Pupils In Front Of Multiplication Table Written On The Wall At An Open Air School...

Since 2010, elementary education is compulsory, the duration of compulsory schooling is eight years; although many efforts have been made, 20 % of children are not in school and half of Indian pupils leave the school system after elementary education; the national literacy rate is evaluated around 74 %, upper castes men are more in school than women and lower castes people; nevertheless the number of out of school children has decreased from 25 million in 2003 to around 8 million in 2009; nevertheless India’s education system is a efficient one, considered as a major factor to the economic rise of India by developing its competitiveness in the global economy; India’s higher education system is considered as the third largest in the world after China and the US; the educational system in India is organized into several cycles such as elementary education, secondary, higher secondary, graduation, post graduation; pupils wear uniform at school and make the five-days week (six for the older); summer vacation run from April to June and there are also vacations during religious Festival and special occasions like Diwali or Holi