The stage transition ratios from primary to upper primary level of education indicate that they are very high in most of the states. Further expansion of primary eduction will have a demand for expansion of upper primary education ever when transition ratios remain the same in certain cases expansion of primary education mat be accompanied by an increase in the inter stage transition ratios. Under such circumstances. The demand for expansion of upper primary education system may be rather high. In states which are educationally more advanced the primary stage completion rates and inter stage transition .