Lok Sabha Question No. 170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Retention Rate in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.170 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Retention Rate in Schools

170. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  general  retention  rate  of  students  in  Government  schools,  at  the  primary, elementary, secondary, and higher secondary levels, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  maintains  information  and  data  on  the  rate  of  drop-outs among children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups admitted under Section 12(1) (c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009;
- (c)  if not, whether the Government is planning to do so;
- (d)  if  so,  the  retention  rate  of  children  with  disabilities,  at  the  primary,  elementary, secondary, and higher secondary levels, State-wise; and
- (e) the retention rate of children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, at the primary, elementary, secondary, and higher secondary levels, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a): The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record  data  on  indicators  of  school  education  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union Territories. As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 201920 the retention rate for 2019-20 of primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary levels, State-wise is at Annexure-I.

(b) and (c): As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 201920, drop out rate for primary and upper primary  levels for children belonging to different social groups is at annexure-II.

(d) and (e): The Retention rate of students is calculated gender-wise for the different levels of school education. Improving retention rate of students in school is a continuous process. Government  of  India  launched  Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  school education, w.e.f. 2018-19, as an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

Further, in order to improve the education standard, the Government has taken several steps:-

1. Central RTE Rules have been amended on 20th February, 2017 to include reference  on  class-wise,  subject-wise  Learning  Outcomes  at  Elementary level.
2. National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS)  is  conducted  to  enable  States/UTs  to identify gaps in learning outcomes.
3. A  70  indicator  based  matrix  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  has  been developed to grade the States/UTs.
4. NISHTHA  (National  Initiative for School Heads  and  Teachers  Holistic Advancement), an Integrated Teacher Training Programme  has been introduced.

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## Annexure - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  170  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  29.11.2021  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI REGARDING 'Retention Rate in Schools'

## Retention Rate for the year 2019-20

| State/ UT                 |   Primary |   Elementary |   Secondary |   Higher Secondary |
|---------------------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     94.87 |        92.94 |       85.84 |              56.25 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |    100    |        85.49 |       74.28 |              48.38 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |     47.24 |        36.52 |       21.76 |              11.95 |
| Assam                     |     76.8  |        62.9  |       39.47 |              17.24 |
| Bihar                     |     85.27 |        75.84 |       44.68 |              18.91 |
| Chandigarh                |    100    |       100    |       95.27 |             100    |
| Chhattisgarh              |     89.2  |        81.09 |       57.96 |              38.77 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |     97.78 |       100    |       67.46 |              45.23 |
| Daman & Diu               |    100    |        94.81 |       73.27 |              51.83 |
| Delhi                     |    100    |       100    |       81.8  |              59.39 |
| Goa                       |     95.84 |        96.42 |       94.53 |              80.05 |
| Gujarat                   |     95.04 |        89.82 |       65    |              40.82 |
| Haryana                   |    100    |        95.88 |       93.69 |              64.15 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |     97.46 |        96.33 |       86.95 |              69.11 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |     70.81 |        65.59 |       51.06 |              34.63 |
| Jharkhand                 |     80.53 |        62.7  |       36.71 |              20.19 |
| Karnataka                 |     96.07 |        87.4  |       78.13 |              46.39 |
| Kerala                    |     99.67 |       100    |      100    |             100    |
| Ladakh                    |     80.05 |        71.25 |       62.54 |              38.46 |
| Lakshadweep               |    100    |        93.04 |       77.83 |              80.11 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |     89.65 |        68.64 |       43.73 |              28.34 |
| Maharashtra               |     97.96 |        94.44 |       84.77 |              62.69 |
| Manipur                   |     72.26 |        49.09 |       43.26 |              32.41 |
| Meghalaya                 |     56.09 |        47.26 |       32.32 |              21.61 |
| Mizoram                   |     62.1  |        49.25 |       40.84 |              28.77 |
| Nagaland                  |     65.56 |        47.06 |       32    |              21.12 |
| Odisha                    |     87.67 |        77.76 |       60.51 |              39.74 |
| Puducherry                |    100    |        96.25 |       89.69 |              76.58 |
| Punjab                    |     91.21 |        94.84 |       86.22 |              91.13 |
| Rajasthan                 |     75.97 |        71.67 |       55.03 |              39.33 |
| Sikkim                    |     92.42 |        79.67 |       49.76 |              43.56 |
| Tamilnadu                 |     94.81 |        86.31 |       82.58 |              68.13 |
| Telangana                 |     84.55 |        76.46 |       69.11 |              45.19 |
| Tripura                   |     94.84 |        80.39 |       60.5  |              29.36 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |     79.46 |        61.64 |       57.63 |              42.09 |
| Uttarakhand               |     85.53 |        82.89 |       71.72 |              59.93 |
| West Bengal               |     86.14 |        61.67 |       46.6  |              38.59 |
| All India                 |     86.97 |        74.59 |       59.55 |              40.17 |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) and (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  170  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  29.11.2021  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI REGARDING 'Retention Rate in Schools'

## Dropout Rate for the year 2019-20

|                 | Primary (Class I-V)   | Primary (Class I-V)   | Primary (Class I-V)   | Upper Primary (Class VI- VIII)   | Upper Primary (Class VI- VIII)   | Upper Primary (Class VI- VIII)   |
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Social Category | Girls                 | Boys                  | Overall               | Girls                            | Boys                             | Overall                          |
| General         | 0.3                   | 0.68                  | 0.5                   | 0.07                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| OBC             | 1.01                  | 1.58                  | 1.3                   | 3.49                             | 2.19                             | 2.82                             |
| SC              | 1.62                  | 2                     | 1.82                  | 4.14                             | 3.39                             | 3.75                             |
| ST              | 3.45                  | 3.9                   | 3.69                  | 5.65                             | 6.15                             | 5.9                              |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20