Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Enrolment of Girls
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hemant Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020 Enrolment of Girls

182.   SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the latest/current school enrolment rate of girls at primary level and the   States that have made a significant progress in this regard during the last three years;
- (b) the current school enrolment rate of girls at secondary level along with the States that have been continuously lagging behind in increasing the percentage of girls enrolment in secondary schools;
- (c)  the school drop out rate among girls and boys at secondary level in the country, State/UT wise;
- (d)  whether the enrolment of girls in schools has increased in the country as a result of the efforts made by the Government and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  more  concrete  efforts  to promote education among girls in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a)  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  2017-18 (Provisional), the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Girls at primary level for the year 2017-18 is 95.39%.

As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), between 2016-17 and 2017-18, the GER at primary  level  has  increased  in  the following  States/  UTs:    Andhra  Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Kerala,  Lakshadweep,  Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

- (b)   to (d) As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2017-18 (Provisional), the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Girls at secondary level at allIndia level has improved over the years. It has gone up from 80.10% in 2015-16 to 80.62% in the year 2017-18. As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), the GER of Girls  at  secondary  level  for  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories  is  placed  at Annexure -1.

As  per  UDISE  2017-18  (Provisional),  the  State/UT-wise  Dropout  Rate  among girls and boys at secondary level is placed at Annexure -2. As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), the total number of girls enrolled in schools was 12,06,16,270.

- (e)  In  order  to  ensure  greater  participation  of  girls  in  education,  under  Samagra Shiksha various interventions have been targeted for girls which are as under:
- Opening of schools in the neighbourhood as defined by the State;
- Provision of free text-books to girls up to Class VIII;
- Uniforms to all girls up to class VIII;
- Provision of gender segregated toilets in all schools;
- Teachers' sensitization programmes to promote girls' participation;
- Provision for Self-Defence training for the girls from classes VI to XII;
- Stipend to CWSN girls from class I to Class XII;
- Construction  of  residential  quarters  for  teachers  in  remote/hilly  areas/in areas with difficult terrain.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b) to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWRED ON 14.09.2020 ASKED BY SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL,  SHRI  DHAIRYASHEEL  SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE, DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL,   DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH  SHINDE, AND SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL  REGARDING 'Enrolment of Girls'

## Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education

| GER of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER of Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                               | State/UT                                                              | 2015-16                                                               | 2016-17                                                               | 2017-18                                                               |
| 1                                                                     | A & N ISLANDS                                                         | 85.54                                                                 | 81.27                                                                 | 78.66                                                                 |
| 2                                                                     | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                        | 75.02                                                                 | 76.93                                                                 | 80.15                                                                 |
| 3                                                                     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                     | 84.71                                                                 | 84.67                                                                 | 87.91                                                                 |
| 4                                                                     | ASSAM                                                                 | 81.85                                                                 | 84.14                                                                 | 84.03                                                                 |
| 5                                                                     | BIHAR                                                                 | 84.34                                                                 | 84.57                                                                 | 83.07                                                                 |
| 6                                                                     | CHANDIGARH                                                            | 91.98                                                                 | 92.98                                                                 | 92.81                                                                 |
| 7                                                                     | CHHATTISGARH                                                          | 94.12                                                                 | 90.42                                                                 | 91.32                                                                 |
| 8                                                                     | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                  | 86.04                                                                 | 88.24                                                                 | 86.33                                                                 |
| 9                                                                     | DAMAN & DIU                                                           | 84.52                                                                 | 83.16                                                                 | 86.14                                                                 |
| 10                                                                    | DELHI                                                                 | 110.31                                                                | 121.05                                                                | 115.67                                                                |
| 11                                                                    | GOA                                                                   | 105.77                                                                | 99.78                                                                 | 98.45                                                                 |
| 12                                                                    | GUJARAT                                                               | 66.27                                                                 | 68.04                                                                 | 71.09                                                                 |
| 13                                                                    | HARYANA                                                               | 83.18                                                                 | 86.73                                                                 | 94.30                                                                 |
| 14                                                                    | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                      | 104.00                                                                | 103.37                                                                | 105.98                                                                |
| 15                                                                    | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                       | 64.95                                                                 | 60.28                                                                 | 66.10                                                                 |
| 16                                                                    | JHARKHAND                                                             | 75.67                                                                 | 66.79                                                                 | 76.45                                                                 |
| 17                                                                    | KARNATAKA                                                             | 82.95                                                                 | 84.92                                                                 | 84.82                                                                 |
| 18                                                                    | KERALA                                                                | 101.93                                                                | 99.56                                                                 | 97.90                                                                 |
| 19                                                                    | LAKSHADWEEP                                                           | 104.55                                                                | 99.13                                                                 | 89.73                                                                 |
| 20                                                                    | MADHYA PRADESH                                                        | 79.06                                                                 | 79.27                                                                 | 79.96                                                                 |
| 21                                                                    | MAHARASHTRA                                                           | 86.96                                                                 | 89.41                                                                 | 91.64                                                                 |
| 22                                                                    | MANIPUR                                                               | 89.49                                                                 | 86.49                                                                 | 95.74                                                                 |
| 23                                                                    | MEGHALAYA                                                             | 90.87                                                                 | 89.92                                                                 | 97.37                                                                 |
| 24                                                                    | MIZORAM                                                               | 107.23                                                                | 98.01                                                                 | 105.19                                                                |
| 25                                                                    | NAGALAND                                                              | 72.13                                                                 | 64.87                                                                 | 74.97                                                                 |
| 26                                                                    | ODISHA                                                                | 78.38                                                                 | 79.67                                                                 | 80.58                                                                 |
| 27                                                                    | PUDUCHERRY                                                            | 96.27                                                                 | 92.88                                                                 | 88.85                                                                 |
| 28                                                                    | PUNJAB                                                                | 85.44                                                                 | 87.30                                                                 | 91.29                                                                 |
| 29                                                                    | RAJASTHAN                                                             | 69.41                                                                 | 71.82                                                                 | 76.03                                                                 |
| 30                                                                    | SIKKIM                                                                | 122.02                                                                | 117.43                                                                | 123.65                                                                |
| 31                                                                    | TAMIL NADU                                                            | 95.24                                                                 | 96.71                                                                 | 88.66                                                                 |
| 32                                                                    | TELANGANA                                                             | 82.83                                                                 | 83.22                                                                 | 85.51                                                                 |
| 33                                                                    | TRIPURA                                                               | 116.96                                                                | 115.20                                                                | 115.43                                                                |
| 34                                                                    | UTTAR PRADESH                                                         | 67.55                                                                 | 66.72                                                                 | 61.85                                                                 |
| 35                                                                    | UTTARAKHAND                                                           | 85.25                                                                 | 84.93                                                                 | 82.67                                                                 |
| 36                                                                    | WEST BENGAL                                                           | 90.60                                                                 | 88.24                                                                 | 95.85                                                                 |
|                                                                       | All India                                                             | 80.10                                                                 | 80.29                                                                 | 80.62                                                                 |

