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Table 1 Share of children aged 3–5 years attending pre-primary, primary or no schools

From: Regional and socioeconomic inequalities in access to pre-primary education in India: evidence from a recent household survey

Age

Pre-primary grade (nursery/kindergarten)

Primary grade

Out of formal school

Total

3 year

8.3

0.1

91.6

100 (6667)

4 year

25.5

1.4

73.1

100 (6904)

5 year

26.7

36.2

37.1

100 (6391)

Total (3–5 years)

20.2

11.9

67.9

100 (19,962)

  1. Figures in parentheses in the last column show the absolute number of students
  2. Source: Authors’ estimation from 75th NSO round data, 2017–2018