Sankar, Deepa2017-06-272017-06-272011-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27418The significance of secondary education emerges from its critical role in promoting economic growth by determining the quality of those who enter labor market after schooling as well as those who pursue higher education. Secondary education is also important due to the positive externalities on promoting health, social cohesion and sustainable livelihood. Secondary education is undeniably the crucial stage in any education system, as it is in this stage that the elementary school graduates get their basic skills cemented and gain competencies that prepare them to enter either into higher education or into labor market. This analytical report presents the status of secondary education participation the participation in India using National Sample Survey (NSS) 64th round (2007-08). The specific objectives of this policy note are: a) the participation rates of adolescents in secondary education, disaggregated by gender, social and religious groups, household economic quintiles and different locations (rural or urban as well as across states) in India using NSS 64th round (2007-08); b) the transition patterns from elementary to secondary stage and dropouts in between, disaggregated; and c) the proportion of population who had secondary education; and participation in secondary education by type of management of schools. This policy note is organized in the following way. In the first section, a brief account of the secondary education scenario in the country is provided. In the second section, overall secondary education participation is analyzed. In section three, an analysis of gender and social or religious gaps in secondary education participation is taken up.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC YEARACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATIONACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLSADOLESCENT BOYADOLESCENTSADULT POPULATIONADULTSAGE GROUPATTENDANCE RATESATTENDING SCHOOLBASIC SKILLSCENSUS DATACOMPLETION RATESCOMPULSORY EDUCATIONDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISTANCE TO SCHOOLDROPOUTDROPOUT RATEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATION CYCLEEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION PLANNINGEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION STATISTICSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL POLICIESELEMENTARY CYCLEELEMENTARY EDUCATIONELEMENTARY SCHOOLELEMENTARY SCHOOLSENROLMENT FIGURESEQUITABLE ACCESSFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY WELFAREFIRST GRADEGAP BETWEEN BOYSGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER GAPSGIRLSGIRLS ATTENDING SCHOOLSGROSS COMPLETION RATEGROSS ENROLMENTGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOSHIGHER EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTIMPROVING ACCESSINEQUITIESINFANTINFORMATION SYSTEMJUNIOR SECONDARYLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLACK OF INFORMATIONLEGAL STATUSLETLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOW FERTILITYLOWER SECONDARY LEVELMIDDLE SCHOOLMINORITYMINORITY GROUPSNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNET ENROLMENTNET ENROLMENT RATIONET ENROLMENT RATIOSNUMBER OF ADOLESCENTSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF ENROLMENTSNUMBER OF PERSONSNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSOLDER AGE GROUPSOPEN SCHOOLOPEN SCHOOLSPAPERSPARENTAL EDUCATIONPARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONPOLICY DECISIONSPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION PROJECTIONSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLMENTSPRIMARY GRADESPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SCHOOLPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLSPROGRESSQUALITY EDUCATIONRELIGIOUS GROUPSRELIGIOUS MINORITIESREPEATERSREPETITIONREPETITION RATERESPECTRETENTION RATESRURAL AREASSCHOOL CENSUSSCHOOL COMPLETIONSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL FACILITIESSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL IMPACTSSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MAPPINGSCHOOL PARTICIPATIONSCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOL SURVEYSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLMENTSSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSENIOR SECONDARY LEVELSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSSEXSEX RATIOSEX RATIOSSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL DIFFERENCESSOCIAL DIMENSIONSSOCIAL GROUPSOCIAL GROUPSSTATE GOVERNMENTSTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTRENDS IN POPULATION GROWTHUNEMPLOYMENTUPPER PRIMARYURBAN AREASURBAN STUDENTSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/27418