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Centre Approves New India Literacy Programme; Adult Education Now ‘Education For All’
The number of non-literates in the country in the age group of 15 years and above was 25.76 crore (9.08 crore male and 16.68 crore female) according to the 2011 census. Currently, an estimated 18.12 crore adults in the country are illiterate, the Education Ministry said.
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Draft Education Policy's Stance On Gender Divide In Indian Education System
The enrollment rate for girls stands at 23.5 per cent and for boys, it is 25.4 per cent at Higher Education level.
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More Sanitation, Literacy = Fewer Anaemic, Pregnant Women
The proportion of anaemic, pregnant women dropped 12 percentage points over a decade to 2015, government health data show, but India still has more anaemic women than any other country and a prevalence rate above the global average.
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States With Higher Female Literacy Have Healthier Women
States with higher literacy rates for woman see better indicators for women's health, IndiaSpend analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey 2013-14 reveals.
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Japanese Train Stops at Remote Station Twice a Day For One Passenger
Kami-Shirataki, a remote train station in Japan that was meant to close down three years ago, has stayed active to cater to one lone passenger. A train makes stops at the station twice each day just so a teen can travel to and from high school.
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Malappuram's first woman candidate takes on six-time MP
52-year-old P K Zainaba is doing what no woman has ever done in Malappuram. She is contesting the national election on a CPM ticket in this Kerala town where the rate of women's participation in the workforce is a mere 7.63 per cent despite an astounding female literacy rate of 90 per cent.
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Improved female literacy has led to birth rate reduction: Report
The birth of a fourth child in the Capital has come down in a big way in the last two decades, a Delhi government report on Tuesday pointed out, adding that there is a direct relationship between the level of educational attainment of the mother and order of births in a family.According to the annual report on "Registration of Birth and Death event...
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Bihar's speed-educating promise
On International Literacy Day, the Bihar govt has launched an ambitious project towards female literacy, promising literacy to 40 lakh women in just 6 months.
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Centre Approves New India Literacy Programme; Adult Education Now ‘Education For All’
The number of non-literates in the country in the age group of 15 years and above was 25.76 crore (9.08 crore male and 16.68 crore female) according to the 2011 census. Currently, an estimated 18.12 crore adults in the country are illiterate, the Education Ministry said.
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Draft Education Policy's Stance On Gender Divide In Indian Education System
The enrollment rate for girls stands at 23.5 per cent and for boys, it is 25.4 per cent at Higher Education level.
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More Sanitation, Literacy = Fewer Anaemic, Pregnant Women
The proportion of anaemic, pregnant women dropped 12 percentage points over a decade to 2015, government health data show, but India still has more anaemic women than any other country and a prevalence rate above the global average.
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States With Higher Female Literacy Have Healthier Women
States with higher literacy rates for woman see better indicators for women's health, IndiaSpend analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey 2013-14 reveals.
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Japanese Train Stops at Remote Station Twice a Day For One Passenger
Kami-Shirataki, a remote train station in Japan that was meant to close down three years ago, has stayed active to cater to one lone passenger. A train makes stops at the station twice each day just so a teen can travel to and from high school.
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Malappuram's first woman candidate takes on six-time MP
52-year-old P K Zainaba is doing what no woman has ever done in Malappuram. She is contesting the national election on a CPM ticket in this Kerala town where the rate of women's participation in the workforce is a mere 7.63 per cent despite an astounding female literacy rate of 90 per cent.
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Improved female literacy has led to birth rate reduction: Report
The birth of a fourth child in the Capital has come down in a big way in the last two decades, a Delhi government report on Tuesday pointed out, adding that there is a direct relationship between the level of educational attainment of the mother and order of births in a family.According to the annual report on "Registration of Birth and Death event...
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Bihar's speed-educating promise
On International Literacy Day, the Bihar govt has launched an ambitious project towards female literacy, promising literacy to 40 lakh women in just 6 months.
