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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rise in number of literates among disabled

Rise in number of literates among disabled

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published Published on Jul 22, 2016   modified Modified on Jul 22, 2016
-The Indian Express

Of the total disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates

The percentage of literates in the disabled population increased for both males and females between 2001 and 2011 as compared to during 1991-2001, with their levels of attaining higher education also seeing a rise, according to Census 2011 data released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Friday.

Of the total disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates. However, only 8.5 per cent of literate disabled people were graduates or had attained even higher levels of education.

Between 2001 and 2011, the remaining 1.22 crore or 45.5 per cent of the disabled population were illiterate, according to Census 2011 data on disabled population by type of disability, educational level and sex.

In the previous decade, 1991 to 2001, literates formed 49.3 per cent of the disabled population, with the remaining 50.7 per cent being illiterates.

However, the percentage of disabled females who were literate rose during 2001-2011 to 44.6 percent from 37.3 percent in the previous decade, while the percentage of disabled males who were literate rose to 62.4 per cent during this period from 58.1 per cent in the previous decade.

Among the disabled who were literate, the percentage who had attained middle school education but had not received secondary education rose from 16 per cent during 1991-2001 to 16.7 per cent during 2001-2011.

The percentage of disabled persons who had attained secondary but below graduate education similarly rose from 20 per cent to 23.6 per cent. Among disabled and literate males, 24.9 per cent fell in this educational bracket during 2001-2011, while the corresponding percentage for disabled females was 21.2 per cent.

The percentage of disabled persons who had completed their graduation or higher levels of education rose to 8.5 per cent from 6 percent in the previous decade.

As per Census 2011, of disabled females who were literate, 7.7 per cent were graduates or had attained even higher levels of education; and of the disabled male population who were literates, 9 per cent had completed graduation or received even higher levels of education.

Of the literate disabled population during 2001-2011, 24.3 per cent had been educated till the ‘primary but below middle stage’, down from 26.4 in the previous decade.


The Indian Express, 16 July, 2016, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/rise-in-number-of-literates-among-disabled-2917144/


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