What makes a community, especially a religious one, educationally backward?

What makes a community — especially a religious one — educationally backward?  The data from the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MMA) suggests that lack of trying by the government is not a reason.

As a follow-up to the Sachar Committee recommendations, the MMA commissioned a study to understand the reasons for high school drop-out rates in minority-dominated areas. It found that in Assam’s Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) like Barpeta, Darrang and Dhubri, 88.89 per cent to 100 per cent of the schools at the primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level were pucca buildings. In Mewat district, separate toilet facilities