Lok Sabha Question No. 2113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: School Dropout
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2113 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019

## School Dropout

## 2113. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) the percentage of students who passed out of tenth class at present in each State;
- (b) the States in which dropout percentage is maximum;
- (c) the percentage of students who dropped out from schools during the last three years; and

(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to reduce dropout percentage?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a): As per Unified District Information on School Education (UDISE) 201718(provisional), State-wise  details  of  percentage  of  students  who  passed  out  10th  class  in 2016-17 is at Annexure.

(b):  As  per  UDISE  2017-18  (provisional),  the  Annual  average  drop-out  rate  is  4%  at elementary level and the States which have an annual average dropout rate higher than 4% are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh

(c):  As  per  UDISE  2017-18  (provisional),  the  annual  average  drop-out  rate  at  elementary level during the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 is 4.1, 6.1 and 4.0 respectively.

(d):  Samagra  Shiksha-  an  integrated  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  school  education envisages  school  education  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school  to  senior  secondary  level  and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Under the scheme, financial assistance  is  provided  to  States  and  UTs  for  undertaking  various  activities  to  increase universal  access  and  reduce  dropout  rate  including  opening/strengthening  of  new  schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, setting up, up-gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of residential schools/hostels, free uniforms, free text books, transport allowance and undertaking enrolment & retention drives. Further, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training for older children, seasonal hostels / residential camps, special training centres at worksites, transport/ escort facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. Also, mid-day meal is provided to students at the elementary level of education. Further, under the student oriented component for the children with special needs, financial assistance is provided for identification and assessment of children with special needs, aids and appliances, braille kits and books, appropriate teaching learning material and stipend to girl students with disability etc.

Section 10 of the RTE Act states that it shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, to an elementary education in the neighbourhood school.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2113 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA REGARDING 'SCHOOL DROPOUT'

| State/UT                 |        |
|--------------------------|--------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 99.34  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 100.00 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 87.97  |
| Assam                    | 58.12  |
| Bihar                    | 51.41  |
| Chandigarh               | 92.25  |
| Chhattisgarh             | 58.87  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 48.50  |
| Daman &Diu               | 48.11  |
| Delhi                    | 95.24  |
| Goa                      | 93.19  |
| Gujarat                  | 70.40  |
| Haryana                  | 65.59  |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 77.10  |
| Jammu And Kashmir        | 69.00  |
| Jharkhand                | 72.44  |
| Karnataka                | NR     |
| Kerala                   | 96.62  |
| Lakshadweep              | NR     |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 64.12  |
| Maharashtra              | 88.27  |
| Manipur                  | 83.73  |
| Meghalaya                | 79.76  |
| Mizoram                  | 75.57  |
| Nagaland                 | 86.00  |
| Odisha                   | 86.24  |
| Puducherry               | 100.00 |
| Punjab                   | 77.62  |
| Rajasthan                | 82.57  |
| Sikkim                   | 90.28  |
| Tamil Nadu               | 93.85  |
| Telangana                | 89.13  |
| Tripura                  | 66.11  |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 80.22  |
| Uttarakhand              | 77.88  |
| West Bengal              | 84.41  |

Source UDISE 2017-18(Provisional)

NR- Data is not reported by the States