State has fallen behind in primary education,says Modhwadia

Commenting on the passing of the Gujarat Educational Laws (Amendment) Bill,2010,by the state Assembly on Friday...

Commenting on the passing of the Gujarat Educational Laws (Amendment) Bill,2010,by the state Assembly on Friday,senior Congress leader and Porbander MLA Arjun Modhwadia said that over the years the state has fallen behind in elementary education.

Modhwadia said that while Gujarat stood at ninth position in 2007-08,it slipped to 13th position in 2008-09. He quoted the figures from the Educational Development Index (EDI) report of the Human Resource Development Ministry prepared after surveying 42,000 primary schools,including 33,182 government-run schools.

Modhwadia added that the enrolment of students in primary classes (Std I to Std VIII) had dropped by over 8 per cent between 2005 and 2008 as per EDI report.

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He said the girls enrolment in primary schools in the state was merely 47.13 per cent against the national average of 48.68 per cent.

Similarly,girls enrolment in primary and secondary schools in the state was only 40.99 per cent against the national average of 45.75 per cent. On this count,Gujarat performed poorer than Bihar where enrolment of girls in primary and secondary schools together was 43.44 per cent, said Modhwadia.

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