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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Over 37% of schools in India have no electricity

Over 37% of schools in India have no electricity

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published Published on Aug 4, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 4, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In an indicator of the state of school infrastructure in the country, Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that over 37% of schools did not have electricity connections till March 2017.

While only 62.81% schools in the country have electricity connections, Jharkhand is at the bottom of the list with just 19% schools in the state having access to electricity. The national capital along with Chandigarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry top the list with 100% schools having electricity connection.

Some of the states with poor access to electricity are Assam (25% and Meghalaya (28.54%). Others in the list include Bihar (37.78%), Madhya Pradesh (28.80%), Manipur (39.27%), Odisha (33.03%) and Tripura (29.77%).

State minister for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha in written response to a question at the Rajya Sabha stated that the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) annually collects the information on various educational indicators including infrastructural facilities in schools through the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE).

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The Times of India, 4 August, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/over-37-schools-in-india-have-no-electricity/articleshow/59906215.cms


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