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Rajasthan

Overview

Rajasthan is the largest state of India, accounting for 10% of India's geographical area. Widely dispersed habitations, particularly in desert and tribal areas, make delivery of services, including education, difficult.

Facts and Figures

Literacy: (Census 2011)

  • Literacy Rate: 67% (80 % male and 53% female)
  • Rajasthan's literacy rate is below the national average of 74% and its female literacy rate is the lowest in the country.
  • Jhunjhunu has the highest literacy rate for males at 87.88% in the state and Pratapgarh has the lowest literacy rate of 70.13 %
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  • Kota has the highest female literacy rate of 66.32 % followed by Jaipur and Jhunjhunu. Jalore is at the lowest with 38.73 %.

Sex Ratio: (Census 2011)

  • Sex ratio is 926 which have slightly improved from 2001. The trend of sex ratio is uneven though it has shown continuous improvement, but it is still behind the national sex ratio (940).
  • Five districts of the state (Dhaulpur, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Bharatpur and Alwar) have lowest sex ratio than the state average of 926.

Field Updates

  • Revisiting the State training module for government and KGBV teachers on the Condensed course
  • Training of a pool of Master Trainers for the districts on the Condensed Course
  • Capacity enhancement of teachers from KGBV
  • Capacity enhancement of primary and upper primary government school teachers
  • Networking and support to other organizations on RTE, ECCE and use of theatre in education

Trends in Government Schools


 Item  Data  Item  Data
 Availability of Schools
  • PS: 44,196
  • UPS: 24,463
  • Sec/Sr. Sec: 9801
  • Private School: 26,730
  • Single Teacher Primary Schools: 31.5%
  • Average schools per district is over 2500
 Girl Child Education 
  • In 6-11 year age group, gender gap is 6.38 %
  • In 11-14 age group, gender gap is 12.56 %
Availability of
Teachers
  • Total no. of teachers: 2.71 lakhs
  • Male: 71.66 %
  • Female: 28.33 %
 Pupil Teacher Ratio 
  • PS: 31.38
  • UPS: 18.05
 Enrollment
  • Boys Grade I-VIII: 54.11 %
  • Girls Grade I-VIII: 46 %
  • Govt. PS: Boys (51 %); Girls (49 %)
  • Pvt. PS: Boys (60.4 %); Girls (39.5 %)
  Infrastructure Facilities
  • Own Buildings: 91.2 %
  • Drinking Water Facility: 85 %
  • Toilets for girls: 92 %

Source: (DISE 2011)

Learning Levels: (ASER 2010)

  • 35.7 percent of children in Class III in Rajasthan can read a Class 1 level text
  • 34 percent of children in Class III still cannot recognize numbers between 11 and 99.
  • 32.8 percent of children in Class V cannot do basic division

Key Programs

Our work is currently focused along three main dimensions:

  • Resource Support and Material Development: Material Development and resource support to various agencies of the State, NGOs and Private Schools in various subjects.
  • Communication and Engagement:Networking with State, NGOs, Youth and Teachers and development of active youth and teachers’ forums
  • Information and Research Centre: Development of Activity Center and Library

District Institutes in Rajasthan

The District Institutes in Rajasthan are located at:

  • Sirohi
  • Tonk

More information about these Institutes will be provided shortly.

Glimpses of our Work

Teacher Training
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Art Education
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Exploring Science
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RTE Workshop
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Contact Details

Address: D-240, Near Gyan Vihar School, Malviya Nagar, Rajasthan
Email: gautam@azimpremjifoundation.org