The enrollment of girls in schools has shown a considerable increase. As per School Education Statistics (SES) in 2005-06 the enrollment of girls was 6.16 crore in primary schools (class I- V), 2.33 crore in upper primary schools (class VI-VIII) and 1.61 crore in secondary and senior secondary schools (class IX-XII) which has increased to 6.48 crore, 2.92 crore and 2.29 crore respectively in 2010-11 as per SES 2010-11.
As per District Information System for Education (DISE), 37.42% elementary schools in the country had separate girls toilet in 2005-06 which has increased to 60.28% in 2010-11. As per Secondary Education Management Information System (SEMIS) 58.21% secondary schools in the country have separate girls toilets.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 stipulates that all schools must meet standards specified in the Schedule of the Act by 2013.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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