Rural Government Schools in India: Fixing What's Broken

ASER 2024 shows real gains: Class 3 reading and arithmetic in government schools hit a decade high.

Yet about a third of Class 8 students still can't read a Class 2 text fluently.

Roughly 7.5 lakh teaching posts lie vacant; over 1 lakh schools still run on a single teacher.

Basics like water and toilets are near-universal; the gap has moved to learning, teachers and digital access.

Experts back filling posts, protecting teaching time, and tracking each child's learning, not just enrolment.