Lok Sabha Question No. 2656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Girls Dropout
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Girls Dropout

## †2656. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

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

- (a) whether the number of school dropouts among the girls in the rural areas is more than that of the urban areas in the country;
- (b) if so, the gender-wise, class-wise, State-wise data of the same during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted or proposes to conduct a study/ assessment regarding the increase in the school dropouts in the rural as well as urban areas of the country; and
- (d) if so, the corrective measures taken/being taken by the Government to deal with main problems and the reasons responsible for school dropouts?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) Report for the year 2015-16, Average  Annual  Drop-out  Rate  of  Girls  in  Rural  &  Urban  areas  for  different  level  of  school Education is mentioned in the table below:

## Average Annual Drop-out Rate of Girls

|       |   Primary | Upper Primary   |   Secondary |
|-------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|
| Rural |      5.02 | 7.11            |       22.1  |
| Urban |      0.17 | -               |        5.31 |

- (b) State-wise, Gender-wise & Level-wise Average Annual Drop-out Rates during the last 3 years are given at Annexure.

(c) Every year the Government is collecting country-wide information to assess different educational parameters including school drop-outs through the Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) for planning, appraisal and program assessment.

(d)The Central Government is implementing several schemes in collaboration with State Governments  to  reduce  dropout  rate  and  increase  the  quality  of  education.  Various  measures taken  under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  programme  include  enhancing  access  to  schools, strengthening school infrastructure like school building, additional classrooms, toilets, drinking water facilities etc., improving the Pupil-Teacher ratio (PTR). In addition, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas or residential schools for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minorities at upper primary level in educationally backward blocks of the country have  been  set  up.  The  Mid  Day  Meal  Scheme  is  also  being  implemented  with  a  view  to  enhance enrolment and retention of children in schools. Further, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has been launched for universal access to secondary education.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Rural Areas (As per U-DISE 2013-14)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1.17                           | 0.65                           | 0.91                           | 0.52                           | 1.01                           | 0.76                           | 7.27                           | 8.58                           | 7.89                           |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 5.95                           | 5.85                           | 5.90                           | 5.70                           | 5.97                           | 5.84                           | 20.18                          | 22.86                          | 21.49                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 18.93                          | 17.10                          | 18.04                          | 10.09                          | 13.48                          | 11.81                          | 24.44                          | 24.31                          | 24.38                          |
| Assam                    | 7.92                           | 6.26                           | 7.09                           | 9.30                           | 7.99                           | 8.62                           | 29.80                          | 31.26                          | 30.57                          |
| Bihar                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.06                           | 3.69                           | 3.38                           | 31.55                          | 33.51                          | 32.49                          |
| Chandigarh               | 42.64                          | 43.19                          | 42.91                          | 35.32                          | 34.50                          | 34.93                          | 19.67                          | 45.23                          | 32.48                          |
| Chhattisgarh             | 5.41                           | 5.13                           | 5.27                           | 8.95                           | 7.90                           | 8.43                           | 18.58                          | 18.10                          | 18.34                          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.20                           | 5.18                           | 4.12                           | 32.98                          | 29.23                          | 31.32                          |
| Daman &Diu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 20.62                          | 20.96                          | 20.79                          |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 9.88                           | 4.47                           | 7.61                           |
| Goa                      | 1.08                           | 0.68                           | 0.89                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 12.95                          | 11.16                          | 12.10                          |
| Gujarat                  | 1.94                           | 2.90                           | 2.39                           | 6.90                           | 12.75                          | 9.58                           | 19.88                          | 20.40                          | 20.09                          |
| Haryana                  | 4.35                           | 3.56                           | 3.99                           | 4.51                           | 4.31                           | 4.42                           | 17.69                          | 17.15                          | 17.45                          |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 0.86                           | 0.94                           | 0.90                           | 1.28                           | 1.40                           | 1.34                           | 10.25                          | 10.44                          | 10.34                          |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 7.95                           | 6.84                           | 7.42                           | 6.93                           | 7.23                           | 7.07                           | 24.56                          | 27.62                          | 25.95                          |
| Jharkhand                | 8.29                           | 7.55                           | 7.92                           | 8.41                           | 8.58                           | 8.49                           | 26.12                          | 26.83                          | 26.46                          |
| Karnataka                | 3.64                           | 3.20                           | 3.43                           | 7.14                           | 8.49                           | 7.78                           | 42.34                          | 41.56                          | 41.98                          |
