A dramatic rise in pre-primary enrolment rate was observed in five years since 2008 when access to pre-primary education increased manifold. The increase was uniform for children of both genders in both urban and rural areas.

According to “Education Watch 2013” published by CAMPE, the attendance rate was highest in NGO schools (78%) compared to 52% in government schools and 51% in non-government ones. Over 95% of the NGO school teachers, 53% of government, 17% of non-government and 6.5% in kindergarten schools were trained in pre-primary education.  Two-thirds of the pre-primary teachers were females the percentage of whom was highest in the NGO schools (98%) which are 70% in both government schools and kindergartens, and 60% in non-government schools.

 The study said that a huge number of children of pre-primary age were still out of the network of education. The number may be as high as 1.5 million among children aged five years and 3.8 million if the children of age four were added. It was recommended that pre-primary education should be made an integral part of compulsory education.