Lok Sabha Question No. 3215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Study in Rise in School Dropout Rates
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3215

ANSWERED ON- 20/03/2023

## STUDY IN RISE IN SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES

## 3215. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study with regard to rise in school dropout rates especially in case of female students;
- (b) if so, the details of dropout at Primary and Secondary levels during the last two years, Statewise;
- (c) the details of dropout rates in Maharashtra in 2020-21 and 2021-22, district-wise;
- (d) the percentage of attendance of students for 2020-21 and 2021-22; and
- (e) the number of girls of Minority community who have discontinued education in 2020-21 and 2021-22, State-wise especially in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):    Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+)  under  the Ministry  of  Education,  collects  the  details  about  schools  and  its  resources.  UDISE+  has  a mandate of collecting information from schools imparting formal education from Pre-primary to XII. As per UDISE+, the State-wise Annual Average dropout rate for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 at primary and Secondary level is at Annexure-I .

As per UDISE+ the district-wise Annual Average dropout rate for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 in the State of Maharashtra is at Annexure II .

No data for percentage of attendance of students is maintained centrally.

As per UDISE+ the state-wise Annual Average dropout rate of Minority Girls for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is at Annexure-III .

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3215 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL REGARDING STUDY IN RISE IN SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES

## Annual Average Dropout Rate - Overall

|                             | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State/UT                    | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary | Secondary | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary | Secondary |
|                             | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands    | 2.1       | 2.5       | 7.3       | 6.8       | 0.2       | 0.6       | 6.0       | 3.9       |
| Andhra Pradesh              | -         | -         | 17.3      | 16.1      | -         | -         | 17.5      | 15.0      |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 9.6       | 6.6       | 8.7       | 11.3      | 9.3       | 9.2       | 11.2      | 12.2      |
| Assam                       | 4.2       | 2.3       | 29.0      | 31.4      | 6.8       | 5.2       | 19.8      | 20.7      |
| Bihar                       | -         | -         | 16.3      | 19.0      | -         | -         | 19.5      | 21.4      |
| Chandigarh                  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh                | 0.8       | 0.6       | 15.5      | 11.3      | 1.0       | 0.6       | 11.5      | 8.0       |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman& | 4.4       | 3.4       | 20.5      | 14.6      | -         | -         | 10.5      | 8.3       |
| Diu Delhi                   | -         | -         | 7.0       | 5.1       | -         | -         | 5.8       | 3.7       |
| Goa                         | 1.6       | 1.5       | 6.3       | 5.0       | -         | -         | 12.1      | 5.4       |
| Gujarat                     | 0.9       | 1.1       | 25.1      | 20.9      | -         | -         | 19.4      | 15.9      |
| Haryana                     | 2.2       | 2.0       | 12.2      | 8.9       | -         | -         | 6.7       | 4.9       |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 1.9       | 1.9       | 8.1       | 7.1       | -         | -         | 2.0       | 0.9       |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 4.5       | 4.2       | 2.9       | 4.6       | 3.9       | 4.1       | 5.6       | 6.3       |
| Jharkhand                   | 4.0       | 2.9       | 12.6      | 13.3      | 2.4       | 1.1       | 9.7       | 8.9       |
| Karnataka                   | 1.3       | 0.9       | 18.2      | 14.8      | -         | -         | 16.2      | 13.0      |
| Kerala                      | 0.1       | -         | 9.1       | 4.9       | -         | -         | 6.8       | 4.1       |
| Ladakh                      | 3.8       | 4.3       | 5.8       | 1.1       | 7.5       | 5.5       | 4.0       | 5.7       |
| Lakshadweep                 | -         | -         | -         | -         | 0.5       | 0.4       | 0.4       | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 1.4       | 1.3       | 25.1      | 22.1      | 3.2       | 2.9       | 10.6      | 9.7       |
| Maharashtra                 | 1.1       | 0.9       | 11.3      | 11.1      | 0.0       | -         | 10.8      | 10.6      |
| Manipur                     | 8.9       | 8.1       | 9.3       | 9.4       | 13.5      | 13.0      | 1.3       | 1.2       |
| Meghalaya                   | 8.7       | 6.1       | 28.5      | 26.8      | 11.1      | 8.6       | 23.3      | 20.4      |
| Mizoram                     | 8.5       | 7.6       | 22.2      | 17.8      | 7.1       | 5.6       | 13.1      | 10.8      |
| Nagaland                    | 6.6       | 5.2       | 24.7      | 22.5      | 5.6       | 4.5       | 18.9      | 16.2      |
| Odisha                      | -         | -         | 16.7      | 15.4      | -         | -         | 29.2      | 25.2      |
| Puducherry                  | -         | -         | 8.4       | 5.3       | 3.7       | 3.6       | 8.4       | 4.1       |
| Punjab                      | -         | -         | 7.3       | 11.1      | 1.6       | 1.0       | 18.3      | 16.0      |
| Rajasthan                   | 0.8       | 1.2       | 9.0       | 8.7       | 3.8       | 3.3       | 7.8       | 7.5       |
| Sikkim                      | 2.1       | 0.2       | 25.2      | 18.4      | 2.9       | 0.5       | 14.6      | 9.5       |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 0.7       | 0.5       | 8.6       | 4.1       | -         | -         | 6.3       | 2.5       |
| Telangana                   | -         | -         | 14.3      | 13.4      | -         | -         | 14.5      | 12.9      |
| Tripura                     | 4.5       | 3.9       | 28.0      | 25.4      | 1.2       | 0.9       | 8.5       | 8.1       |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 2.3       | 2.1       | 11.9      | 13.2      | 2.4       | 3.0       | 9.5       | 10.0      |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1.8       | 1.6       | 9.6       | 6.9       | 1.0       | 0.5       | 5.4       | 4.6       |
| West Bengal                 | -         | -         | 13.2      | 13.3      | 9.1       | 8.1       | 18.4      | 17.7      |
| All India                   | 0.8       | 0.7       | 14.3      | 13.7      | 1.5       | 1.4       | 13.0      | 12.2      |

