Gender Gap Widens in Private School Enrollments

Quick Summary

• Increase in Private School Share: The share of private schools in India has grown from 17.2% to 22.5% over the past decade, while government schools’ share has dropped from 74.2% to 69.1%.
• Enrollment Trends: private school enrollment rose from 28.2% to 36.3%, whereas government school enrollment fell from 57.3% to 51.4%.
• Gender Disparity: In private schools (2023-24), boys’ enrollment stood at 39%, compared to girls’ at only 33%.Gender disparity is larger in northern and western states, where fewer girls are enrolled overall compared to India’s average (48.1%).
• Girls primarily attended government schools at higher rates than boys in absolute terms across all regions and categories.

Indian Opinion Analysis

The steady rise of private schooling hints at changing social preferences for perceived quality education, tho this does not address entrenched disparities such as gender inequality seen clearly in the data provided above.

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