| Kerala                   | -                              |                                |                                |                                | 0.33                           | -                              | 14.45                          | 8.90                           | 11.82                          |
|                          |                                | -                              | -                              | -                              |                                |                                |                                |                                |                                |
| Lakshadweep              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 2.33                           | -                              | - 27.29                        |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 6.76                           | 7.00                           | 6.88                           | 10.53                          | 13.35                          | 11.96                          | 25.37                          | 29.37 22.88                    | 22.72                          |
| Maharashtra              | 2.55                           | 2.44                           | 2.50                           | 2.58                           | 4.61                           | 3.53                           | 22.58                          |                                |                                |
| Manipur                  | 12.95                          | 12.18                          | 12.56                          | 7.23                           | 9.12                           | 8.17                           | 18.18                          | 21.63                          | 19.91                          |
| Meghalaya                | 13.04                          | 11.17                          | 12.10                          | 11.76                          | 11.45                          | 11.60                          | 31.20                          | 30.46                          | 30.81                          |
| Mizoram                  | 33.58                          | 33.13                          | 33.37                          | 27.86                          | 28.36                          | 28.10                          | 38.83                          | 38.30                          | 38.57                          |
| Nagaland                 | 11.69                          | 11.72                          | 11.71                          | 17.55                          | 17.29                          | 17.42                          | 43.35                          | 43.62                          | 43.49                          |
| Odisha                   | 4.14                           | 3.93                           | 4.04                           | 4.66                           | 4.20                           | 4.43                           | 50.65                          | 50.43                          | 50.54                          |
| Puducherry               | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.37                           | 1.77                           | 1.02                           | 23.53                          | 13.60                          | 19.00                          |
| Punjab                   | 2.82                           | 2.91                           | 2.86                           | 4.51                           | 5.15                           | 4.79                           | 16.75                          | 18.77                          | 17.63                          |
| Rajasthan                | 8.69                           | 10.11                          | 9.36                           | 5.44                           | 8.70                           | 6.91                           | 21.40                          | 19.62                          | 20.66                          |
| Sikkim                   | 5.22                           | 2.66                           | 4.00                           | 3.29                           | 3.13                           | 3.20                           | 11.33                          | 8.83                           | 9.97                           |
| Tamil Nadu               | 3.73                           | 4.41                           | 4.06                           | 1.77                           | 4.69                           | 3.17                           | 18.43                          | 12.86                          | 15.82                          |
| Telangana                | 8.27                           | 7.58                           | 7.93                           | 4.10                           | 4.70                           | 4.40                           | 20.50                          | 20.99                          | 20.74                          |
| Tripura Uttar Pradesh    | 3.60 10.84                     | 3.53 10.39                     | 3.57 10.62                     | 5.10 1.12                      | 5.46 5.08                      | 5.28 3.13                      | 28.56 -                        | 31.81 -                        | 30.13 -                        |
| Uttarakhand              | 1.79                           | 2.01                           | 1.89                           | 1.15                           | 2.73                           | 1.93                           | 9.68                           | 11.50                          | 10.56                          |
| West Bengal              | 7.06                           | 5.86                           | 6.47                           | 6.46                           | 4.00                           | 5.17                           | 16.96                          | 21.54                          | 19.40                          |
| All India                | 6.04                           | 5.84                           | 5.94                           | 4.71                           | 6.30                           | 5.49                           | 19.33                          | 19.28                          | 19.31                          |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

## Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Urban Areas (As per U-DISE 2013-14)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0.06                           | 0.19                           | 0.12                           | 3.07                           | 1.24                           | 2.20                           | 1.94                           | -                              | 0.63                           |
| Andhra Pradesh           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 4.22                           | 4.77                           | 4.49                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Assam                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.24                           | 6.91                           | 4.18                           |
| Bihar                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 19.53                          | 22.23                          | 20.81                          |
| Chandigarh               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Chhattisgarh             | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.41                           | 6.75                           | 5.62                           |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 3.35                           | 2.46                           | 2.95                           | 1.11                           | 2.02                           | 1.52                           | 14.23                          | 9.10                           | 11.93                          |
