The ASER 2023 survey also highlighted that only 28.1 per cent female youth are likely to pursue science, technology, and mathematics courses as against 36.3 per cent of male counterparts
An official nationwide caste census has not been conducted since Independence, numbers collected by private and government entities as part of other data collection exercises provide some insights
In Australia, this level was 20 per cent, Singapore 15 per cent, China 11 per cent and Japan 6 per cent