education & sustainability
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Education & Sustainability
India 2013
19%
17%
4%
3%
3%3%2%2%
2%2%
42%
World Demographics 2012
China India USA Indonesia Brazil Pakistan Nigeria Bangladesh Russia Japan Others
World - Age Structure0 - 14 Years
Men %Woman %
65 Years & Above
12
15 - 64 Year
12
India – Age Structure
0 - 14 Years
Men %Woman %
65 Years & Above
12
15 - 64 Year
12
Population Growth - India
Population Growth Rate - India
Literacy
( age 15 and over can read & write)
Rank
177th / of 205
only 61 % India Literate
School Life Expectancy (SLE) of Formal Educationfor an average Indian Child
male: 11 years
female: 10 years
(2007)
Status
A. Literacy Rate in India is Growing B. Enrolment in Primary Schools increasing by
116% per Annum since 2008 (Source: World Bank)
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary, both sexes
1999 2000 2001 2005 200654
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
Value
Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary, boys
1999 2000 2001 2005 200654
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
Value
Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary, girls
1999 2000 2001 2005 20065254565860626466687072
Value
Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Problem Areas: 1. Drop out rate in Elementary (Std I to VIII)
48 %
Reason – Socio Economic
Problem Area:2. Infrastructure
High Pupil to Teacher Ratio
Teacher Absenteeism
24 % Schools don’t have proper Building
8% school Lack Drinking Water
Problem Area:3. Quality of Education
E.g.. 60 % of students Aged 7 to 12Cannot read a simple Para
Education is Critical
Both formal & non-formaleducation areindispensable to changing people's attitudes so that they have the capacity to assess & address their sustainability concerns
Achieving Environmental awareness
Achieving Ethical awareness
Acquiring values and attitudes,
Acquiring skills Consistent with Sustainability
Acquiring behaviour consistent with Sustainability
For effective public participation in decision-making.
How Education is interlinked to other issues?
"The fact that remains is that wherever women are in charge of their destiny, where they have education, political freedom, choice, medical facilities, and when they are literate, the birth rate falls.“
- by David Attenborough
A Presentation byRtn. Amit Gopal Chauhan
Rotary Club of Kalyan, RI District: 3140India
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