New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- All over the country, nearly 84,000 government and government-aided schools have shut down, and student enrolment has declined by nearly 15 million since 2018-19. Access to basic facilities like electricity, toilets, internet, and computers remains limited in several states, painting a bleak picture of the public education system in India.

A Mint analysis of government and government-aided school data in 21 states and Union territories with over 10 million population on eight indicators-school closure, decline in enrolment, and access to electricity, drinking water, toilets, library, computers and the internet-shows Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar...