Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Girls’ Enrolment Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 415

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Girls' Enrolment Rate

- *415.SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 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; and
- (c)    the  school  drop  out  rate  among  girls  and  boys  at  secondary  level  in  the  country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  415  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  23.03.2020  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING 'Girls' Enrolment Rate'.

- (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)   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  at secondary level for all the States and Union Territories is placed at Annexure -1. (c)  As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), the State/UT-wise Dropout Rate among girls
- and boys at secondary level is placed at Annexure -2.

****

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  415  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  23.03.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING 'Girls' Enrolment Rate'

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

| GER for Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER for Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER for Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER for Girls at Secondary Level of School Education (in percentage)   | GER for 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   |    90.6  |    88.24 |    95.85 |
|      | All India     |    80.1  |    80.29 |    80.62 |

Source: UDISE-2017-18 (Provisional)

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  415  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  23.03.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI

PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING 'Girls' Enrolment Rate'

| 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   |
| 32   | Telangana     |   19   |   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)