India enrolls more children in schools, but is failing to teach them

Average scores in a math test of 31 questions were lowest in govt schools (30%) and highest in private schools (41%) in 2016

India has enrolled more children than ever before in secondary schools, but it is failing to teach them what they should be learning, with the most vulnerable, such as students from scheduled tribes, falling further behind the rest, reveal the preliminary findings of an ongoing global study.

The India findings, gleaned from the relatively advanced states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are in line with previous studies that revealed nationwide persistent, learning deficits (here and here).

Conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in July-August 2016 and