Source: UDISE-2017-18 (Provisional)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b) to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWRED ON 14.09.2020 ASKED BY SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL,  SHRI  DHAIRYASHEEL  SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE, DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL,   DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH  SHINDE, AND SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL REGARDING 'Enrolment of Girls'

| Dropout Rate of Boys and Girls at Secondary Level of School Education, 2017-18 (in percentage)   | Dropout Rate of Boys and Girls at Secondary Level of School Education, 2017-18 (in percentage)   | Dropout Rate of Boys and Girls at Secondary Level of School Education, 2017-18 (in percentage)   | Dropout Rate of Boys and Girls at Secondary Level of School Education, 2017-18 (in percentage)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                          | State/ UT                                                                                        | Boys                                                                                             | Girls                                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                                | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                         | 10.2                                                                                             | 4.9                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                   | 24.2                                                                                             | 21.4                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                | 20.7                                                                                             | 17.2                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                | Assam                                                                                            | 32.1                                                                                             | 35.2                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                | Bihar                                                                                            | 30.3                                                                                             | 33.7                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                                | Chandigarh                                                                                       | 0.0                                                                                              | 0.0                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                                     | 21.9                                                                                             | 18.2                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                             | 27.7                                                                                             | 22.0                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                | Daman & Diu                                                                                      | 24.9                                                                                             | 17.1                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                               | Delhi                                                                                            | 18.9                                                                                             | 16.0                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                               | Goa                                                                                              | 10.2                                                                                             | 4.0                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                                          | 21.8                                                                                             | 19.0                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                               | Haryana                                                                                          | 13.8                                                                                             | 13.1                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                 | 7.5                                                                                              | 5.3                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                               | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                | 4.1                                                                                              | 2.5                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                                        | 8.2                                                                                              | 10.7                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                        | 26.4                                                                                             | 21.9                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                               | Kerala                                                                                           | 14.5                                                                                             | 9.5                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                               | Lakshadweep                                                                                      | 7.5                                                                                              | 3.4                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                   | 24.2                                                                                             | 24.2                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                                      | 12.9                                                                                             | 12.2                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                               | Manipur                                                                                          | 4.1                                                                                              | 7.8                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                               | Meghalaya                                                                                        | 17.3                                                                                             | 17.6                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                               | Mizoram                                                                                          | 22.6                                                                                             | 16.9                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                                         | 13.5                                                                                             | 12.9                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                               | Odisha                                                                                           | 28.7                                                                                             | 27.8                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                                       | 21.9                                                                                             | 12.7                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                               | Punjab                                                                                           | 13.7                                                                                             | 10.8                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                        | 10.3                                                                                             | 10.8                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                               | Sikkim                                                                                           | 18.3                                                                                             | 14.1                                                                                             |
| 31                                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                                       | 19.4                                                                                             | 13.0                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                        | 19.0                                                                                             | 15.2                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                               | Tripura                                                                                          | 27.1                                                                                             | 27.3                                                                                             |
| 34                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                    | 18.7                                                                                             | 19.5                                                                                             |
| 35                                                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                                                      | 11.9                                                                                             | 10.7                                                                                             |
| 36                                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                                      | 14.1                                                                                             | 15.1                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                  | All India                                                                                        | 18.6                                                                                             | 18.4                                                                                             |

Source:- UDISE-2017-18 (Provisional)