Decline in young population since 2011 causing decline in student enrolment, suggests NCERT study
The report said that enrolment is a function of population, so a decline in the child population in the age groups of 6-11, 11-14, and 14-16 years is reflected in the enrolment at each stage. The study considered NAS reports from 21 states where the population was more than 5 million in the 2011 Population Census of India, saying "there is much fluctuation in the data of the North Eastern states and some statistics are not available."