Lok Sabha Question No. 2271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Drop Out Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2271 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## Drop Out Rate

## 2271. SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

## SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

(a) the ratio of dropouts in various states including Kerala at primary and secondary level during the last three years;

(b) whether the Government has identified any reasons for the ratio of drop outs at primary and secondary levels;

(c)  the  drop  out  ratio  of  girls  and  boys  in  both  secondary  and  primary  level  in  various  states including Kerala during the last three years;

(d)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  drop  out  rate  of  girls  at  secondary  level  is  higher  as  compared  to primary level particularly in Jharkhand and Bihar and if so, the details thereof; and (e) the details of the actions taken by the Government to avoid such drop outs?

## 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) maintained by National Institute  of  Education  Planning  and  Administration,    National  and  State-wise  Annual  average drop-out  rates  of  students  at  primary  and  secondary  levels  including  Kerala  during  2014-2015, 2013-14 and 2012-13 are given at Annexure-I.

(b)  :  As  per  the  National  Sample  Survey  (NSS)  71 st Round  (January-June,  2014)    Report  on 'Social  Consumption:  Education'  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  of Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  and  Report  of  National  Family  Health Survey  -III conducted  by  International  Institute for Population  Sciences  (IIPS)  -  India (designated as  the  nodal  agency  by the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  Govenment  of India),  the  major  reasons  for drop-out are child not  interested in studies,  engagement in household/out-side works and  unable to cope-up with studies/failure.

(c) : As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) maintained by National Institute  of  Education  Planning  and  Administration,    National  and  State-wise  Annual  average drop-out rates of Girls and Boys at secondary and primary levels including Kerala during 20142015, 2013-14 and 2012-13 are given at Annexure-II.

(d) : Annual average drop out rate of girls at secondary level is higher as compared to primary level in almost all the States as well as at the All - India level.

(e)  :  The  Central  Government  is  implementing  several  schemes  in  collaboration  with  State Governments to  reduce dropout rate. 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 PupilTeacher ratio (PTR) as well as strategies for gender  positive  textbooks,  gender  sensitization  of teachers  and  educational  administrators.  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.

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Annexure referred to in reply of  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2271  for  01.01.2018  by SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY regarding Drop Out Rate.

## Average Annual Drop-Out Rate* during 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012- 13

| State/UTs                | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2012-13   | 2012-13   |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State/UTs                | Primary   | Secondary | Primary   | Secondary | Primary   | Secondary |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 0.51      | 9.87      | 1.21      | 7.20      | 0.68      | 5.56      |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 6.72      | 15.71     | 4.35      | 12.65     | 3.18      | 12.72     |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 10.82     | 17.11     | 10.89     | 14.49     | 15.16     | 12.93     |
| Assam                    | 15.36     | 27.06     | 7.44      | 30.43     | 6.24      | 26.77     |
| Bihar                    | -         | 25.90     | 2.09      | 25.33     | -         | 30.14     |
| Chandigarh               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh             | 2.91      | 21.26     | 1.42      | 23.41     | 4.14      | 14.86     |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1.47      | 16.77     | 1.57      | 28.59     | -         | 24.41     |
| Daman &Diu               | 1.11      | 32.27     | 0.85      | 19.86     | -         | 11.52     |
| Delhi                    | -         | 11.81     | -         | 8.90      | -         | 5.32      |
| Goa                      | 0.73      | 11.15     | 0.20      | 9.58      | -         | 7.96      |
| Gujarat                  | 0.89      | 25.04     | 0.76      | 21.61     | 0.74      | 13.55     |
| Haryana                  | 5.61      | 15.89     | 0.41      | 12.51     | 1.29      | 8.98      |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 0.64      | 6.07      | 0.46      | 9.09      | 0.45      | 8.37      |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 6.79      | 17.28     | 5.46      | 15.36     | 6.30      | 17.33     |
| Jharkhand                | 5.48      | 24.00     | 6.41      | 23.15     | 7.21      | 18.50     |
| Karnataka                | 2.02      | 26.18     | 2.32      | 27.57     | 2.97      | 39.92     |
| Kerala                   | -         | 12.32     | -         | 14.46     | -         | 9.45      |
| Lakshadweep              | -         | 6.76      | -         | 8.03      | 2.50      | 7.68      |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 6.59      | 24.77     | 10.14     | 26.47     | 6.11      | 13.63     |
| Maharashtra              | 1.26      | 12.87     | 0.55      | 14.47     | 0.97      | 16.20     |
| Manipur                  | 9.66      | 14.38     | 18.00     | 13.81     | 9.86      | 9.75      |
| Meghalaya                | 9.46      | 20.52     | 10.34     | 24.75     | 10.14     | 26.03     |
| Mizoram                  | 10.10     | 21.88     | 12.96     | 18.70     | 24.11     | 21.42     |
| Nagaland                 | 5.61      | 18.23     | 19.41     | 35.11     | 7.07      | 26.51     |
| Odisha                   | 2.86      | 29.56     | 2.94      | 49.48     | 3.56      | 49.86     |
| Puducherry               | 0.37      | 12.19     | 0.66      | 14.24     | 0.34      | 15.21     |
| Punjab                   | 3.05      | 8.86      | 1.29      | 8.83      | 1.99      | 9.80      |
| Rajasthan                | 5.02      | 13.48     | 8.39      | 18.77     | 7.97      | 13.65     |
| Sikkim                   | 2.27      | 15.89     | 4.57      | 12.89     | 3.60      | 9.23      |
| Tamil Nadu               | -         | 8.10      | 0.46      | 12.20     | 4.06      | 10.20     |
| Telangana                | 2.08      | 15.53     | 5.81      | 17.43     | NA        | NA        |
| Tripura                  | 1.28      | 28.42     | 3.58      | 25.09     | 2.22      | 25.50     |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 8.58      | 10.22     | 7.08      | 7.30      | 10.28     | -         |
| Uttarakhand              | 4.04      | 10.40     | 3.07      | 8.70      | 1.16      | 9.68      |
| West Bengal              | 1.47      | 17.80     | 2.91      | 18.34     | 6.30      | 17.30     |
| All India                | 4.13      | 17.06     | 4.34      | 17.86     | 4.67      | 14.54     |

