Question

Study the table carefully and fill in the blanks in the following paragraphs. For this, you may need to make calculations based on the table.

Educational Achievement of Rural Population of Uttar Pradesh

Category	Male	Female
Literacy rate for rural population	76%	54%
Literacy rate for rural children in age group 10-14 years	90%	87%
Percentage of rural children aged 10-14 attending school	85%	82%

1. The literacy rate for all age groups, including young and old, is ______ for rural males and ______ for rural females. However, it is not just that these many adults could not attend school but that there are ______ who are currently not in school.
2. It is clear from the table that ______% of rural girls and ______% of rural boys are not attending school. Therefore, illiteracy among children in the age group 10- 14 is as high as ______% for rural females and ______% for rural males.
3. This high level of illiteracy among ______ age group, even after more than 75 years of our independence, is most disturbing. In many other states also we are nowhere near realisation of the constitutional goal of free and compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14, which was expected to be achieved by 1960.

Answer 1

1. The literacy rate for all age groups, including young and old, is 76% for rural males and 54% for rural females. However, it is not just that these many adults could not attend school but that there are 24% who are currently not in school.
2. It is clear from the table that 18% of rural girls and 15% of rural boys are not attending school. Therefore, illiteracy among children in the age group 10- 14 is as high as 13% for rural females and 10% for rural males.
3. This high level of illiteracy among 10-14 age group, even after more than 75 years of our independence, is most disturbing. In many other states also we are nowhere near realisation of the constitutional goal of free and compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14, which was expected to be achieved by 1960.

Explanation:

a. For rural males, the literacy rate is 76%. Therefore, the percentage of rural males who are not literate is:

100% − 76% = 24%

b.

The percentage of rural children aged 10-14 attending school is 85% for males and 82% for females. Therefore, the percentage of rural boys not attending school is:

100% − 85% = 15%

The percentage of rural girls not attending school is:

100% − 82% = 18%

The illiteracy among children in the age group 10-14 for rural females is:

100% − 87% = 13%

The illiteracy among children in the age group 10-14 for rural males is:

100% − 90% = 10%