New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- In June, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to merge some government schools in the state. The move triggered criticism from the opposition and also challenges intuitive reasoning. Without prejudice to Uttar Pradesh's decision of closing schools - government schools are mostly understaffed and under-resourced in India and children might have to travel longer distances to attend school- data is clear on at least one aspect of the debate: the number of school-going children might have already started falling in India.
State-wise age-group projections by the National Commission on Population suggest that the size of the 5-14 age group will decline between 2011 and 2026 in 19 of the 21 big states.P7
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