| Daman &Diu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | 2.00                           | 2.41                           | 2.18                           | 1.06                           | 1.85                           | 1.42                           |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.45                           | -                              | 6.18                           | 4.20                           | 5.28                           |
| Goa                      | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.82                           | -                              | 2.37                           |
| Gujarat                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 5.36                           | 2.78                           | 4.28                           |
| Haryana                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Himachal Pradesh         | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 2.27                           | 1.27                           | 1.81                           | 0.45                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jharkhand                | 1.48                           | 3.76                           | 2.58                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Karnataka                | 2.98                           | 1.36                           | 2.20                           | 1.61                           | 0.30                           | 0.97                           | 38.48                          | 36.15                          | 37.31                          |
| Kerala                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.68                           | -                              | 1.56                           |
| Lakshadweep              | 22.90                          | 28.82                          | 25.87                          | 35.15                          | 53.81                          | 44.67                          | 14.14                          | 45.77                          | 28.96                          |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 3.01                           | 5.03                           | 3.96                           | -                              | 2.19                           | 0.02                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Maharashtra              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.37                           | -                              | 9.59                           | 7.62                           | 8.68                           |
| Manipur                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.99                           | -                              | 0.40                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Meghalaya                | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 16.87                          | 12.15                          | 14.25                          |
| Mizoram                  | 9.49                           | 10.12                          | 9.80                           | 10.70                          | 10.46                          | 10.58                          | 12.32                          | 11.26                          | 11.78                          |
| Nagaland                 | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 11.07                          | 10.16                          | 10.62                          |
| Odisha                   | -                              | 0.17                           | -                              | 0.48                           | -                              | -                              | 46.75                          | 44.65                          | 45.72                          |
| Puducherry               | 1.00                           | 1.48                           | 1.25                           | 0.29                           | 0.49                           | 0.39                           | 13.99                          | 10.36                          | 12.15                          |
| Punjab                   | 0.44                           | 0.17                           | 0.32                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Rajasthan                | 1.71                           | 3.71                           | 2.61                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 2.19                           | -                              |
| Sikkim                   | 2.22                           | 0.35                           | 1.32                           | -                              | 6.30                           | 2.88                           | 5.27                           | 7.91                           | 6.62                           |
| Tamil Nadu               | 4.43                           | 3.65                           | 4.05                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 9.29                           | -                              | 3.92                           |
| Telangana                | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.60                           | -                              | 0.25                           | 1.05                           | -                              | 0.25                           |
| Tripura                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 6.20                           | 9.16                           | 7.69                           |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 8.76                           | 7.92                           | 8.36                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Uttarakhand              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 7.08                           | 7.36                           | 7.21                           |
| West Bengal              | 5.78                           | 4.76                           | 5.27                           | 5.47                           | 4.70                           | 5.08                           | 8.04                           | 11.35                          | 9.72                           |
| All India                | 0.20                           | 0.59                           | 0.39                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.75                           | 3.82                           | 3.78                           |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Rural Areas (As per U-DISE 2014-15)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 5.75                           | 4.82                           | 5.29                           | 3.99                           | 4.68                           | 4.32                           | 15.10                          | 14.96                          | 15.03                          |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 6.32                           | 6.14                           | 6.23                           | 5.23                           | 5.71                           | 5.47                           | 18.91                          | 21.94                          | 20.40                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 14.96                          | 13.48                          | 14.23                          | 12.57                          | 15.15                          | 13.87                          | 29.09                          | 25.88                          | 27.58                          |
