooling the government allocated money to?
Primary, secondary or technical schools.
what percent of females attended univerities during 1960s
22 percent
What percent of indian population in rural areas only were literate?
6%
up to what age did children get free education in India?
14 years old
How many universities were established by 1964?
41 universities.
What language was predominant in higher education?
English.
At the beggining of independece, education was meant to be required by law. (True or False)
True
What big problem caused literacy rates and children in education to not severly increase in the 1960s.