State Report of Sixth All India Educational Survey

Abstract

From Introduction: The basic educational statistics are collected by tine Ministry of H.R.D and the Planning Commission annually from all the States/UTs in the country in their several Management Information forms. These statistics relate to number of schools, enrolment and teachers in various types of educational institutions in the country. Besides, educational expenditure and examination results of different important courses are also covered by the Ministry annually. These statistics are more or less abstract in nature and do not cover the physical facilities available in the school and the extent of schooling facilities for different levels of school education available to the people at the grassroot levels. As a result, data gaps are noticed while formulating Five year Plan in particular. To bridge the data gaps the Ministry, therefore, asked the States /UTs through the NCERT to undertake All India Educational Surveys (A.I.E.S.) from time to time. The present survey is the Sixth in the series of A.I.E.S.