Lok Sabha Question No. 3657 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Dropout Rate in Government and Private Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3657 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Dropout Rate in Government and Private Schools

3657. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of students dropped out of Government and Private schools at the primary, secondary and higher levels between March 2020 to November 2021;
- (b) the number of children currently out of the education system; and
- (c)  the  number  of  Government  and  Private  schools  shut  down  in  the  country  between March 2020 to November 2021?

## ANSWER

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

- (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+), dropout rates of students are computed by combining all types of school managements in a particular level of school education. The dropout rate for the year 2019-20, State-wise are at annexure.
- (b): DoSEL has also developed an online module for compiling the data of Out of School Children  (OoSC)  identified  by  each  State/UT  and  their  mapping  with  Special  Training Centres  (STC)  on  the  PRABANDH  Portal  (http://samagrashiksha.in).  The  concerned State/UT validates the child wise information of the identified OoSC and STC uploaded by the  concerned  Block  Resource  Centre  of  the  State  for  monitoring  the  progress  of mainstreaming of OoSC.

(c): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for children's access to elementary schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood. In pursuance to Section 6 of the RTE Act, all States have notified area or limits of their neighbourhood norms. Further, Section 8 of the RTE Act, 2009 also mandates that the appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child and will ensure availability of a neighbourhood school.

Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  the  opening  and  closing  of schools are within the purview of respective State Government and UT Administration.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  and  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3657  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  20.12.2021  ASKED  BY HONB'LE MP SHRI MOHAMMED  FAIZAL  P.P. REGARDING  'Dropout Rate in Government and Private Schools'.

Dropout Rate by level of Education for the year 2019-20

| State /UT                   |   Primary (1 to 5) |   Upper Primary (6-8) |   Secondary (9-10) |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                0.5 |                   0   |               15.7 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                0   |                   0.3 |               14.8 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                6.2 |                   7.5 |               34.3 |
| Assam                       |                4.3 |                   3.4 |               32.3 |
| Bihar                       |                2.3 |                   8.9 |               21.4 |
| Chandigarh                  |                0   |                   0.3 |                4.7 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                1   |                   3.8 |               18.3 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                0   |                   1.1 |               20.3 |
| Daman and Diu               |                0   |                   0   |               20   |
| Delhi                       |                0   |                   0.1 |               13.8 |
| Goa                         |                0.3 |                   0   |               10.2 |
| Gujarat                     |                1   |                   5.2 |               23.7 |
| Haryana                     |                0   |                   1.8 |               13.3 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                0.9 |                   0.6 |                7.2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                3.9 |                   3.2 |               16.7 |
| Jharkhand                   |                6.3 |                   8.5 |               16.6 |
| Karnataka                   |                1.2 |                   2.5 |               16.8 |
| Kerala                      |                0   |                   0   |                7.9 |
| Ladakh                      |                0   |                   0   |                0   |
| Lakshadweep                 |                0   |                   0   |                6.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                0.8 |                   4.1 |               23.2 |
| Maharashtra                 |                0   |                   1.1 |               15.2 |
| Manipur                     |                8.8 |                   4   |                9.2 |
| Meghalaya                   |                7   |                   8   |               22.2 |
| Mizoram                     |                7.8 |                   2.5 |               20.4 |
| Nagaland                    |                4.2 |                   5.4 |               21.2 |
| Odisha                      |                0.8 |                   4.5 |               23.6 |
| Puducherry                  |                0   |                   0   |                7.9 |
| Punjab                      |                0   |                   0   |                1.6 |
| Rajasthan                   |                2.9 |                   1.5 |               12.3 |
| Sikkim                      |                0   |                   0   |               23.2 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                1.1 |                   0.4 |                9.6 |
| Telangana                   |                0   |                   0.1 |               12.3 |
| Tripura                     |                2   |                   3.5 |               26.7 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                2.7 |                   2.1 |               14.4 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                2.5 |                   2.3 |                8.4 |
| West Bengal                 |                0.6 |                   0   |               13.8 |
| India                       |                1.5 |                   2.6 |               16.1 |

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