Talk:Literacy in India

Seriously flawed article
The section "The British Period" is completetely biased and doesn't meet Wikipedia's standards regarding POV. The Gurukul system was clearly not universal, subject to caste discrimination(refer to the story of Eklavya in the Mahabharata), involved exploitation of the children (they had to do chores for the guru's household) and promoted rote learning (memorizing Vedas etc. by heart). But the author of this section portrays it as being clearly superior to the British system. Granted that the British system is far from perfect, but it isn't as horrible as the author portrays it. The Sergeant scheme recommended the introduction of free and COMPULSORY education for all Indian children in the 6-11 years age group. It was the Govt. of India's failure in implementing the "compulsory" part regarding the education of Indian children, and the failure to increase spending on education (Kothari's recommended minimum of 6% of India's Budget has always been ignored) that has led to the present state of affairs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.23.28.34 (talk) 07:52, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to India. Why find out the real reasons for your problems when you can just blame it all on colonial rule 65 years ago! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.14.195.61 (talk) 09:59, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism?
Something is strange with the literacy rates of Pakistan: 04%??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whipster (talk • contribs) 17:56, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

No mention of the language/s to which the term "Literacy in India" pertains
Which languages are being referred to in this article with the use of the term "literacy"? English, Hindi, regional languages, what?

121.72.185.185 (talk) 08:31, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

121.72.185.185 (talk) 08:30, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Regional. Depends on state. --Iball (talk) 22:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Growth of Literacy is not NPOV
The first paragraph and most of the second, of this section, show no sign of research, no citations, and quite the biased tone.

As an aside, they're also just terribly written.

Rahul Mereand-Sinha (talk) 23:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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Potential update with a new map
I just created a new map for India's literacy which follows the Wikipedia Map conventions. I am not sure if it would be an appropriate replacement for the current map, which seems clutterd and not in line with the outlined conventions. If a moderator or admin finds it appropriate, kindly make use of the new map. Arunmozhi (talk) 01:12, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

1941 census
I have just removed The literacy rate established by the last Census of British India, in 1941, indicated only 16.1% of the population, 24.9% male, 7.3% female were then literate.

The 1941 census was incomplete and the data largely unpublished. This is an example of why we need to use high-quality sources, which are not the ones cited. See Census of India prior to independence for some background. - Sitush (talk) 14:32, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Dead Reference link
5. How Female Literacy Affects Fertility: The Case of India (PDF), Population Institute, East-West Centre, December 1990, retrieved 25 November 2009 link returns 404 errors — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:302E:1CE:DB2:1232:B4B9:7790 (talk) 16:33, 1 December 2020 (UTC)