| Assam                    | 9.67                           | 8.09                           | 8.89                           | 9.43                           | 8.43                           | 8.91                           | 33.33                          | 36.01                          | 34.73                          |
| Bihar                    | 3.43                           | 2.68                           | 3.06                           | 6.33                           | 6.14                           | 6.24                           | 27.24                          | 28.32                          | 27.76                          |
| Chandigarh               | -                              | -                              | -                              | - -                            |                                | -                              | 0.58                           | 23.23                          | 11.78                          |
| Chhattisgarh             | 2.90                           | 2.72                           | 2.81                           | 7.28                           | 6.82                           | 7.06                           | 27.49                          | 26.20                          | 26.84                          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0.79                           | 1.74                           | 1.24                           | 4.56                           | 6.79                           | 5.60                           | 35.39                          | 35.26                          | 35.33                          |
| Daman &Diu               | 2.45                           | 2.52                           | 2.48                           | 6.66                           | 6.71                           | 6.68                           | 27.01                          | 31.61                          | 29.24                          |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.04                           | -                              | 11.26                          | 7.93                           | 9.80                           |
| Goa                      | 0.25                           | 0.39                           | 0.32                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.80                          | 12.65                          | 13.80                          |
| Gujarat                  | 1.78                           | 1.84                           | 1.81                           | 7.38                           | 11.69                          | 9.34                           | 27.75                          | 24.84                          | 26.58                          |
| Haryana                  | 2.09                           | 2.28                           | 2.18                           | 4.69                           | 6.26                           | 5.41                           | 18.27                          | 18.66                          | 18.44                          |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 1.13                           | 0.80                           | 0.97                           | 1.31                           | 1.83                           | 1.56                           | 11.68                          | 11.17                          | 11.44                          |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 7.03                           | 6.60                           | 6.83                           | 5.89                           | 7.26                           | 6.54                           | 24.03                          | 27.19                          | 25.48                          |
| Jharkhand                | 7.83                           | 6.67                           | 7.26                           | 9.55                           | 9.57                           | 9.56                           | 30.23                          | 30.90                          | 30.56                          |
| Karnataka                | 4.16                           | 3.66                           | 3.92                           | 5.11                           | 6.32                           | 5.69                           | 35.04                          | 33.41                          | 34.28                          |
| Kerala                   | 0.09                           | 0.35                           | 0.21                           | -                              | 0.95                           | 0.45                           | 18.00                          | 12.46                          | 15.38                          |
| Lakshadweep              | -                              | -                              | -                              | - -                            |                                | -                              | 7.10                           | 7.84                           | 7.53                           |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 10.64                          | 10.71                          | 10.67                          | 14.06                          | 16.89                          | 15.48                          | 32.66                          | 34.86                          | 33.72                          |
| Maharashtra              | 1.69                           | 1.54                           | 1.62                           | 0.57                           | 2.84                           | 1.63                           | 19.64                          | 20.03                          | 19.82                          |
| Manipur                  | 19.53                          | 20.60                          | 20.06                          | 7.76                           | 6.92                           | 7.34                           | 15.75                          | 18.89                          | 17.33                          |
| Meghalaya                | 12.69                          | 11.06                          | 11.88                          | 8.14                           | 10.00                          | 9.12                           | 35.10                          | 35.52                          | 35.32                          |
| Mizoram                  | 9.76                           | 12.15                          | 10.90                          | 10.26                          | 12.03                          | 11.11                          | 42.03                          | 38.64                          | 40.43                          |
| Nagaland                 | 23.19                          | 23.75                          | 23.46                          | 25.02                          | 24.22                          | 24.63                          | 46.31                          | 49.06                          | 47.70                          |
| Odisha                   | 3.61                           | 3.83                           | 3.72                           | 4.20                           | 3.67                           | 3.94                           | 50.37                          | 50.19                          | 50.28                          |
| Puducherry               | 11.62                          | 2.10                           | 7.28                           | 10.13                          | 3.84                           | 7.25                           | 30.38                          | 17.74                          | 24.61                          |
| Punjab                   | 2.73                           | 2.89                           | 2.80                           | 4.67                           | 5.99                           | 5.25                           | 17.05                          | 18.30                          | 17.59                          |
