New Delhi: Nearly 78% of schools in this country still do not have an internet connection and and more than 61% do not have a computer.
Although 84.1% of schools in India have a library or read room, only 69.4% of them have books.
More than 30% of schools do not have roads and almost 79% do not have a toilet to be disabled.
About 17% of schools do not have electricity too.
However, even though it has the latest integrated district information facilities for the 2019-20 Plus Education Report (Udise +) released on Tuesday, showing a significant increase in registration, gross registration ratio (GER) and gender parity index at various levels of school education in India.
A total of 26.5 Crore students were registered in school education from pre-pratama to high school in 2019-20, up 42.3 lakh or 1.6% from 2018-19.
Women’s registration increased at all levels of school education in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.
The highest increase in pre-primary (14.2%).
The report stated that in 2019-20, the total students in school education from primers to secondary were slightly higher above 25.09 crores.
This is higher by 26.3 lakh compared to 2018-19.