3. Caste
Looking at the two most common castes, as defined by the Indian government, namely Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), the average performance of children from a SC background (43.7%) is higher than the average performance of children with an OBC background (38.0%).
In line with these results, average attendance also tends to be higher for children with an SC background (78.1%) than the average attendance of children with an OBC background (73.9%).
Gyan Shala treats both groups equally. It should be noted that the results may not be entirely reliable because students often associate themselves with either group, erroneously.
The difference occurs in all grades but is most pronounced in grade 8 with an average performance score of 45.8% for SC and 37.9% for OBC, creating a difference of 7.9%.
Followed by grade 6 with a 7.1% difference and grade 9 with a 6.3% difference. The difference between SC and OBC is smallest in grade 7 with only 3.5%.
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