| Rajasthan                | 9.18                           | 10.30                          | 9.71                           | 7.29                           | 10.36                          | 8.67                           | 26.28                          | 26.17                          | 26.23                          |
| Sikkim                   | 6.93                           | 4.45                           | 5.75                           | 8.18                           | 5.07                           | 6.57                           | 15.68                          | 15.00                          | 15.31                          |
| Tamil Nadu               | 1.60                           | 1.87                           | 1.73                           | 5.87                           | 6.46                           | 6.15                           | 19.75                          | 13.11                          | 16.66                          |
| Telangana                | 9.65                           | 8.99                           | 9.33                           | 5.89                           | 5.91                           | 5.90                           | 24.62                          | 24.64                          | 24.63                          |
| Tripura                  | 4.81                           | 4.87                           | 4.84                           | 5.63                           | 4.59                           | 5.12                           | 29.58                          | 31.14                          | 30.33                          |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 8.13                           | 6.46                           | 7.31                           | -                              | 3.02                           | 0.94                           | 8.97                           | 8.57                           | 8.78                           |
| Uttarakhand              | 4.38                           | 4.11                           | 4.25                           | 3.22                           | 3.67                           | 3.44                           | 11.97                          | 9.73                           | 10.89                          |
| West Bengal              | 4.41                           | 3.26                           | 3.85                           | 6.78                           | 3.93                           | 5.29                           | 19.44                          | 22.55                          | 21.11                          |
| All India                | 5.86                           | 5.27                           | 5.57                           | 5.04                           | 6.42                           | 5.72                           | 22.19                          | 22.31                          | 22.25                          |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

## Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Urban Areas (As per U-DISE 2014-15)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Andhra Pradesh           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.76                           | 0.30                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Assam                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.37                           | 9.46                           | 5.60                           |
| Bihar                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.20                          | 16.74                          | 15.41                          |
| Chandigarh               | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.63                           | 2.86                           | 2.17                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Chhattisgarh             | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.93                          | 13.79                          | 14.35                          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1.55                           | 3.09                           | 2.25                           | 0.20                           | 0.65                           | 0.40                           | 19.95                          | 9.87                           | 15.54                          |
| Daman &Diu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 10.89                          | 4.77                           | 8.22                           |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.25                           | 2.41                           | 2.86                           | 10.79                          | 6.61                           | 8.88                           |
| Goa                      | -                              | 0.25                           | 0.03                           | -                              | 0.61                           | -                              | 7.34                           | -                              | 3.72                           |
| Gujarat                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.79                           | -                              | 15.95                          | 13.11                          | 14.77                          |
| Haryana                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.37                           | 2.74                           | 1.39                           |
| Himachal Pradesh         | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | -                              | 0.34                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jharkhand                | 1.24                           | 0.97                           | 1.11                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.58                           | 0.12                           | 0.88                           |
| Karnataka                | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 19.85                          | 18.70                          | 19.28                          |
| Kerala                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.90                          | 8.26                           | 11.52                          |
| Lakshadweep              | 16.48                          | 9.74                           | 13.27                          | 15.43                          | 28.71                          | 21.52                          | 11.76                          | 6.69                           | 9.75                           |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 7.98                           | 9.51                           | 8.69                           | -                              | 4.71                           | 2.22                           | 13.94                          | 16.24                          | 14.98                          |
| Maharashtra              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 9.73                           | 6.82                           | 8.39                           |
| Manipur                  | 8.34                           | 11.32                          | 9.82                           | 7.01                           | 5.80                           | 6.42                           | 5.04                           | 6.97                           | 5.97                           |
| Meghalaya                | 0.57                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Mizoram                  | 16.17                          | 14.92                          | 15.56                          | 3.14                           | -                              | 1.30                           | 6.31                           | 6.03                           | 6.17                           |
