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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 13 literacy varies considerably across gender across regions and across social groups. as can be seen from table 4 the literacy rate for women is 16.7% less than the literacy rate for men census of india 2011-provisional. however female literacy has been rising faster than male literacy partly because it started from relatively low levels. female literacy rose by about 11.2 per cent between 2001 and 2011 compared to the rise in male lieracy of 6.2 per cent in the same period provisional. literacy increased approximately 9% in total. male literacy rose about 6% whereas female literacy rose about 10%. again female literacy has been rising faster than male literacy. literacy rates also vary by social group – historically disadvantaged communities like the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have lower rates of literacy and rates of female literacy within these groups are even lower. regional variations are still very wide with states like kerala approaching universal literacy while states like bihar are lagging far behind. the inequalities in the literacy rate are specially important because they tend to reproduce inequality across generations. illiterate parents are at a severe disadvantage in ensuring that their children are well educated thus perpetuating existing inequalities banking services chronicle monthly magazine.