Source:-  School Education: Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) - 2015-16, 2014-15,

2013- 14, National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration.

Annexure referred to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2271  for  01.01.2018  by SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY regarding Drop Out Rate.

## Average Annual Drop-Out Rate* during 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012- 13

| State/UTs                | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2013-14     | 2013-14     | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2012-13     | 2012-13     |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| State/UTs                | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary | Secondary | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary   | Secondary   | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary   | Secondary   |
| State/UTs                | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys        | Girls       | Boys      | Girls     | Boys        | Girls       |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 0.47      | 0.55      | 11.47     | 8.16      | 1.35      | 1.06      | 8.36        | 5.98        | 0.83      | 0.51      | 5.57        | 5.55        |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 6.57      | 6.89      | 15.81     | 15.60     | 4.31      | 4.39      | 11.95       | 13.37       | 3.30      | 3.05      | 12.21       | 13.25       |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 11.51     | 10.09     | 18.33     | 15.81     | 11.54     | 10.22     | 16.08       | 12.75       | 15.84     | 14.44     | 13.99       | 11.77       |
| Assam                    | 16.07     | 14.65     | 24.64     | 29.28     | 8.19      | 6.68      | 28.59       | 32.10       | 7.02      | 5.46      | 25.65       | 27.79       |
| Bihar                    | 0.35      | -         | 25.21     | 26.62     | 2.38      | 1.79      | 24.67       | 26.05       | -         | -         | 29.11       | 31.28       |
| Chandigarh               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -           | -           | -         | -         | -           | -           |
| Chhattisgarh             | 3.08      | 2.74      | 22.62     | 19.92     | 1.45      | 1.38      | 24.10       | 22.72       | 4.24      | 4.05      | 14.82       | 14.89       |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1.60      | 1.31      | 18.19     | 15.08     | 1.05      | 2.17      | 30.02       | 26.83       | -         | 0.47      | 26.34       | 22.00       |
| Daman &Diu               | 1.80      | 0.29      | 34.45     | 29.73     | 1.06      | 0.59      | 19.46       | 20.33       | -         | -         | 10.84       | 12.25       |
| Delhi                    | -         | -         | 13.55     | 9.80      | -         | -         | 10.80       | 6.64        | -         | -         | 6.26        | 4.21        |
| Goa                      | 0.63      | 0.84      | 14.15     | 7.68      | 0.08      | 0.33      | 11.68       | 7.19        | -         | 0.26      | 9.49        | 6.26        |
| Gujarat                  | 0.82      | 0.98      | 26.29     | 23.24     | 0.50      | 1.06      | 22.85       | 19.81       | 0.21      | 1.35      | 13.96       | 12.95       |
| Haryana                  | 5.54      | 5.69      | 16.35     | 15.30     | 0.22      | 0.63      | 11.92       | 13.27       | 1.48      | 1.06      | 8.22        | 9.93        |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 0.46      | 0.83      | 6.31      | 5.80      | 0.57      | 0.34      | 9.32        | 8.83        | 0.51      | 0.39      | 8.35        | 8.40        |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 6.98      | 6.59      | 16.97     | 17.65     | 5.53      | 5.37      | 14.70       | 16.14       | 6.80      | 5.75      | 16.79       | 17.96       |
| Jharkhand                | 5.91      | 5.03      | 23.45     | 24.56     | 6.89      | 5.91      | 22.99       | 23.32       | 7.36      | 7.05      | 17.84       | 19.20       |
