Lok Sabha Question No. 3590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Dropout Rate in School
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3590 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## Dropout Rate in School

## 3590. SHRI KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the dropout rate in Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh is very high especially in Amroha;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  amount  of  budget  allocated/  released  in  the  last  five  years  for  the  betterment  of Government schools in Uttar Pradesh and the amount spent so far;
- (d) whether the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and School Chalo Abhiyan could not decrease the rate of dropout problem in Uttar Pradesh;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  eradicate  the  dropout  problem  in  Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (U-DISE)  collects  information from all the schools (government, aided and private) annually on various educational indicators, and is used to calculate including the annual average dropout rate.  As per U-DISE, the annual average dropout rate at elementary level in Uttar Pradesh has reduced from 7.7% in 2013-14 to 7.24% in 2017-18.  Similarly, the annual average dropout rate at elementary level in Amroha district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  reduced  from  9.9%  in  2013-14  to  8.6%  in  2017-18.    A  study entitled 'National Sample Survey to Assess dropout rate at the elementary level in 21 States' was  commissioned  by  the  Government  of  India.    According  to  the  study,  the  reasons  for dropouts are economic issues, children staying for household work, lack of interests in studies and migration of families etc.

(c) The  details  of  Central  Share  released  and  expenditure  incurred  under  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during 2014-15 to 2017-18 and under Samagra Shiksha during the year 2018-19 for Elementary Education to Uttar Pradesh is given as under:

|   S.No. | Financial Year   | Scheme                                 |   Central share released |     Expenditure* |
|---------|------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | 2014-15          | SSA                                    |                   449868 | 780113           |
|       2 | 2015-16          | SSA                                    |                   505434 |      1.20573e+06 |
|       3 | 2016-17          | SSA                                    |                   505434 |      1.45884e+06 |
|       4 | 2017-18          | SSA                                    |                   424981 | 645175           |
|       5 | 2018-19          | Samagra Shiksha (Elementary Component) |                   447269 | 652974           |

(d)  to  (f):  The  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  operational  from  2000-2001  till  2017-18,  has significantly contributed towards the government's efforts to provide access to education in the country,  including  Uttar  Pradesh.    The  programme  was  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  the Government of India and was implemented in partnership with the respective State Government and Union Territory Administration for universalizing elementary education across the country. Its overall goals included universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in  education  and  enhancement of  learning  levels  of  children.  The  programme,  since  its inception, was conceived as additional support to the States and UTs. The SSA provided for a variety of interventions, inter-alia to enhance retention and reduce dropout rates.

Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States  and  UTs  for undertaking various activities to reduce dropout and increase the enrolment at elementary level by opening/upgradation of new  schools, construction of school  buildings &  additional classrooms, setting up of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV), setting up of residential schools/hostels,  free  uniforms, free  text  books  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, transport and escort facility and stipend to girls students with disability etc.

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