Lok Sabha Question No. 2108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Dropout Rates in Government and Private Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Dropout Rates in Government and Private Schools

## 2108.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether some states have seen a massive dip in the number of students that have enrolled in private schools as compared to pre-pandemic years;
- (b) if  so,  the  ways  in  which  Government  is  trying  to  deal  with  the  learning  loss  of  this stratum of students;
- (c) the dropout rates from Government and private schools in 2019-20 and 2020-21, Statewise;
- (d) whether the Government or any other body under its administrative control bothered to gauge the level of the digital divide in India for Government school students, especially in rural areas;
- (e) if so, the details thereof;
- (f) if not, the reasons that deterred the Government that from carrying out such an exercise;
- (g) whether  any  attempts  have  been  made  or  planned  to  gauge  the  quality  of  education imparted in the pandemic period; and
- (h) if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION ( SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN )

(a): As per Unified District  Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 the state wise enrolment of students in Government and Private schools is at Annexure I .

(b): In  order  to  prevent  drop  outs,  lower  enrolments  and  loss  of  learning,  the  Ministry  of Education  has  issued  guidelines  for  identification,  smooth  admission  process  and  continued education of migrant children on 13th July, 2020, inter-alia, requesting the States to identify and enroll all such children without any procedural formalities and maintain a database of children so admitted. Further, to ensure that children have access to education with quality and equity and to minimize the impact of the pandemic on school education in the country, Ministry of Education has  shared  guidelines  dated  7th  January,  2021  with  all  States  which,  among  others,  include identification  of  out  of  school  children  from  age  6-18  years,  enrolment  drives  and  awareness generation,  student  support  while  schools  are  closed,  continued  Education  for  children  with Special Needs (CWSN), student support on school reopening and Teacher capacity building. A comprehensive Covid action plan has been shared with the States and UTs on 4 th May  2021, outlining  the  role  of  local  bodies,  formation  of  nodal  group  at  village/town  level,  conducting door-to-door/helpdesk-based/app based survey to identify out of school children, their mainstreaming and resource sharing.

(c): Dropout  rates  are  computed  considering  both  Government  and  Private  Schools  of States/UTs to take care of inter school movements of the students. The state-wise dropout rate for boys and girls at Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary level for 2019-20 is at Annexure II .

(d) to (f): Education being in the concurrent list of the Constitution and schools other than those run  /  funded  by  Central  Government  are  under  the  domain  of  respective  State  and  UT Governments.    A  sample  survey  was  conducted  in  the  month  of  July,  2020  for  schools  of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) by the Department. Subsequently, further surveys were conducted in early 2021 regarding availability of various forms of digital devices with children. NVS has reported 92.95% and KVS has more than 98% of students having full or partial access to some digital device. States/UTs were advised vide letter  dated  01.02.2021  to  conduct  survey  of  children  with  access  and  without  access  to  digital devices. Details of outcome of survey conducted by States/UTs on children without digital devices is at Annexure III .

(g) and (h): The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducts periodic national sample surveys to assess learning achievement of children in Classes - III, V, VIII, and X. The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2017 was held on 13th November 2017 for assessing the competencies of children at the grade levels III, V and VIII from across 701 districts covering all the 36 States and UTs and covered 22 lakh students from 1.10 lakh schools. NAS (2017) was administered in different subject areas such as Languages, Mathematics, EVS/Science and  Social  Sciences  in  the  Government  and  Government  aided  schools.  Similarly,  National Achievement Survey for Class X was also conducted throughout the country on February 05, 2018 in government, government aided and private schools. The learning levels of 15 lakh students in 44,304  schools  across  610  districts  in  34  States  and  UTs  were  assessed,  in  5  subject  areas  of English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Modern Indian Language (MIL). Further, the National Achievement Survey is undertaken periodically.

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## ANNEXURE I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI SUSHIL  KUMAR  SINGH  REGARDING  'DROPOUT  RATES  IN  GOVERNMENT  AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS'

