Hindus least educated...

by confuzzled dude Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:32 pm

Hindus continue to have the lowest level of educational attainment among all the major religions of the world despite having made strides in the sector, a Pew study said on Wednesday.

“Hindus have made substantial educational gains in recent decades. Hindu adults (ages 25 and older) in the youngest generation analysed in the study, for example, have an average of 3.4 more years of schooling than those in the oldest generation,” Pew said.

However, Hindus still have the lowest level of educational attainment of any major religious group in this study, which is topped by Jews.

Globally, the average is 5.6 years of schooling, and 41% of Hindus have no formal education of any kind. One in ten have post-secondary degrees, the report said.

“For example, Muslim women around the globe have an average of 4.9 years of schooling, compared with 6.4 years among Muslim men. And formal education is especially low among Hindu women, who have 4.2 years of schooling on average, compared with 6.9 years among Hindu men,” the report said.

“On average, Hindu men have 2.7 more years of schooling than Hindu women, and just over half of Hindu women (53%) have no formal schooling, compared with 29% of Hindu men,” the report said, adding that even in the youngest generation of adults in the study, Hindu women are considerably more likely than Hindu men to have received no formal education (38% vs 20%).

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/hindus-least-educated-religious-group-in-world-says-survey/story-7tNNhrRn958MlSXZdTPzjM.html

Man.. this is really depressing.

by Idéfix Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:26 pm

Yes it is depressing. Given that Pakistan and Bangladesh have about as many Muslims as India does, and Indonesia is the only larger Muslim country, it highlights how thoroughly India is failing in education.

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