| Karnataka                | 2.03      | 2.01      | 27.71     | 24.52     | 2.42      | 2.21      | 28.49       | 26.57       | 3.40      | 2.51      | 40.70       | 39.07       |
| Kerala                   | -         | -         | 14.96     | 9.52      | -         | -         | 17.30       | 11.40       | -         | -         | 12.31       | 6.38        |
| Lakshadweep              | -         | -         | 8.82      | 4.96      | 0.00      | -         | 8.48        | 7.65        | 2.30      | 2.71      | 6.15        | 9.17        |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 6.48      | 6.72      | 23.71     | 25.97     | 9.91      | 10.40     | 25.21       | 27.91       | 5.75      | 6.49      | 11.16       | 16.39       |
| Maharashtra              | 1.26      | 1.25      | 13.11     | 12.58     | 0.51      | 0.59      | 15.04       | 13.78       | 0.88      | 1.06      | 16.61       | 15.72       |
| Manipur                  | 9.50      | 9.83      | 12.94     | 15.86     | 17.27     | 18.74     | 12.35       | 15.28       | 10.24     | 9.48      | 8.16        | 11.35       |
| Meghalaya                | 10.35     | 8.56      | 20.80     | 20.27     | 11.30     | 9.39      | 25.63       | 23.99       | 11.32     | 8.96      | 27.21       | 25.02       |
| Mizoram                  | 10.17     | 10.03     | 23.02     | 20.73     | 12.57     | 13.38     | 20.00       | 17.37       | 24.27     | 23.93     | 22.18       | 20.65       |
| Nagaland                 | 6.18      | 5.02      | 17.98     | 18.47     | 19.09     | 19.74     | 34.14       | 36.08       | 7.11      | 7.03      | 26.70       | 26.33       |
| Odisha                   | 2.91      | 2.81      | 29.74     | 29.37     | 2.83      | 3.05      | 49.39       | 49.57       | 3.63      | 3.49      | 50.09       | 49.62       |
| Puducherry               | 0.36      | 0.38      | 14.94     | 9.36      | 0.76      | 0.57      | 18.22       | 10.02       | 0.25      | 0.43      | 18.49       | 11.72       |
| Punjab                   | 2.89      | 3.25      | 9.22      | 8.39      | 1.35      | 1.21      | 8.93        | 8.71        | 1.99      | 1.98      | 9.40        | 10.30       |
| Rajasthan                | 5.02      | 5.02      | 13.54     | 13.40     | 7.76      | 9.12      | 17.85       | 20.06       | 7.20      | 8.85      | 13.06       | 14.49       |
| Sikkim                   | 3.75      | 0.62      | 17.58     | 14.39     | 5.55      | 3.49      | 13.74       | 12.14       | 4.78      | 2.31      | 9.93        | 8.64        |
| Tamil Nadu               | -         | -         | 11.67     | 4.36      | 0.53      | 0.39      | 16.13       | 7.99        | 4.02      | 4.10      | 14.26       | 5.86        |
| Telangana                | 2.21      | 1.94      | 16.54     |           | 6.04      | 5.57      | 17.99       | 16.86       | NA        | NA        | NA          | NA          |
|                          | 1.37      | 1.19      |           | 14.50     | 3.63      | 3.52      |             | 25.70       | 2.31      | 2.11      | 24.09       |             |
| Tripura                  |           |           | 28.03     | 28.83     |           |           | 24.51       |             |           |           |             | 26.99       |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 9.08      | 8.04      | 9.89      | 10.60     | 7.91      | 6.21      | 7.26        | 7.35        | 10.53     | 10.03     | -           | -           |
| Uttarakhand              | 4.37      | 3.67      | 11.26     | 9.46      | 3.28      | 2.83      | 9.85        | 7.44        | 1.14      | 1.18      | 8.97        | 10.45       |
| West Bengal All India    | 2.13 4.36 | 0.79 3.88 | 16.33     | 19.06     | 3.44      | 2.37      | 16.73 17.93 | 19.77 17.79 | 6.88      | 5.71 4.66 | 14.95 14.54 | 19.41 14.54 |
|                          |           |           | 17.21     | 16.88     | 4.53      | 4.14      |             |             | 4.68      |           |             |             |