Lok Sabha Question No. 4806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Dropout under Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4806 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

Dropout under Right to Education

†4806. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  children  admitted  in  schools  under  Right  to  Free  and  Compulsory Education Act, 2009 who dropped out after reaching ninth class, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any Policy for providing free education after passing Eighth Class under the RTE so that the children may complete their studies upto twelfth class and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education for children of the age 6-14 years from class I to VIII. As per Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (U-DISE),  2017-18(provisional),  the State-wise dropout rate at Secondary level is at Annexure.

(b)& (c): The Central Government has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha with effect from 2018-19 which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The scheme envisages school  education  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school  to  senior  secondary  level  and  aims  to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4806 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA REGARDING 'DROPOUT UNDER RIGHT TO EDUCATION'

Annual Average Dropout Rate -2017-18 at Secondary level

| State/UT                 |   Drop out rate |
|--------------------------|-----------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |             7.6 |
| Andhra Pradesh           |            22.9 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |            19   |
| Assam                    |            33.7 |
| Bihar                    |            32   |
| Chandigarh               |             0   |
| Chhattisgarh             |            21.4 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |            25.1 |
| Daman &Diu               |            21.2 |
| Delhi                    |            17.5 |
| Goa                      |             7.3 |
| Gujarat                  |            20.6 |
| Haryana                  |            13.4 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |             6.5 |
| Jammu And Kashmir        |             3.4 |
| Jharkhand                |             9.5 |
| Karnataka                |            24.3 |
| Kerala                   |            12   |
| Lakshadweep              |             5.5 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |            24.2 |
| Maharashtra              |            12.6 |
| Manipur                  |             5.9 |
| Meghalaya                |            17.5 |
| Mizoram                  |            19.7 |
| Nagaland                 |            13.2 |
| Odisha                   |            28.3 |
| Puducherry               |            17.5 |
| Punjab                   |            12.4 |
| Rajasthan                |            10.5 |
| Sikkim                   |            16.1 |
| Tamil Nadu               |            16.2 |
| Telangana                |            17.1 |
| Tripura                  |            27.2 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |            19   |
| Uttarakhand              |            11.3 |
| West Bengal              |            14.6 |
| All India                |            19   |