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UNESCO report: In Indian villages, only 59 girls pass 12th for every 100 boys, what is the biggest reason?
· Source: Amar Ujala
Summary
A new UNESCO report on gender equality in education finds that in rural India only 59 girls complete Class 12 for every 100 boys, mainly because of poverty and weak social security. Across India, the gender parity index for higher secondary completion is 0.89. The report also says 51 percent of five-year-olds start Class 1 without any pre-school. India is now in UNESCO's fast-progress group after cutting its schooling gender gap by 65 percent in 25 years, and Karnataka's rural scholarship model was praised.
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