Reading levels in Madhya Pradesh declined from 80% to 32% in 4 years

As many as 70% of Right to Education quota seats were not filled in MP

Reading and some math skills of Madhya Pradesh (MP) students are among India’s lowest, the transition rate to higher classes is lower than the national average, a majority of classrooms are shared by students of different grades, and government elementary schools are 17.6% short of school teachers, according an IndiaSpend analysis of various government data.

As the first part of this series observed, literacy rates and learning outcomes are some of the lowest in the BIMARU (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) states. By 2020, India