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School enrolment in South Asia improves but learning very poor: World Bank Study- 1-Jul-2014
Chennai: Though the enrolment had improved over the last few years in schools across Asia, but the learning levels remained very low, according to a World Bank study.
The study showed that between 1999 and 2010 the children out of school in the age group of 8-14 had improved from 35 million to 13 million in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Overall enrolment in India improved from 79% to 92%. Girls' enrolment also improved from 60% in 1990 to 74% in 2010.
Girls' out of school in the Asian region showed a drop from 23 million to 9.5 million.
But, to dismay, the learning levels were extremely poor.
In India, one third of grade three students were not able to read words. About half of fifth grade students were only able to read from grade two texts in their native languages. Astonishing, over one fourth of seventh grade were not able to read second grade text.
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