Govt elementary school enrolment dips

Enrolment in private schools increased from 28% in 2006-07 to 38% in 2015-16

In a new development, government-run elementary schools in the country show a decline in enrolment. This has come even as the total number of schools is rising.

There seem two main reasons. One is a demographic shift from schoolgoing-age to working-age. Second, an increasing preference for private English education. 

The population bulge in India shifted in 2001 from the age range of five to nine years (primary school) to 10 to 14 years (upper primary and secondary school) in 2011, according to Census data. The Statistical Year Book, published by the ministry of statistics, puts India’s demographic bulge in 2016