New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- The gender gap in India's education system begins early, with more girls being enrolled in government schools and more boys in private schools, according to non-profit Pratham's 14th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER).
The report, which focuses on children in the 0-8 years age group, also finds significant learning gaps. For instance, Only 50.8% of children in Class 3 were able to read a Class 1 text, indicating that at least one in two children in Class 3 is already two years behind.
Similarly, only 72.2% of children in Class 3 can recognise a two-digit number, while, as the report points out, according to NCERT's "specifications on learning outcomes" all children in Class 1 should be able to recognise numbers...