According to the Seventh All India Education Survey by the National Council of Educational Research and Training some of the startling illiteracy statistics are:
- Less than half of India's children between the age of 6 and 14 go to school
- A little over one-third of all children who study in grade one reach grade eight.
- At least 35 million children aged 6 - 14 years do not attend school.
- 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate.
- High cost of private education, need to work to support their families, and little interest in studies are the reasons given by 3 in every four drop-outs as the reason they leave.
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