 "Infographic: 60 lakh Indian children are out of school with 77% in rural areas")
It has been six years since the Right to Education Act has been enacted and yet recent data shows that more than 60 lakh children in India are out of school. Data from the ‘National Sample Survey of Estimation of Out-of-School Children in the Age 6-13 in India’ by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan for 2014 shows that around 3 percent of the 20.4 crore school-going children in India are deprived of the access to schools. The survey took into account 99,929 households in 640 districts from across India, and focussed on the gender and community of unschooled children. While 77% of the children out of school are from rural areas, about 49% belong to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Interestingly, the survey shows that more boys weren’t in school as compared to girls. For the complete highlights of the survey, take a look at our infographic: 
It has been six years since the Right to Education Act has been enacted and yet recent data shows that more than 60 lakh children in India are out of school.
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