| Nagaland                 | 10.42                          | 11.11                          | 10.76                          | 8.22                           | 8.14                           | 8.18                           | 24.01                          | 24.72                          | 24.36                          |
| Odisha                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 43.68                          | 45.96                          | 44.82                          |
| Puducherry               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 7.16                           | 4.35                           | 5.73                           |
| Punjab                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Rajasthan                | 2.88                           | 4.59                           | 3.64                           | -                              | 0.10                           | -                              | -                              | 4.54                           | 0.81                           |
| Sikkim                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 7.28                           | -                              | 3.58                           |
| Tamil Nadu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | 2.41                           | 2.47                           | 2.44                           | 11.84                          | 2.77                           | 7.28                           |
| Telangana                | 0.51                           | 0.23                           | 0.38                           | 2.79                           | 3.15                           | 2.96                           | 8.07                           | 5.39                           | 6.73                           |
| Tripura                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.25                           | 5.93                           | 5.10                           |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 6.68                           | 4.81                           | 5.78                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.81                           | -                              |
| Uttarakhand              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.01                           | -                              | 1.57                           |
| West Bengal              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.67                           | -                              | -                              | 7.15                           | 8.95                           | 8.07                           |
| All India                | 0.29                           | 0.35                           | 0.32                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 8.60                           | 7.75                           | 8.20                           |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Rural Areas (As per U-DISE 2015-16)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 11.64                          | 11.68                          | 11.66                          | 9.80                           | 10.59                          | 10.18                          | 21.48                          | 21.11                          | 21.30                          |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 8.30                           | 8.15                           | 8.22                           | 5.87                           | 6.08                           | 5.97                           | 24.10                          | 25.11                          | 24.60                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 14.76                          | 13.56                          | 14.17                          | 12.74                          | 16.41                          | 14.61                          | 32.01                          | 30.47                          | 31.28                          |
| Assam                    | 18.02                          | 16.44                          | 17.24                          | 12.71                          | 12.58                          | 12.64                          | 30.85                          | 34.11                          | 32.55                          |
| Bihar                    | 0.89                           | -                              | 0.33                           | 7.19                           | 6.69                           | 6.93                           | 28.16                          | 29.44                          | 28.79                          |
| Chandigarh               | 7.75                           | 6.24                           | 7.00                           | 13.00                          | 12.05                          | 12.53                          | 8.29                           | 23.16                          | 15.71                          |
| Chhattisgarh             | 3.79                           | 3.52                           | 3.66                           | 8.66                           | 8.08                           | 8.37                           | 25.57                          | 23.61                          | 24.59                          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0.87                           | 1.31                           | 1.08                           | 5.04                           | 6.64                           | 5.78                           | 23.47                          | 22.55                          | 23.05                          |
| Daman &Diu               | 4.20                           | 1.71                           | 3.07                           | 6.23                           | 7.39                           | 6.78                           | 37.21                          | 32.64                          | 35.02                          |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 12.86                          | -                              | -                              | 23.75                          | 9.41                           |
| Goa                      | 0.60                           | 0.80                           | 0.69                           | -                              | 0.75                           | -                              | 17.93                          | 13.61                          | 15.91                          |
| Gujarat                  | 1.46                           | 1.57                           | 1.52                           | 7.99                           | 12.00                          | 9.83                           | 33.16                          | 31.33                          | 32.41                          |
| Haryana                  | 8.52                           | 8.50                           | 8.51                           | 8.98                           | 9.90                           | 9.40                           | 22.73                          | 20.67                          | 21.82                          |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 1.12                           | 1.38                           | 1.24                           | 1.77                           | 2.38                           | 2.06                           | 8.98                           | 8.67                           | 8.84                           |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 7.84                           | 7.42                           | 7.64                           | 6.04                           | 7.48                           | 6.73                           | 24.59                          | 27.25                          | 25.82                          |
