22 March 2022

Over 95 per cent of villages in the country have secondary schools within a distance of five kilometres, Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said on Monday. She also informed Lok Sabha that more than 90 per cent of villages have senior secondary schools within a distance of seven kilometres.

The minister asserted that the government is committed to providing quality education by enhancing the standard of education and infrastructure in the country, including in rural areas. As per the Geographic Information System (GIS) based mapping conducted in 2021-22 on government, government-aided and private schools, 95.48 per cent of villages were covered by secondary schools within a distance of five kilometres and 90.55 per cent of villages were covered by senior secondary schools within a distance of seven kilometres," she said.