Lok Sabha Question No. 2016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Students’ Dropout Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2016 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER, 2016

## Students' Dropout Rate

2016.  SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that most of the children in the country are out of school and majority of the enrolled students leave their education incomplete;

(b)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the high dropout rate among girls is common in the country and if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State/UT-wise;

(e) whether the Government proposes any scheme aimed at reinstating/ mainstreaming school dropouts or students from the Madarsas, minority institutions and provide quality education to each and every child;

(f) if so, the details thereof along with the number of students benefitted from the same; and

(g) the details of various stakeholders consulted in the designing of the said programmes and their implementation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)  to  (c):  As  per  an  independent  survey  commissioned  by  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development (MHRD) in 2014, 60.64 lakh children were estimated to be out of school in the age group of 6-13 years. The number of out of school children has declined from 134.59 lakh in 2005 to 60.64 lakh in 2014 in the same age group.

The dropout rate of students alongwith other educational indicators is captured through Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE). As per UDISE data, the average annual dropout  rate  at  elementary  level  has  declined  from  4.15%  in  2013-14  to  4.10%  in  2014-15, whereas at the secondary level the dropout rate has reduced from 17.86% in 2013-14 to 17.06% in 2014-15.

(d): The dropout rate among girls in the country at elementary level has consistently declined in the  last  three  years.  Dropout  rates  of  girls  during  2012-13,  2013-14  and  2014-15  are  4.45%, 4.26% and 4.09% at elementary level.

At secondary level, as per UDISE data, the dropout rate of the girls for the year 2012-13, 201314 and 2014-15 are 14.54%, 17.79% and 16.88% respectively. State/UT-wise details of dropout rate of girls at elementary and secondary level as per UDISE, during the last three years are at Annexure.

(e) & (f): Section 4 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children. Those children who have missed out certain academic years either because they were never enrolled in school or  dropped out of school, have a right to special training in residential and non residential mode, subsequently to be mainstreamed in formal schools in age appropriate class. Facility of special training is also extended to children studying in unaided Madarsas for mainstreaming them in regular schools.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rs. 103.07 lakh children  have  benefitted  from  the  special  training  from  2011-12  to  2015-16.  For  the  year 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 64204.69 lakh has been approved for special training of 11,29,881 children, out of which Rs. 7051.35 lakh has been approved for special training of 1,38,941 children studying in Madarsas.

The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme was launched in 2009 with one of  the  objectives  to  reduce  dropout  rate  of  students  and  to  improve  retention  rate  at  the secondary  stage.  The  scheme  provides  for  improving  access  by  approving  new  secondary school and by provisioning for additional classrooms, science laboratory, library, computer rooms, art/craft/culture rooms, toilets, drinking water facilities etc. in new secondary schools and existing secondary schools, to reduce dropout. Interventions like survey and identification  of  out  of  school  children,  awareness  programme,  bridge  courses,  special teaching  for  learning  enhancement  etc.  have  also  been  supported  under  RMSA  to  address issue relating to dropout. Under RMSA, 12,394 secondary schools have been approved since inception across all States/UTs, out of which 10,397 secondary schools have already become functional.  RMSA has also supported strengthening of infrastructure of existing schools in 37,382 Government Secondary Schools in India.

The MHRD is also implementing the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarsas (SPQEM) to encourage traditional institutions like Madarsas and Maktabs by giving financial assistance  to  introduce  science,  mathematics,  social  studies,  Hindi  and  English  in  their curriculum  so  that  academic  proficiency  for  Classes  I  to  XII  is  attainable  for  children studying in these institutions.

(g): There is greater emphasis on community involvement and ownership in the management of schools  after  RTE  Act,  2009  came  into  force.  School  Management  Committees  are  being constituted  with  75%  members  being  the  parents  of  children  studying  in  respective  schools. The purpose of greater parental participation is to involve all stakeholders in the functioning of the schools and to empower the community to run schools as per their aspirations.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2016  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28 TH NOVEMBER,  2016  ASKED  BY SHRI  RAM  CHARAN  BOHRA,  SHRIMATI  POONAMBEN  MAADAM,  SHRI  J.J.T. NATTERJEE  AND  SHRIMATI  RANJANBEN  BHATT  REGARDING  'STUDENTS' DROPOUT RATE'

