The document discusses the status and opportunities in India's education sector. It outlines that elementary education enrollment rates have increased but dropout rates remain high, and secondary education enrollment is only 48% with significant regional and gender disparities. Higher education has expanded rapidly but quality is variable and enrollment remains low. Vocational education accounts for less than 20% of students compared to over 50% in developed countries. The growing services sector has increased demand for trained workers. Opportunities exist for private education providers in areas like teacher training, schools, universities, vocational programs, and online education.

1. EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA
STATUS AND OPPORTUNITIES

2. CONTENTS
 STATUS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA
1. Play School and Pre School Education
2. Elementary Education
3. Secondary Education
4. Higher Education
5. Vocational Education
 OPPORTUNITIES
1. Opportunities for Service Providers
2. Indian Education Sector : A Snapshot

3. STATUS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA

4. 1. Play School and Pre School Education
 PRESENT STATUS
 Population under the age group of 2-6
years is 10-11 Cr.
 Lack of regulatory mechanism for Play
School – Pre school segment.
 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is as low as
18%.
 CURRENT TRENDS
 Rising awareness about the early
education for child development and
maintaining high enrolment and
retention rates in primary education.
 Majority of the play school and pre
school market is conc. in Urban Areas.

5.  MARKET SIZE & PLAYERS
 Organized pre school market is dominant by private players (kidzee, treehouse,
eurokids).
 The current urban market size is estimated to be Rs 6000 Cr.

6. 2. Elementary Education (Std. 1-8)
 PRESENT STATUS
• THE POSITIVES……
 Participation: Rapid improvement in
enrolment rates, at least in primary schools.
 Equity: Social disparity which was very high
till 90’s has been reduced significantly.
 SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (SSA) gets more of the
credit for the improvement in elementary education.
• THE PROBLEM AREAS…...
 Drop out rates: 48% elementary education because of socio economic growth.
 Regional Disparity: States like Bihar, UP are way behind in terms of GER, Drop
outs.

7.  Infrastructure:
 24% schools in India do not have proper
school building.
 8% schools lack drinking water facility.
 Quality of Education:
 Low Public Teacher Ratio (PTR) and
high teacher absenteeism.
 Pratham’s ASER survey: 60% of children
aged 7-12 cannot read a single para.
 (Pratham is a reputed NGO working
towards Education in India)

8. 3. Secondary Education (Std. 9-12)
 Success of SSA has resulted in a pull effect on Secondary Education System.
Thus Secondary education is an important foundation for vocational or higher
education. Hence its expansion of secondary education is important for the
development of any nation.
• THE PROBLEM AREAS……
 Participation: Net enrolment in secondary education is 48% (2016).
 Access: No. of secondary schools are almost half the no. of upper primary
schools available in the country.
 Equity: Most secondary students are boys, and disproportionately from urban
areas and wealthier segment of the population.
 Quality: Assessments of student achievement in mathematics at the secondary
and senior secondary level suggest that the quality of instruction and learning
is very low. (Source ASER)

9.  Financing: While India has pursued the drive towards universal elementary
education, since 2000 the share of investment financing for secondary
education has declined significantly.

10.  CURRENT TRENDS
 Enrolment in government schools has
decreased in last decades. There is a
trend in urban as well as rural areas to
opt for private education.
 Sharp increase is expected in the
demand for secondary education in
coming decade.
 MARKET SIZE & PLAYERS
 Share of private institutions in Indian School Education is,
Primary-7% , Upper Primary-21% , Secondary-32%
 Annual private market size for the segment 1st to 12th is estimated more than Rs
32 Cr.

11. What needs to be done….
 Public classroom and school construction
 Training and hiring of more teachers
 Investments in technology and examination reforms
 Provide financial and in-kind assistance for poor and disadvantaged
students
 Public information campaigns
 Programs to improve the internal efficiency and quality of secondary
education

12. 4. Higher Education (Beyond 12)
 PRESENT STATUS
• THE POSITIVES….
 More than 40,000 colleges & more than 700 universities, >500,000 teachers, over
227 million students.
 Third largest no. of graduates after US & China.
 Professional education in English medium.
 Growing rapidly.

13. • WEAKNESS….
 Low enrolment (30.1%- 2015)
 Unplanned expansion
 Variable quality; market mismatch
 Lack of institutional autonomy and accountability

14. What needs to be done….
 Increasing access & reducing regional imbalances
 Empowerment & accountability of institutions
 Academic, Administrative, Financial
 Improving quality & effectiveness of:
 Teaching learning process
 Faculty development
 Curriculum reforms
 Networking to enhance capacity, improve quality& produce excellence
 Mobilization of additional financial resources

15. 5. Vocational Education
 Vocational education is very important for building skilled workforce.
 Percentage of students applying vocational education in India is less than 20%
compared to developed countries where it is more than 50%.
 NEW TRENDS & MARKET SIZE
 The contribution of service sector as a percentage of GDP has increased from 34% in
early 90’s to 56% in the present.
 This has triggered the need for trained manpower.
 The current market size of private vocational training is estimated as Rs 5k-6k Cr.

17. OPPORTUNITIES

18. 1. Opportunities for Service Providers
 Teachers training institutes
 Setting up play schools
 Setting up universities & private colleges
 Private open universities & distance education
 ICT & E- learning in education
 Vocational training institutes
 Coaching classes & competitive test preparation

19. 2. Indian Education Sector : A Snapshot

21. References
 Education in India
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India
 Education sector in India
www.ibef.org/industry/education-sector-india.aspx

22. Thank You…!!!