| Jharkhand                | 6.62                           | 5.86                           | 6.24                           | 11.26                          | 11.60                          | 11.43                          | 29.92                          | 30.72                          | 30.32                          |
| Karnataka                | 2.88                           | 2.89                           | 2.88                           | 5.56                           | 7.87                           | 6.67                           | 36.09                          | 33.90                          | 35.07                          |
| Kerala                   | 3.35                           | 3.53                           | 3.44                           | 3.53                           | 4.44                           | 3.97                           | 18.89                          | 13.96                          | 16.54                          |
| Lakshadweep              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 5.73                           | 1.84                           | 3.69                           | 10.79                          | 6.03                           | 8.06                           |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 7.81                           | 7.55                           | 7.68                           | 13.12                          | 15.61                          | 14.36                          | 30.87                          | 33.54                          | 32.14                          |
| Maharashtra              | 2.43                           | 2.18                           | 2.31                           | 2.08                           | 4.46                           | 3.20                           | 17.87                          | 19.50                          | 18.61                          |
| Manipur                  | 12.20                          | 12.30                          | 12.25                          | 4.94                           | 5.70                           | 5.32                           | 19.55                          | 21.46                          | 20.49                          |
| Meghalaya                | 11.67                          | 10.31                          | 10.99                          | 8.45                           | 8.31                           | 8.38                           | 33.11                          | 32.91                          | 33.01                          |
| Mizoram                  | 13.16                          | 12.91                          | 13.04                          | 12.23                          | 11.85                          | 12.05                          | 38.87                          | 36.91                          | 37.94                          |
| Nagaland                 | 7.61                           | 6.60                           | 7.12                           | 11.58                          | 11.05                          | 11.32                          | 32.31                          | 34.62                          | 33.48                          |
| Odisha                   | 4.03                           | 3.87                           | 3.95                           | 5.07                           | 4.56                           | 4.82                           | 32.40                          | 33.18                          | 32.79                          |
| Puducherry               | 2.46                           | 2.18                           | 2.33                           | 3.67                           | 3.45                           | 3.56                           | 19.54                          | 15.43                          | 17.57                          |
| Punjab                   | 5.52                           | 5.74                           | 5.62                           | 5.97                           | 7.16                           | 6.50                           | 18.04                          | 19.47                          | 18.66                          |
| Rajasthan                | 5.38                           | 5.55                           | 5.46                           | 4.00                           | 5.12                           | 4.51                           | 20.19                          | 17.69                          | 19.13                          |
| Sikkim                   | 4.81                           | 1.58                           | 3.29                           | 3.10                           | 2.45                           | 2.76                           | 21.08                          | 18.24                          | 19.55                          |
|                          |                                |                                |                                | 0.43                           | 1.72                           | 1.05                           | 15.21                          | 10.38                          | 12.93                          |
| Tamil Nadu               | -                              | 0.04                           | -                              |                                |                                |                                |                                |                                |                                |
| Telangana                | 8.21                           | 7.67                           | 7.94                           | 6.73                           | 6.36                           | 6.55                           | 29.87                          | 29.00                          | 29.44                          |
| Tripura                  | 1.95                           | 1.96                           | 1.95                           | 4.37                           | 3.91                           | 4.14                           | 33.16                          | 33.90                          | 33.52                          |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 9.46                           | 8.35                           | 8.92                           | 2.38                           | 6.18                           | 4.29                           | 12.15                          | 11.91                          | 12.04                          |
| Uttarakhand              | 5.11                           | 4.46                           | 4.80                           | 2.85                           | 4.10                           | 3.46                           | 12.73                          | 11.72                          | 12.25                          |
| West Bengal              | 3.05                           | 1.70                           | 2.39                           | 7.32                           | 3.80                           | 5.49                           | 19.43                          | 21.75                          | 20.69                          |
| All India                | 5.66                           | 5.02                           | 5.35                           | 5.90                           | 7.11                           | 6.49                           | 21.98                          | 22.10                          | 22.04                          |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 for 12.03.2018 by SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: regarding Girls' Dropout .

