percentage of primary-school-age children who are enrolled in either primary or secondary school. Its value varies from O to 100 per cent. Therefore. a NER of 100 per cent means that all eligible children are enrolled in school. 2. Goal 4: Increase adult literacy by 50 per Cent. Although existing data on literacy are not entirely satisfactory. the adult literacy rate for those aged 15 and above is used here as a proxy to measure progress. 3. Goal 5:
Achieve gender equality by 2015. The indicator selected to measure progress towards this goal is the gender: specific EFA index, the GEI, which is itself a simple average Of the three gender parity indexes (GPI) for primary education. secondary education and adult literacy. 4. Goal 6: Improve the quality of education. The survival rate to Grade 5 was selected for as being the best available proxy for assessing the quality component of EDI, as comparable data are available for a large number of countries. Free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of fourteen is constitutional commitment in India. The Parliament of India has recently passed Right to Education for all which education has become fundamental right of all children of age group 6-14 years,
Education involves not only textbook learning but also a growth of values, skills and capacities. This helps individuals to plan for their career as well as play a useful part in building a new society with progressive values. Hence, education results in changing both individual lives and that of the entire community for the better. The education sector has been of vital importance to the Indian Government which has been regularly formulating provisions and schemes for promoting elementary education. The Right to Education has also been enshrined as a Fundamental Right by the Constitution of India. It states that "The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all Children Of the age of six to fourteen years in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine."
