The Survey’s
Database
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The
Survey questionnaire was printed in English, Hindi, Marathi,
Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. It was
put to 11,026 students drawn from 278 schools spread over
21 States of India, studying in 8 different languages. The
following four tables provide further details:
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| Students |
class
9 |
class
10 |
class
11 |
class
12 |
Total |
Percentage |
Girl |
1425 |
1208 |
1036 |
794 |
4463 |
40.5% |
Boy |
2405 |
1991 |
1259 |
908 |
6563 |
59.5% |
Total |
3830
34.7% |
3199
29.0% |
2295
20.8% |
1702
15.4% |
11026
100% |
100%
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Table 1: Gender-wise and class-wise distribution of students
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State |
No.
of schools |
Percentage
of schools |
No.
of students |
Percentage
of students |
Andhra
Pradesh |
4 |
1.4% |
193 |
1.8% |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
13 |
4.7% |
662 |
6.0% |
Assam |
3 |
1.1% |
67 |
0.6% |
Bihar |
7 |
2.5% |
105 |
1.0% |
Chattisgarh |
3 |
1.1% |
117 |
1.1% |
Delhi |
5 |
1.8% |
458 |
4.2% |
Goa |
6 |
2.2% |
241 |
2.2% |
Gujarat |
3 |
1.1% |
144 |
1.3% |
Haryana |
6 |
2.2% |
400 |
3.6% |
Himachal
Pradesh |
10 |
3.6% |
244 |
2.2% |
Karnataka |
40 |
14.4% |
1206 |
10.9% |
Kerala |
7 |
2.5% |
284 |
2.6% |
Madhya
Pradesh |
6 |
2.2% |
551 |
5.0% |
Maharashtra |
44 |
15.8% |
2122 |
19.2% |
Punjab |
9 |
3.2% |
388 |
3.5% |
Rajasthan |
15 |
5.4% |
735 |
6.7% |
Tamil
Nadu |
54 |
19.4% |
1233 |
11.2% |
Uttar
Pradesh |
14 |
5.0% |
963 |
8.7% |
Uttaranchal |
2 |
0.7% |
64 |
0.6% |
West
Bengal |
27 |
9.7% |
849 |
7.7% |
Total |
278 |
100% |
11,026 |
100% |
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Table 2: State-wise distribution of schools & students
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Medium
of instruction |
Number
of schools |
Percentage
of schools |
Number
of students |
Percentage
of students |
| Bengali |
5 |
1.8% |
250 |
2.3% |
| English |
176 |
63.3% |
7288 |
66.1% |
| Gujarati |
2 |
0.7% |
96 |
0.9% |
| Hindi |
26 |
9.4% |
1272 |
11.5% |
| Kannada |
26 |
9.4% |
380 |
3.4% |
| Malayalam |
1 |
0.4% |
32 |
0.3% |
| Marathi |
32 |
11.5% |
1448 |
13.1% |
| Tamil |
10 |
3.6% |
260 |
2.4% |
| Total |
278 |
100% |
11,026 |
100% |
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Table
3: Medium-wise distribution of schools & students |
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| Type
of school |
Number
of schools |
Percentage
of schools |
Number
of students |
Percentage
of students |
Government
rural |
25 |
9.0% |
639 |
5.8% |
Government
urban |
28 |
10.1% |
948 |
8.6% |
Private
rural |
32 |
11.5% |
1424 |
12.9% |
Private
urban |
193 |
69.4% |
8015 |
72.7% |
Total |
278 |
100% |
11,026 |
100% |
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Table
4: Type-wise distribution of schools & students |
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The
nearly 8 lakh replies (11,026 students x 72 questions) were
entered in a database. While analyzing the replies with
the help of a statistical software, we took into account
the following variables: the student’s gender and
class, the school’s medium of instruction, State,
and nature (government / private, urban / rural).
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