Educational

2006

Board results : pass percentage
State 2005 2006
Maharashtra 10th 61%, 12th 66% 12th, 89%
West Bengal 10th 45%, 12th 51% 12th, 62%
Bihar 10th 27%, 12th 32% 12th, 58%
MP 10th 21%, 12th 23% 12th, 45%
AP 12th, 28% 12th, 50%
Rajasthan 10th 24%, 12th 26% 12th, 48%
Delhi 10th 25%, 12th 32%. 12th, 60%
Punjab 12th, 21% 12th, 44%

[ data from Friends for Education, Delhi]

Dropout rate in 6-13 age group(%age)
Category National Rural Urban
National 6.94 7.8 4.34
OBCs 6.9 7.73 3.83
SCs 8.17 8.55 6.25
STs 9.54 10.11 4.21
Muslims 9.97 12.03 7.17



Source : 2006 survey conducted by the Education Consultants India Limited and the Social and Rural Research Institute.
telegraphindia.com

Urdu medium school pass percent
Year Class 12
2006 60%
2005 32%
2004 29%
2003 37%
2002 32%
2001 37%

[ data from Friends for Education, Delhi]

2001

Literacy Rate among Religious Communities Census 2001
(in percentage)
Religious community Literacy Rate (Female) Literacy Rate (All)
Muslims 50.1 59.1
Hindus 53.2 65.1
Christians 76.2 80.3
Sikhs 63.1 69.4
Jains 90.6 94.1
Buddhists 61.7 72.7
(Source: Syed Shahabuddin in Mainstream, October 23, 2004, p.14)

National Sample Survey, 55th round (1999-2000)

Education status as %age(age 15 years and above)
Education level Hindu Muslim Christian All Muslim presence
Not literate 43.55 46.87 23.81 43.19 12.05
Literate to primary 20.61 25.40 23.98 21.20 13.31
Middle 14.79 13.86 19.85 14.84 10.37
Secondary 10.22 7.78 16.85 10.30 8.39
Higher Secondary 5.40 3.43 7.89 5.30 7.20
Graduate and above 5.29 2.52 7.56 5.08 5.51
MG, 16-31 Dec 2006

Presence of Muslims in given category as %age
Category 9.50 9.90 15.0 14.7
Population 11.10 11.23 20.79 18.61
Literate to primary 8.19 8.97 15.42 13.06
Middle 7.23 6.32 10.78 9.41
Secondary 7.23 6.32 10.78 9.41
Graduate & above 6.06 4.39 5.71 4.96
MG, 16-31 Dec 2006

NSS 43rd Round, 1987-88

Distribution of Persons by General Education Sex and religion, Rural India, 1987-88 (In percentage)

Educational Levels Hindus Muslims Christians
. M F M F M F
Not Literate 51.3 75.0 58.2 76.1 33.7 43.1
Primary 19. 11.8 18.6 13.1 20.5 17.8
Pri-middle 22.7 11.2 19.1 9.9 35.4 29.2
secondary 5.7 1.7 3.4 0.8 9.3 8.1
Graduate+ 1.2 0.2 0.6 missing 1.8 1.5

(NSS 43rd Round, 1987-88, analysis by Abu Saleh Shariff in Muslim India, No140, August 1994, p.378)

Distribution of Persons by General Education Sex and Religion, Urban India, 1987-88
(in percentage)

Education Level Hindus Muslims Christians
. M F M F M F
Not Literate 25.3 42.2 42.4 59.5 18.8 22.7
Primary 18.8 17.2 20.9 18.5 16.0 17.5
Pri-Mid 30.5 25.3 26.3 16.8 36.7 33.4
Secondary 17.2 10.7 8.0 4.3 20.1 20.8
Graduate+ 7.9 4.2 2.3 0.8 8.1 5.5

(Source: NSS 43rd Round, 1987-88, analyzed by Abu Saleh Shariff in Muslim India, No 140, August, 1994, p.378)

Muslims in:
Engineering College: 3.41%
registered at the employment exchange: 6.77%
[Gopal Singh Commission report]

Muslims in and out of Schools
Not been to school: 60.2% rural, 54.6% urban
Graduates: 0.3% rural, 3.1% urban
Post-graduates: 1.2% urban
Modern education: 40% urban
[MG 1-15 Feb 2006]

Enrolment in schools:
Muslims: 61.9%
National average: 72%

Literacy Rate:

Age 7 years and above :
Muslim males 59.5%, Muslim females 38%, total 49.5%
Hindu males 65.9%, Hindu females 39.2%, total 52.5%
Christian males 85%, Crh. females 76.5% total 81%
Others males 65.6%, femailes 40.1%, total 53.5%

Enrolment in Schools:
Muslims 61.9%
Indian average 72%
Muslims girls 57%
Other girls 65%

School Dropout rate(age group 6 to 14): Muslims 7%; all other 4.8%

Passed class X : Muslims 24% ; Hindu 46%

[ research by Abu Saaleh Sharif based on National Sample Survey, 1998 as quoted in Milli Gazette, 16-30 June 2005; "Much ado about nothing", Dominic Emmanuel]

In Gujarat : Muslim males literacy 69.64%; Muslim females 53.63%;
the boys are more literate, but girls are ahead in higher education. [MG 1-15 April 2005]

Urdu medium schools
in AP of the 77,000 students who enrol in Urdu medium schools every year, only 10,000 stay till they enter Class X. ... There are about 3000 primary and upper primary Urdu medium schools under the control of the State government. [MG 16-31 March 2005]