What decides your value in your current organization? You can have two answers, your skill sets and of course your degree or precise educational qualification. What should be the educational qualification for becoming a member of parliament (MP) or for policy formulation of the world's most populated country? Well, in India it's none. To become a member of parliament, candidates are not bound to have a certain level of education or degree. It might look ironic to some but may not bother others. Whatever it is, we offer you an enhanced perspective of what data regarding the educational qualifications of politicians in India reveals and how it is related to the country's inclusive development. Changing scenario over the years The debate over the educational qualifications of Indian politicians is not new.

Over the years, the importance of educational qualification has been underlined in the context of public participation and accountability. Also, the currently available data arriving from various research reveals that the ongoing notion of politicians being ‘ predominantly uneducated’ is an old tale. Among current Lok Sabha MPs, 42.84% are graduates, 28.88% are postgraduates and 23.49% are at least 5th pass. If we go by numbers, 128 MPs have completed education till class 5th, 233 have graduated, and 157 are postgraduates. Some hold doctorates and have other higher qualifications. ( The above-cited data is from the Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University)

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