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UNESCO: India will be half a century late in achieving universal education goals

UNESCO has said, India will be half a century late in achieving its universal education goals. The UN body, in its Global Education Monitoring Report, 2016, also said, India will achieve universal primary education by 2050, lower secondary education (Class 6th to 8th) by 2060 and upper secondary education (Class 9th to 12th) by 2085. Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Upendra Kushwaha said this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. <br/><br/>He said, UNESCO has informed that the projections have been made on the basis of past trends and it has not involved the Ministry in this exercise. Quoting UNESCO, the Minister said, with the enactment of Right to Education Act, enrolment has been achieved at the primary and upper primary level. Overall, there has been substantial growth in enrolment in secondary education in the country. Total enrolment for class 9th and 10th has increased from 30.7 million in 2009-10 to 38.3 million students in academic year 2014-15.

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