Sunita at Pratham just emailed me this: The 2008 Annual Status of Education Report! Statistics for Andhra Pradesh are here: http://asercentre.org/asersurvey/aser08/data/ap/ap-enr-08.php The data shows more kids staying in school until 10th grade (standard) but there is a sharp, sharp drop off after that. For more on 10th standard testing in India, click here. WARNING! This includes a test to see if you're smarter than an Indian 10th grader (it is a hard test).
a Government School in the Masthan Nagar Neighborhood, Hyderabad