## Enrolment of students by school management and level of school education, 2019-20

| India/ State /UT            |   Total Enrolment Government Schools (Pre-primary to Higher Secondary) |   Total Enrolment Private Unaided Recognized Schools (Pre-primary to Higher Secondary) |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| India                       |                                                              130931634 |                                                                               98209302 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                                                  51905 |                                                                                  23076 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                4042535 |                                                                                4007299 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                                 213421 |                                                                                 111958 |
| Assam                       |                                                                5031895 |                                                                                1640289 |
| Bihar                       |                                                               19579263 |                                                                                3350418 |
| Chandigarh                  |                                                                 152561 |                                                                                  94069 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                                                                4000147 |                                                                                1932268 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                                                                  61015 |                                                                                  26068 |
| Daman and Diu               |                                                                  22139 |                                                                                  15575 |
| Delhi                       |                                                                2409441 |                                                                                1908759 |
| Goa                         |                                                                  43547 |                                                                                  43585 |
| Gujarat                     |                                                                5295130 |                                                                                4708909 |
| Haryana                     |                                                                2131579 |                                                                                3711339 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                                                                 851783 |                                                                                 630841 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                                                                1271045 |                                                                                1260284 |
| Jharkhand                   |                                                                4810045 |                                                                                1366963 |
| Karnataka                   |                                                                4906231 |                                                                                5685875 |
| Kerala                      |                                                                1725686 |                                                                                1821731 |
| Ladakh                      |                                                                  27072 |                                                                                  29135 |
| Lakshadweep                 |                                                                  12606 |                                                                                      0 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                                                                9119353 |                                                                                7288066 |
| Maharashtra                 |                                                                5646319 |                                                                                6663311 |
| Manipur                     |                                                                 199958 |                                                                                 462744 |
| Meghalaya                   |                                                                 478070 |                                                                                 263365 |
| Mizoram                     |                                                                 127509 |                                                                                 152137 |
| Nagaland                    |                                                                 174882 |                                                                                 286077 |
| Odisha                      |                                                                5514876 |                                                                                1494954 |
| Puducherry                  |                                                                  83809 |                                                                                 160188 |
| Punjab                      |                                                                2686786 |                                                                                3345863 |
| Rajasthan                   |                                                                8521720 |                                                                                9242216 |
| Sikkim                      |                                                                  89876 |                                                                                  48833 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                                                                4593422 |                                                                                6415398 |
| Telangana                   |                                                                2837635 |                                                                                3984609 |
| Tripura                     |                                                                 562047 |                                                                                 129352 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                                                               16857549 |                                                                               22069303 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                                                                 941454 |                                                                                1298229 |
| West Bengal                 |                                                               15857323 |                                                                                2536216 |

Source: UDISE+ 2019-20

## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI SUSHIL  KUMAR  SINGH  REGARDING  'DROPOUT  RATES  IN  GOVERNMENT  AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS'

## Dropout Rate by level of education and gender, 2019-20

| India/ State /UT            | Dropout Rate     | Dropout Rate     | Dropout Rate     | Dropout Rate        | Dropout Rate        | Dropout Rate        | Dropout Rate     | Dropout Rate     | Dropout Rate     |
|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| India/ State /UT            | Primary (1 to 5) | Primary (1 to 5) | Primary (1 to 5) | Upper Primary (6-8) | Upper Primary (6-8) | Upper Primary (6-8) | Secondary (9-10) | Secondary (9-10) | Secondary (9-10) |
| India/ State /UT            | Boys             | Girls            | Total            | Boys                | Girls               | Total               | Boys             | Girls            | Total            |
| India                       | 1.7              | 1.2              | 1.5              | 2.2                 | 3.0                 | 2.6                 | 17.0             | 15.1             | 16.1             |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0.7              | 0.3              | 0.5              | 0.0                 | 0.0                 | 0.0                 | 19.1             | 12.3             | 15.7             |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.3                 | 0.2                 | 0.3                 | 17.2             | 12.2             | 14.8             |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 7.8              | 4.6              | 6.2              | 7.7                 | 7.2                 | 7.5                 | 37.6             | 30.9             | 34.3             |
| Assam                       | 5.1              | 3.6              | 4.3              | 4.8                 | 2.1                 | 3.4                 | 31.5             | 32.9             | 32.3             |
| Bihar                       | 3.0              | 1.5              | 2.3              | 8.6                 | 9.2                 | 8.9                 | 20.0             | 22.7             | 21.4             |
| Chandigarh                  | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.3                 | 0.3                 | 0.3                 | 5.9              | 3.3              | 4.7              |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1.4              | 0.6              | 1.0              | 4.6                 | 3.1                 | 3.8                 | 19.4             | 17.2             | 18.3             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 1.1                 | 1.2                 | 1.1                 | 22.8             | 17.3             | 20.3             |
| Daman and Diu               | 0.0              | 0.2              | 0.0              | 0.5                 | 0.0                 | 0.0                 | 23.2             | 16.5             | 20.0             |
| Delhi                       | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0                 | 0.2                 | 0.1                 | 15.6             | 11.8             | 13.8             |
| Goa                         | 0.3              | 0.2              | 0.3              | 0.0                 | 0.2                 | 0.0                 | 12.8             | 7.2              | 10.2             |
| Gujarat                     | 1.0              | 0.9              | 1.0              | 3.5                 | 7.2                 | 5.2                 | 26.0             | 20.7             | 23.7             |
| Haryana                     | 0.0              | 0.0              | 0.0              | 1.3                 | 2.5                 | 1.8                 | 14.4             | 12.0             | 13.3             |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 0.9              | 0.8              | 0.9              | 0.2                 | 1.0                 | 0.6                 | 8.4              | 5.9              | 7.2              |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 3.9              | 3.9              | 3.9              | 3.1                 | 3.4                 | 3.2                 | 16.7             | 16.6             | 16.7             |
| Jharkhand                   | 7.3              | 5.3              | 6.3              | 9.0                 | 7.9                 | 8.5                 | 16.2             | 17.0             | 16.6             |

