Education Policy

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There has been a quantitative expansion of educational facilities both at school and higher education levels since the inception of the State. Though physical access is no longer an area of major concern, the urban-rural bias in location of higher educational facilities needs to be corrected.

Enrolment		Primary Stage	Middle Stage	High & Higher Secondary	Colleges	Universities
	1966-67	534764	250673	376080	29001	908
	1998-1999	2103531	925635	659083	162862	11010

Primary Stage (I – V)	1966-67			1998-99
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
	80.7	34.7	58.9	82.57	84.65	83.54
Middle Stage (VI – VIII)	56.2	16.3	37.3	67.88	61.74	65.05

The enrolment at various levels has increased since 1966-67, yet the goal of universalisation of elementary education still remains to be realised. Further, retention of children specially girls, at elementary and middle level poses a formidable challenge.

Percentage of girls at different levels of education is still low. Therefore concerted efforts are required to increase enrolment of girls.

Enrolment In Higher Education (including teachers training colleges & universities)		1966-67	1998-99
	Boys	22922	95597
	Girls	6079	74275
	Total	29001	173872

Expansion of educational facilities at school level coupled with literacy programmes, have created additional demands on higher education. The enrolment at higher education has increased manifold. Higher education however faces the challenge of becoming job-oriented and relevant to the changing environment.

Drop Out	1966-67			1998-99
Drop Out	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
Primary Stage	16.65	20.72	18.55	11.53	12.92	12.17
Middle Stage	17.44	19.09	18.14	11.77	11.82	11.79

Drop-out rate of boys and girls at primary and middle stage continues to be high. Urgent steps are required to address this area.

No. Of Teachers		Primary	Middle	High & Higher Secondary	Colleges	Universities
	1966-67	12960	7701	11813	1286	147
	1998-99	46502	7963	52135	4854	885

Teacher Pupil Ratio		Primary	Middle	High & Higher Secondary	Colleges
	1966-67	1:43	1:30	1:18	1:23
	1998-1999	1:45	1:32	1:21	1:34

Availability of teachers is not so much of a problem; the need is to ensure their proper and rationalised deployment.

%age of Schools Having Ancillary Facilities	Stage		Drinking Water	Urinal	Separate Urinal for girls	Lavatory	Separate lavatory for girls
	Primary	India	44.23	18.93	08.66	10.86	05.12
		Haryana	76.95	56.30	27.10	15.77	08.72
	Upper Primary	India	63.47	48.44	31.54	29.88	17.17
		Haryana	92.56	88.24	72.08	43.27	30.02
	Sec. Education	India	83.46	76.96	62.56	57.35	40.81
		Haryana	97.52	97.61	88.37	69.47	49.06
	Sr. Secondary	India	93.65	92.78	77.94	81.12	62.84
		Haryana	98.13	98.88	86.94	87.31	68.66