Women Change the World — Social Studies STD 7 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesWomen Change the World5 Marks
Question
How has schooling and literacy scenario improved in the last few years?
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Answer
Today both boys and girls attend school in large numbers.
Still there remains a big gap between boys and girls. India does a census every 10 year, which counts the population of the whole country.
It gathers detailed information about people living in India, their age, schooling, what they do, etc.
This is used to measure literacy ratio and sex ratio. According to 1961 census, about 40% of all boys and men (7 years and above) were literate compared to just 15% of girls and women.
In the 2001 census, this has risen to 76% for men and boys and 54% for girls and women.
This means that the percentage of people going to school has increased.
But the percentage of male group is still higher than the female groups. The gap has not gone away.
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