Average Annual Drop-out Rate -for Urban Areas (As per U-DISE 2015-16)

|                          | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   | Average Annual Drop-out Rate   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                          | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Primary Level                  | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Upper Primary Level            | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                | Secondary Level                |
| State/UT                 | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          | Boys                           | Girls                          | Total                          |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | - -                            | -                              |                                |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 2.57                           | 3.80                           | 3.15                           | 3.56                           | 3.74                           | 3.65                           | 0.37                           | -                              | -                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.29                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 0.82                           | -                              | -                              |
| Assam                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 3.03                           | -                              |
| Bihar                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 12.83                          | 14.37                          | 13.57                          |
| Chandigarh               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Chhattisgarh             | 0.26                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.63                          | 9.82                           | 12.20                          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 2.97                           | 1.33                           | 2.24                           | 0.37                           | -                              | -                              | 7.48                           | -                              | 3.59                           |
| Daman &Diu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 31.24                          | 25.77                          | 28.83                          |
| Delhi                    | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.29                           | 0.35                           | 0.86                           | 13.84                          | 9.55                           | 11.85                          |
| Goa                      | 0.67                           | 0.90                           | 0.79                           | 1.19                           | -                              | 0.37                           | 8.92                           | -                              | 4.47                           |
| Gujarat                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.75                           | -                              | 16.77                          | 12.21                          | 14.88                          |
| Haryana                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 5.05                           | 5.26                           | 5.14                           |
| Himachal Pradesh         | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 3.66                           | 3.25                           | 3.47                           | 1.54                           | 0.70                           | 1.15                           | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Jharkhand                | 1.71                           | -                              | 0.79                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.05                           | 5.53                           | 4.77                           |
| Karnataka                | 0.75                           | 0.64                           | 0.70                           | 0.41                           | -                              | -                              | 16.70                          | 13.61                          | 15.17                          |
| Kerala                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 1.35                           | -                              | -                              |
| Lakshadweep              | 0.81                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 9.01                           | -                              | 3.68                           | -                              | 1.92                           |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 3.13                           | 4.43                           | 3.73                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 13.32                          | 13.75                          | 13.51                          |
| Maharashtra              | -                              | 0.06                           | -                              | -                              | 0.79                           | 0.07                           | 7.51                           | 4.71                           | 6.22                           |
| Manipur                  | -                              | 0.27                           | -                              | -                              | 1.99                           | 0.90                           | -                              | 2.10                           | -                              |
| Meghalaya                | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Mizoram                  | 5.68                           | 5.99                           | 5.83                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 13.48                          | 12.21                          | 12.84                          |
| Nagaland                 | 3.34                           | 1.86                           | 2.62                           | 2.93                           | 3.82                           | 3.37                           | 5.14                           | 3.56                           | 4.35                           |
| Odisha                   | -                              | - -                            | - -                            | -                              | -                              | -                              | 14.84                          | 7.80                           | 11.37 8.19                     |
| Puducherry               | -                              |                                |                                | -                              | -                              | -                              | 11.36                          | 5.03                           |                                |
| Punjab                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Rajasthan                | 3.83                           | 3.14                           | 3.52                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 2.75                           | 0.19                           |
| Sikkim                   | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.74                           | -                              | 0.81                           |
| Tamil Nadu               | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 7.49                           | -                              | 2.75                           |
| Telangana                | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| Tripura                  | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 8.37                           | 11.37                          | 9.92                           |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 7.10                           | 6.36                           | 6.75                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 4.33                           | 1.49                           |
| Uttarakhand              | 1.85                           | 0.89                           | 1.41                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 6.97                           | 3.91                           | 5.52                           |
| West Bengal              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | 5.44                           | 8.54                           | 7.04                           |
| All India                | 0.39                           | 0.17                           | 0.29                           | -                              | -                              | -                              | 6.90                           | 5.31                           | 6.15                           |