India's illiteracy problem is often accompanied by another education issue: drop-outs. The high drop-out rate in India is primarily caused by child labour. A poor family may need a child to work to feed the family and regard schooling as a financial loss. So, the children may stay in school until they are old enough to work and then drop out. They are those who are considered "literate" but do not have enough education to find a well paying job. This raises a startling question about how many people have enough education to hold a decent job. It was a quote by the Prime Minister of India addressing this issue on a pained tone, "only 47 out of 100 children enrolled in class 1 reach class 8, putting the drop out rate at 52.78%"
-Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, 2005
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