New Delhi, Nov 10: In a sharp contrast to Unesco observations, Unicef today said India had shown a significant improvement in the field of education, particularly those of girls, and lauded the "enormous" effort being made in the country to eradicate polio. "There has been a significant improvement in the field of education in india, particularly in narrowing the gender gap by educating more girls," Unicef executive director Carol Bellamy, who is here to attend the high-level group meeting on education for all, told a group of reporters.
Noting that India had put in place the fundamental infrastructure for education for all, she expressed confidence that the country would be able to achieve the goal.
"We don't merely look at figures. We look at the trend and it is encouraging," Bellamy said but added that "more" needed to be done in this field.
The Unicef's chief's views contrast those of another UN educational body Unesco which said in a report last week that gender parity in education for girls remains a distant prospect in India despite "slow but significant progress" achieved in 1990s Bureau Report