Give any three challenges facing Indian education system.
**Answer:** - i. The major challenge in the area of education is to bring all Indian children in the age group 6-14 years under the purview of school education. - ii. Per capita education expenditure differs across the states, leading to variation in educational opportunities and attainments across the states. This is contrary to the purpose of equity (regional equality).

Question

Give any three challenges facing Indian education system.

**Answer:** - i. The major challenge in the area of education is to bring all Indian children in the age group 6-14 years under the purview of school education. - ii. Per capita education expenditure differs across the states, leading to variation in educational opportunities and attainments across the states. This is contrary to the purpose of equity (regional equality).

Accepted Answer

- iii. 'Education for All' still seems to be a distant dream. Though literacy rates have gone up relatively, the absolute numbers of illiterates in India are as much as India's population at the time of independence.