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Gross Enrolment Ratios in Primary and Upper Primary Schools |
| Year | Primary (I-V) | Upper Primary (VI-VIII) | | Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | | 1950-51 | 60.6 | 24.8 | 42.6 | 20.6 | 4.6 | 12.7 | | 1960-61 | 82.6 | 41.4 | 62.4 | 33.2 | 11.3 | 22.5 | | 1970-71 | 95.5 | 60.5 | 78.6 | 46.5 | 20.8 | 33.4 | | 1980-81 | 95.8 | 64.1 | 80.5 | 54.3 | 28.6 | 41.9 | | 1990-91 | 114 | 85.5 | 100.1 | 76.6 | 47 | 62.1 | | 2000-01* | 104.9 | 85.9 | 95.7 | 66.7 | 49.9 | 58.6 | | *Provisional | | | | | | | | | Note: Gross enrolment ratio is the total enrolment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education in a given school year. | | Source: Selected Educational Statistics, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India | |
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