Education for All: Regional Zone Meet May 6th and 7th, 2002 (Punjab)

Abstract

State of Punjab is in the most unenviable position with respect of literacy. It has the second best per capita income of the country. It has universal access at primary level. It has a significantly high ratio of primary to upper primary sections. It has a respectable Pupil-Teacher Ratio of 41 at primary level. All the teachers working in state schools are trained. Except some unviable areas/new habitations with small populations there is a Govt. Primary School. Yet there is not any appreciable change in literacy achievement for the last about 15 years - the time when the state was in the grip of militancy.