Question

What is primary education?
A. Education refers to the schooling given to children in the 6 to 14 years age groups.
B. Education refers to the schooling given to children in the 8 to 12 years age groups.
C. Education refers to the schooling given to children in the 6 to 12 year's age groups.
D. Education refers to the schooling given to children in the 8 to 16 years age groups.

Answer 1

Hint - Education in India is primarily provided by public schools (government-controlled and financed at three levels: central, state, and local) and private schools. Under the various articles of the Indian Constitution is provided as free and compulsory education.

Step by step solution- India has made progress in increasing the rate of attainment of primary education. In 2011, about 75% of people between the ages of 7 and 10 were literate. India's superior education system is often referred to as one of the main contributors to its economic development. Much of the progress, particularly in higher education and scientific research, has been made to various public institutions. While enrollment in higher education has steadily increased over the past decade, reaching a gross enrollment ratio of 24% in 2013, still remains a significant distance to capture tertiary education. Enrollment levels of developed countries, A challenge that would be required to overcome to obtain demographic dividend from India's comparatively young population.
At primary and secondary levels, India has a large private school system that operates government schools in the age group of 6 to 14 with 29% of students pursuing private education. Some specialized secondary technical schools are also private. The private education market in India had revenues of US dollars 450 million in 2008 but is estimated to be a US dollars 40 billion market. According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012, 96.5% of all rural children between the ages of 6–14 were enrolled in school. This is the fourth annual survey reporting enrollment above 96%. India has maintained an average enrollment ratio of 95% for students in this age group from 2007 to 2014. As a result, the number of students in the age group of 6-14 is not enrolled in the school, which has been reduced by 2.8%. Year Academic Year 2018 (ASER 2018). Another report in 2013 stated that there were a total of 229 million students enrolled in various recognized urban and rural schools in India from class 9th to 12th, an increase of 2.3 million students in total enrollment in 2002. Represented, and increased the attendance register by 19%. While India is quantitatively close to universal education, the quality of its education has been questioned especially in the government-run school system. While more than 95 percent of children attend primary school, only 40 percent of Indian teenagers attend secondary school (grades 9–12). Since 2000, the World Bank has paid more than 2 billion $ for education in India. Some reasons for poor quality include the absence of approximately 25% of teachers every day. The states of India have introduced testing and education evaluation systems to identify and improve such schools.

So option A is the correct answer.

Note - According to Ramesh Pokhriyal and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Education Policy (NEP-20) has been suggested to change by Indian Education Minister. It will be in the format of 5 + 3 + 3 + 4.