West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

204Pri ma ry Ed ucation(i n pe rcent )Uppe r Pri ma ry Ed ucation(i n pe rcent )2 0 0 5 -0 6 2 0 0 6 -0 7 2 0 0 7 -0 8 2 0 0 5 -0 6 2 0 0 6 -0 7 2 0 0 7 -0 8State 0 .80 0 .69 0 .50 1 .82 0 .61 (- )0 .12Mu rshidabad 1 .70 1 .27 1 .48 (- )0 .36 (- )2 .94 NAS.24 Pgs. (- )0 .83 (- )0 .76 (- )0 .70 (- )1 .29 (- )2 .37 3 .48Source AWP&B for 2008-09Gender gap in terms of enrolment in primary leveldecreasedfrom 0.80 per cent in 2005-06 to 0.50 per cent in 2007-08. Overallgender gap in upper primary level reduced from 1.82 per cent in 2005-06 to (-) 0.12 per cent in 2007-08. However, in 4 district, viz. Bankura,Purulia. Uttar Dinajpur and Paschim Medinipur, the gap in upperprimary level still remained at 8.97 percent, 12.45 , 1.20 per cent and3.25 per cent in 2007-08Gender Parity Index (GPI)The overall GPI for the State as a whole in respect of primarylevel and upper primary level of education during the year s2005-06 to2007-08 was as under :Gender Parity IndexPri ma ry Ed ucationUppe r Pri ma ry Ed ucation2 0 0 5 -0 6 2 0 0 6 -0 7 2 0 0 7 -0 8 2 0 0 5 -0 6 2 0 0 6 -0 7 2 0 0 7 -0 8State 0 .984 0 .986 0 .990 0 .9641 7 0 .9877 8 1 .0024 7Mu rshidabad 0 .9789 0 .9749 0 .971 0 .1007 3 1 2 .068 6 6 NAS.24 Pgs. 1 .0167 1 .0153 1 .014 1 .0261 7 1 .0486 2 1 .0720 3GPI valued less than 1 means disparity in literacy in favour ofmen. A district wise data focused that GPI value n South 24 Parganas,Maldah , Howrah, Kolkata and Siliguri atprimary level andMurshidabad. Hoogli, Kolkata, North 24 Parganas at upper primarylevel was more than .