This factsheet sets out headline findings on education and learning from Round 7 of the Young Lives survey in India, carried out in 2023–24 when the Younger Cohort was 22 years old and the Older Cohort was 29.  It outlines changes in education and learning over time by comparing the Younger Cohort at age 22 with the Older Cohort at the same age in 2016, and exploring the Younger Cohort's progression from age 15 to 22.  The headlines on education and learning in India are: 

• Over the last seven years, secondary school completion has improved.
• University enrolment has increased among the 22-year-olds in 2023 compared to 2016.
• Early life inequalities predict education outcomes, particularly higher education enrolment and school completion by age 22.
• The gender gap in secondary completion has closed by age 22. However, women are less likely to enrol in university.
• Women who married before the legal age, or had children at early ages achieve the lowest education outcomes.
• Internet access has grown substantially, but a digital divide by gender, wealth and caste, though reduced, still persists.
• More schooling years and higher completion rates have not translated into an improvement in reading comprehension test performance between ages 15 and 22.
• Policies addressing the additional barriers faced by women from disadvantaged

This factsheet is one of a series sharing headline findings from Round 7.  In addition to education and learning, there are factsheets on health, nutrition and well-being, and work and family lives  in Ethiopia, India and Peru.  You can access all the factsheets on our publications page.