-PTI New Delhi: The sex ratio in Delhi has shown an improvement with the female population being grown by 24.9 per cent while the male population grew at a lesser rate of 18.1 per cent. According to the Primary Census Abstract 2011 released here on Tuesday, of the overall 21.2 per cent population growth registered during 2001-2011, female population grew by 24.9 per cent while male population grew at 18.1 per...
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Despite slight drop, number of children missing out on school remains high, UN agency reports
-The United Nations New figures today from the United Nations educational agency show that the number of children out of school dipped slightly last year over 2011. Fifty-seven million children were out of school in 2011, according to the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, down just two million from the previous year. The agency also points out that the challenge of getting more children into school is being...
More »Population Growth in J&K Down by 6%, Literacy Improves
-Outlook Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has contained its population growth by around six per cent in the decade from 2001 to 2011, according to figures released by state Directorate of Census Operations here today. From 29.43 per cent in 2001, the population growth has declined to 23.64 per cent in 2011 in the state. However, the overall child sex ratio in Jammu and Kashmir has decreased from 941 in 2001 to 862 in...
More »Urban boom altering TN demographic
-The Hindu Channai: The population grew by 97.4 lakh persons, including 47.4 lakh males and over 50 lakh females, between 2001 and 2011. A rapidly urbanising Tamil Nadu faces significant social and economic challenges, going by indicators in the 2011 census abstract report released here on Friday. The ratio of rural to urban population has nearly reached parity and stands, in percentage terms, at 51.6 in villages and 48.4 in cities. Tamil Nadu's...
More »India chickens out of international students assessment programme again -Hemali Chhapia
-The Times of India MUMBAI: After an embarrassing show in 2009, India has backed out of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) slated for 2015. The programme is a global evaluation process by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) secretariat that gauges where schoolchildren stand alongside their peers from other countries. This academic Olympics measures the performance of 15 year olds in reading, math and science. Indians were put...
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