Lok Sabha Question No. 2382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Students Dropout Rate from Government Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2382 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## Students Dropout Rate from Government Schools

2382. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has estimated the total number of students that dropped out of Government schools during the last two years and if so, the details thereof, Statewise; (b) the various initiatives taken by the Government to get these children back to school; and (c) the various resources or opportunities available for children who have dropped out or

- never attended school to get back into the system?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c): As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+), 2019-20 and 2020-21, the state-wise details of dropout rates in the years 2019-20 and 2020-21 are at Annexure. The Department of School Education and Literacy with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha. The scheme has now been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs,  different  academic  abilities  and  make  them  active  participants  in  the  learning process. Under  the  scheme,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States  and  UTs  for undertaking  various  activities  to  reduce  number  of  Out  of  School  Children  (OoSC)

including opening/strengthening of new schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, setting up, up-gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of Netaji Subhash Chandra

Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas,  free  uniforms,  free  text  books,  transport  allowance  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.  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 and stipend to girl students with disability etc.

Further,  for  the  first  time  in  2021-22,  financial  assistance  upto  Rs.  2000  per annum has been envisioned for supporting Out of School Children of age group of 1619 years, belonging to socio economically disadvantaged groups, for completing their education through NIOS/SIOS, for accessing course materials and certification.

Under 'Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman' (PM POSHAN) one hot cooked meal  in  Government  and  Government  aided  schools  is  provided  to  students  at  the elementary level of education. Also, Section 10 of the RTE Act states that it shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, for elementary education in the neighbourhood school.

Also,  under  National  Means-cum-Merit  Scholarship  Scheme  scholarship  is awarded to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2382  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  1 st   AUGUST,  2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP MS. DIYA KUMARI REGARDING STUDENTS DROPOUT RATE FROM GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

## Annual Average Dropout Rate

|                                    | 2019-20    | 2019-20   | 2020-21    | 2020-21   |
|------------------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| State/UT                           | Elementary | Secondary | Elementary | Secondary |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | -          | 15.7      | 1.6        | 7.0       |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | -          | 14.8      | -          | 16.7      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 6.6        | 34.3      | 7.8        | 10.1      |
| Assam                              | 4.0        | 32.2      | 3.8        | 30.3      |
| Bihar                              | 4.5        | 21.4      | -          | 17.6      |
| Chandigarh                         | -          | 4.7       | -          | -         |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 2.0        | 18.2      | 1.9        | 13.4      |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | -          | 20.2      | 3.2        | 17.7      |
| Daman & Diu                        | -          | 20.0      |            |           |
| Delhi                              | -          | 13.9      | -          | 6.1       |
| Goa                                | 0.1        | 10.2      | 1.2        | 5.7       |
| Gujarat                            | 2.6        | 23.7      | 2.3        | 23.3      |
| Haryana                            | 0.2        | 13.3      | 2.0        | 10.8      |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 0.7        | 7.2       | 1.7        | 7.6       |
| Jammu And Kashmir                  | 3.7        | 16.7      | 4.0        | 3.7       |
| Jharkhand                          | 7.0        | 16.6      | 4.1        | 13.0      |
| Karnataka                          | 1.6        | 16.8      | 1.4        | 16.6      |
| Kerala                             | -          | 7.9       | -          | 7.1       |
| Ladakh                             | 3.0        | 11.4      | 3.4        | 3.4       |
| Lakshadweep                        | -          | 6.7       | - -        |           |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 2.0        | 23.2      | 3.2        | 23.8      |
| Maharashtra                        | 0.4        | 15.2      | 1.2        | 11.2      |
| Manipur                            | 7.3        | 9.2       | 7.1        | 9.4       |
| Meghalaya                          | 7.3        | 22.2      | 7.9        | 27.6      |
| Mizoram                            | 6.1        | 20.4      | 7.1        | 20.0      |
| Nagaland                           | 4.6        | 21.2      | 5.3        | 23.6      |
| Odisha                             | 2.2        | 23.6      | -          | 16.0      |
| Puducherry                         | -          | 7.9       | -          | 6.9       |
| Punjab                             | -          | 1.6       | -          | 9.0       |
| Rajasthan                          | 2.4        | 12.3      | 1.5        | 8.9       |
| Sikkim                             | -          | 23.2      | -          | 21.6      |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 0.8        | 9.6       | 0.6        | 6.4       |
| Telangana                          | -          | 12.3      | -          | 13.9      |
| Tripura                            | 2.6        | 26.7      | 4.7        | 26.7      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 2.5        | 14.4      | 2.9        | 12.5      |
| Uttarakhand                        | 2.4        | 8.4       | 1.9        | 8.3       |
| West Bengal                        | -          | 13.8      | -          | 13.3      |
| All India                          | 1.9        | 16.1      | 1.3        | 14.0      |

Source  :    UDISE+(-)  Negative  dropout  rate  have  not  been  reported In  2020-21 D&NH and Daman & Diu merged