India
Background Information
Region
South Asia
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
26% (UNFPA, 2023)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
120,307,241 (UIS, 2023)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
175,517,260 (UIS, 2023)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
23%
Source: UNSDG , 2021
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
11
Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2019
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
29%
Source: DHS , 2021
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
38%
Source: DHS , 2021
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
8
Source: UIS , 2022
Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities Percentage of schools
100%
Source: UNESCO , 2022
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools
-
Primary 98%
(2022)
-
Lower secondary 99%
(2022)
-
Upper secondary 100%
(2022)
Source: UIS
Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage
Source: UIS , 2022
Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education Men as a percentage
Source: UIS , 2022
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS , 2021
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
-
Female 47%
-
Male 45%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
-
Female 44%
-
Male 44%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education
No data available
Youth not in education, employment or training
-
Female 44%
-
Male 14%
Female: ILO, 2021
Male: ILO, 2021
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 91%
-
Male 92%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 79%
-
Male 82%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 40%
-
Male 46%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 6%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 10%
-
Male 9%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 26%
-
Male 21%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Legal Frameworks Back to Top
Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools
3
Limited protection from violence in educational institutions
Source: HerAtlas , 2019
Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender
2
Only enshrines the right to education or provides for a limited protection of this right
Source: HerAtlas , 2019
Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls
2
No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls
Source: HerAtlas , 2019
Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors
Data coming soon!
Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality
Data coming soon!
Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes
Data coming soon!
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
Adolescent Empowerment Programme
Project/Program
Advancing Gender Equality in India
Project/Program
After School Life Skills Programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
A More Equal Future: A MenCare Manual to Engage Fathers to Prevent Child Marriage in India
Network/Convening/Conference
Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference
Project/Program
Barli Institute, India
Project/Program
Boys Stand Up
Project/Program
Camp Vidya
Project/Program
Chhaa Jaa
Project/Program
Combatting Child Trafficking in India
Project/Program
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
COVID-19 Initiative: Objectives to address the Immediate and Long-term Implications of the Pandemic on Girls' Education
Project/Program
COVID-19 Relief and Response
Project/Program
Cummins Technical Education for Communities
Project/Program
Day School Programme
Project/Program
Educate Girls Audacious Project: Enrolment, Retention and Learning
Project/Program
Educational Initiatives, India and South Africa
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Research Project/Report/Study
Evaluation of Life Skills Curriculum
Project/Program
Feminist and Youth-led Action (FAYA)
Project/Program
Financial Education for Girls Program
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Funding For Girls Education Programs
Project/Program
g4g Day
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender, Education and Skills
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equality Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equity Initiative
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Capital
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Rising Global Education Fund
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)
Project/Program
Girls First
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls First Fund Grant Program
Project/Program
GIRLS Inspire project
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Global Education Program
Project/Program
Global Engagement Initiative
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Project/Program
Glory School
Project/Program
Growing Livelihood Opportunities for Women (GLOW)
Project/Program
GSL: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
GyanSetu: Centers of Community Transformation
Research Project/Report/Study
Learning from Going to School: Implementation Research on School to Work Transitions Amongst Adolescent Girls in Bihar
Project/Program
LitClub
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Livestreaming Education for Girls
Project/Program
Mission Education programme
Project/Program
More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play
Project/Program
MTV Nishedh
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Partner Support
Project/Program
Om Foundation School
Project/Program
Orphanage Homes
Project/Program
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society: Education Program
Project/Program
Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) – Cohort 3
Project/Program
Plan-it Girls
Project/Program
Prerna Girls School
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Project/Program
Project Kanya: Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools during COVID-19
Project/Program
Project Lehar - Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Programme
Project/Program
Promoting Adolescents' Engagement, Knowledge and Health (PANKH)
Research Project/Report/Study
Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)
Project/Program
Responding to the COVID Situation in India
Project/Program
School Supplies & Classroom Improvements for partner schools
Project/Program
Science Library
Project/Program
Second Chance
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Project/Program
She Can Fly
Project/Program
Shiksha Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Resilience (SOAR)
Project/Program
Teacher Training and Support
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Project/Program
The Aarohini Initiative
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Women
Project/Program
The Study Hall College
Project/Program
Udaan - Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy in Rajasthan
Project/Program
Umang - Empowering Girls to Amplify their Aspirations
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
UN Women’s Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Programme
Project/Program
Vidyasthali Kanar High School
Project/Program
Vocational Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan
Project/Program
World Teacher
Government Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice
Project/Program
Samagra Shiksha
Project/Program
Kishori Shakti Yojana
Project/Program
Rapid Reporting System For Adolescent Girls
Project/Program
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
Project/Program
Mahila Samakhya Programme
Project/Program
Kanya Vidya Dhan Yojana
Project/Program
Free Bicycle Distribution Scheme by Assam State Government
Project/Program
Taaron Ki Toli Programme
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Inclusion Fund (GIF)
Project/Program
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Project/Program
Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthaan Yojana
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)
Project/Program
Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean India: Clean schools)
Project/Program
Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls & Young Women
Project/Program
Slam Out Loud: Arts for All Programme
Project/Program
Udaan
Project/Program
UJJAWALA: A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Project/Program
National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Curriculum Framework
Project/Program
Manzil
Project/Program
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)