NEW DELHI: The country's progress report on education finally makes for happy reading. The Annual Status of Education Report on rural India released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children in the age group of 7-10 and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group are out of school squarely proving to the success of the government's flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
New Delhi: Indicating a sharp rise in school enrolments in rural India, the Annual Status of Education Report released by NGO Pratham shows that only 2.7% children aged between seven and 10 years, and 6.3% in the 11-14 years group, weren
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