| Karnataka      |   1.4 |   0.9 |   1.2 |   2.7 |   2.3 |   2.5 |   19.4 |   14.1 |   16.8 |
|----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|
| Kerala         |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |    9.8 |    5.9 |    7.9 |
| Ladakh         |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |    0   |    0   |    0   |
| Lakshadweep    |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0.4 |   0   |   10.6 |    2.7 |    6.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   0.9 |   0.7 |   0.8 |   3.6 |   4.7 |   4.1 |   24.4 |   21.8 |   23.2 |
| Maharashtra    |   0   |   0.1 |   0   |   0.7 |   1.5 |   1.1 |   16.2 |   14   |   15.2 |
| Manipur        |   8.8 |   8.7 |   8.8 |   4.4 |   3.6 |   4   |    9.3 |    9.2 |    9.2 |
| Meghalaya      |   7.9 |   6.1 |   7   |   9.5 |   6.6 |   8   |   22.8 |   21.8 |   22.2 |
| Mizoram        |   8   |   7.6 |   7.8 |   3.8 |   1.2 |   2.5 |   23.2 |   17.5 |   20.4 |
| Nagaland       |   4.9 |   3.5 |   4.2 |   6.9 |   3.9 |   5.4 |   21.7 |   20.7 |   21.2 |
| Odisha         |   0.8 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   4.9 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   25.2 |   21.9 |   23.6 |
| Puducherry     |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   10.8 |    4.9 |    7.9 |
| Punjab         |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |    4.8 |    0   |    1.6 |
| Rajasthan      |   2.9 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   1.1 |   2.1 |   1.5 |   12.5 |   12.1 |   12.3 |
| Sikkim         |   0.5 |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0   |   25.6 |   21.1 |   23.2 |
| Tamil Nadu     |   1.4 |   0.8 |   1.1 |   0.4 |   0.3 |   0.4 |   13.4 |    5.6 |    9.6 |
| Telangana      |   0   |   0   |   0   |   0.4 |   0   |   0.1 |   14   |   10.6 |   12.3 |
| Tripura        |   2.2 |   1.8 |   2   |   3.8 |   3.2 |   3.5 |   27   |   26.4 |   26.7 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   0.2 |   4   |   2.1 |   14.6 |   14.2 |   14.4 |
| Uttarakhand    |   2.7 |   2.2 |   2.5 |   2.2 |   2.4 |   2.3 |    9.5 |    7.3 |    8.4 |
| West Bengal    |   0.9 |   0.3 |   0.6 |   0   |   0   |   0   |   14.1 |   13.6 |   13.8 |

Source: UDISE+ 2019-20

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2108  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  02.08.2021  ASKED  BY HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  SUSHIL  KUMAR  SINGH  REGARDING  'DROPOUT  RATES  IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS'

|   S. No. | States/UTs                          | Number of children without digital devices   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands            | NA                                           |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                      | 201568                                       |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                   | NA                                           |
|        4 | Assam                               | 3106255                                      |
|        5 | Bihar                               | 14336007                                     |
|        6 | Chandigarh                          | 16032                                        |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                        | 28.27%                                       |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 18849                                        |
|        9 | Delhi                               | 4%                                           |
|       10 | Goa                                 | NA                                           |
|       11 | Gujarat                             | 591590                                       |
|       12 | Haryana                             | 1034000                                      |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                    | 22259                                        |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir                      | 70%                                          |
|       15 | Jharkhand                           | 3252255                                      |
|       16 | Karnataka                           | 3131098                                      |
|       17 | Kerala                              | 95283                                        |
|       18 | Ladakh                              | 43876                                        |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                         | 2439                                         |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                      | 70%                                          |
|       21 | Maharashtra                         | NA                                           |
|       22 | Manipur                             | NA                                           |
|       23 | Meghalaya                           | 85659                                        |
|       24 | Mizoram                             | 44062                                        |
|       25 | Nagaland                            | 33150                                        |
|       26 | Odisha                              | 1508937                                      |
|       27 | Puducherry                          | 8314                                         |
|       28 | Punjab                              | 42.85                                        |
|       29 | Rajasthan                           | 0                                            |
|       30 | Sikkim                              | 21000                                        |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                          | 1750000                                      |
|       32 | Telangana                           | 117570                                       |
|       33 | Tripura                             | 13909                                        |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                       | NA                                           |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                         | 214471                                       |
|       36 | West Bengal                         | Survey is in Progress                        |