Annual Average Dropout Rate of Girls at Elementary & Secondary Level

|         |                          | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Secondary Level   | Secondary Level   | Secondary Level   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT                 | 2012- 13           | 2013- 14           | 2014- 15           | 2012- 13          | 2013- 14          | 2014- 15          |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0.73               | 1.24               | 1.08               | 5.55              | 5.98              | 8.16              |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 3.21               | 4.29               | 6.32               | 13.25             | 13.37             | 15.60             |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 12.81              | 9.13               | 9.45               | 11.77             | 12.75             | 15.81             |
| 4       | Assam                    | 5.81               | 6.64               | 13.35              | 27.79             | 32.10             | 29.28             |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 0.00               | 2.20               | 0.73               | 31.28             | 26.05             | 26.62             |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 0.00               | 0.00               | 0.00               | -                 | -                 | -                 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 4.29               | 2.16               | 3.45               | 14.89             | 22.72             | 19.92             |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1.91               | 3.30               | 2.52               | 22.00             | 26.83             | 15.08             |
| 9       | Daman &Diu               | 0.00               | 1.71               | 1.28               | 12.25             | 20.33             | 29.73             |
| 10      | Delhi                    | 0.00               | 0.00               | 0.00               | 4.21              | 6.64              | 9.80              |
| 11      | Goa                      | 0.00               | 0.18               | 0.61               | 6.26              | 7.19              | 7.68              |
| 12      | Gujarat                  | 3.71               | 3.50               | 3.69               | 12.95             | 19.81             | 23.24             |
| 13      | Haryana                  | 0.97               | 1.58               | 5.86               | 9.93              | 13.27             | 15.30             |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh         | 0.43               | 0.58               | 1.00               | 8.40              | 8.83              | 5.80              |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 5.67               | 5.18               | 6.35               | 17.96             | 16.14             | 17.65             |
| 16      | Jharkhand                | 6.72               | 6.45               | 6.30               | 19.20             | 23.32             | 24.56             |
| 17      | Karnataka                | 3.45               | 2.40               | 2.77               | 39.07             | 26.57             | 24.52             |
| 18      | Kerala                   | 0.00               | 0.00               | 0.00               | 6.38              | 11.40             | 9.52              |
| 19      | Lakshadweep              | 1.35               | 0.00               | 0.91               | 9.17              | 7.65              | 4.96              |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           | 7.79               | 11.51              | 8.12               | 16.39             | 27.91             | 25.97             |
| 21      | Maharashtra              | 1.66               | 0.92               | 1.83               | 15.72             | 13.78             | 12.58             |
| 22      | Manipur                  | 8.69               | 15.33              | 8.26               | 11.35             | 15.28             | 15.86             |
| 23      | Meghalaya                | 8.49               | 8.76               | 7.85               | 25.02             | 23.99             | 20.27             |
| 24      | Mizoram                  | 22.47              | 10.87              | 7.98               | 20.65             | 17.37             | 20.73             |
| 25      | Nagaland                 | 7.79               | 19.09              | 3.13               | 26.33             | 36.08             | 18.47             |
| 26      | Odisha                   | 3.50               | 2.86               | 3.02               | 49.62             | 49.57             | 29.37             |
| 27      | Puducherry               | 0.67               | 0.67               | 0.50               | 11.72             | 10.02             | 9.36              |
| 28      | Punjab                   | 2.35               | 1.93               | 3.36               | 10.30             | 8.71              | 8.39              |
| 29      | Rajasthan                | 8.10               | 8.76               | 4.61               | 14.49             | 20.06             | 13.40             |
| 30      | Sikkim                   | 2.81               | 3.69               | 0.80               | 8.64              | 12.14             | 14.39             |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu               | 3.36               | 2.04               | -                  | 5.86              | 7.99              | 4.36              |
| 32      | Telangana                | NA                 | 5.30               | 2.02               |                   | 16.86             | 14.50             |
| 33      | Tripura                  | 2.45               | 3.06               | 1.34               | 26.99             | 25.70             | 28.83             |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            | 8.03               | 5.08               | 6.90               | -                 | 7.35              | 10.60             |
| 35      | Uttarakhand              | 1.11               | 2.39               | 2.91               | 10.45             | 7.44              | 9.46              |
| 36      | West Bengal              | 5.18               | 2.64               | 1.58               | 19.41             | 19.77             | 19.06             |
|         | Total                    | 4.45               | 4.26               | 4.09               | 14.54             | 17.79             | 16.88             |

Source: UDISE