New Delhi: More than 86.8% youth are educated, but 25% cannot read regional languages fluently

New Delhi: More than 86.8 per cent of the country’s youth between 14 and 18 years are enrolled in educational institutions and more than half of them opt for humanities programmes, according to the annual report on the status of education. (ASER) Published. this Wednesday.
However, the report states that 25 per cent of people between the ages of 14 and 18 cannot read Level 2 text fluently in their regional languages.

While the report pointed to small gender gaps in enrolment, it highlighted notable differences between age groups.

“Older youth are more likely to be unenrolled. The percentage of unenrolled youth is 3.9 percent for youth under 14 and 32.6 percent for youth under 18,” he said.

Information from last year showed that enrollment levels for children between six and 14 years old increased from 96,6 percent in 2010 to 96,7 percent in 2014 and from 97,2 percent in 2018 to 98,4 percent in 2022. It is done.

The report said more than 55 per cent of class 11 and 12 students choose humanities, followed by science and commerce.

It was also observed that women are less likely to enroll in STEM streams (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) than men.

The report confirmed that fears that many older students were leaving school during the COVID-19 pandemic due to losing their means of livelihood were unfounded.

According to the information, only 5.6 percent of the youth of the country are currently taking professional training or enrolled in other related courses.