Source :  UDISE+ 2020-21(-) Negative dropout rate have not been reported

In 2020-21 D&NH and Daman & Diu

merged with one UTs

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3215 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL REGARDING STUDY IN RISE IN SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES

| District Name     | Dropout Rate -   | Dropout Rate -   | Dropout Rate -   | Dropout Rate -   | Maharashtra 2021-22   | Maharashtra 2021-22   | Maharashtra 2021-22   | Maharashtra 2021-22   |
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                   | Primary          | Primary          | Secondary        | Secondary        | Primary               | Primary               | Secondary             | Secondary             |
|                   | Boys             | Girls            | Boys             | Girls            | Boys                  | Girls                 | Boys                  | Girls                 |
| AHMADNAGAR        | 0.5              | 0.4              | 7.3              | 9.5              | -                     | -                     | 8.3                   | 10.2                  |
| AKOLA             | 0.4              | 0.2              | 7.9              | 7.8              | 0.9                   | 0.6                   | 8.7                   | 7.7                   |
| AMRAVATI          | 1.4              | 1.2              | 13.7             | 10.4             | -                     | -                     | 13.8                  | 8.9                   |
| AURANGABAD        | 0.1              | -                | 10.7             | 12.9             | 0.0                   | -                     | 9.8                   | 12.2                  |
| BHANDARA          | -                | -                | 2.4              | 0.7              | -                     | -                     | 3.5                   | 2.9                   |
| BID               | -                | 0.5              | 10.8             | 14.4             | -                     | -                     | 8.0                   | 10.9                  |
| BULDANA           | 0.7              | 0.4              | 12.6             | 12.7             | -                     | -                     | 12.6                  | 12.1                  |
| CHANDRAPUR        | 0.6              | 0.4              | 9.9              | 5.7              | -                     | -                     | 8.5                   | 5.5                   |
| DHULE             | 0.8              | 0.6              | 16.7             | 17.1             | -                     | -                     | 18.0                  | 18.6                  |
| GADCHIROLI        | 0.9              | 0.9              | 10.8             | 9.4              | 1.3                   | 1.1                   | 9.3                   | 8.6                   |
| GONDIYA           | 0.0              | -                | 4.2              | 2.6              | -                     | -                     | 2.1                   | 1.8                   |
| HINGOLI           | 0.7              | 1.0              | 11.5             | 16.6             | 0.4                   | 0.1                   | 5.9                   | 12.0                  |
| JALGAON           | 0.3              | 0.6              | 17.2             | 18.1             | -                     | -                     | 18.0                  | 18.2                  |
| JALNA             | 1.1              | 0.2              | 4.6              | 12.2             | 1.0                   | 1.3                   | 3.9                   | 10.7                  |
| KOLHAPUR          | 0.4              | 0.0              | 7.5              | 5.0              | -                     | -                     | 8.5                   | 6.3                   |
| LATUR             | 0.1              | 0.2              | 13.5             | 10.7             | 0.7                   | 0.3                   | 12.0                  | 11.1                  |
| MUMBAI (SUBURBAN) | 20.5             | 19.7             | 51.5             | 50.5             | 15.9                  | 15.6                  | 46.5                  | 47.9                  |
| MUMBAI II         | -                | -                | 1.4              | -                | -                     | -                     | -                     | -                     |
| NAGPUR            | 1.3              | 0.8              | 8.4              | 5.5              | -                     | 0.1                   | 7.7                   | 4.6                   |
| NANDED            | 1.5              | 1.6              | 12.6             | 15.5             | 0.7                   | 0.4                   | 10.9                  | 15.3                  |
| NANDURBAR         | 1.2              | 1.3              | 18.2             | 19.2             | 0.2                   | 0.5                   | 18.3                  | 20.4                  |
| NASHIK            | 0.7              | 0.7              | 15.9             | 15.8             | -                     | -                     | 16.0                  | 17.0                  |
| OSMANABAD         | -                | 0.4              | 17.1             | 17.4             | -                     | -                     | 14.5                  | 15.3                  |
| PALGHAR           | 2.1              | 2.2              | 14.4             | 15.3             | 3.7                   | 3.4                   | 14.8                  | 15.6                  |
| PARBHANI          | -                | -                | 11.1             | 14.4             | 0.1                   | -                     | 10.1                  | 11.9                  |
| PUNE              | 2.2              | 2.0              | 11.9             | 9.5              | -                     | -                     | 11.1                  | 8.4                   |
| RAIGARH           | 1.4              | 1.3              | 14.6             | 12.5             | 0.1                   | -                     | 13.5                  | 10.9                  |
| RATNAGIRI         | -                | 0.1              | 10.6             | 8.9              | -                     | -                     | 10.9                  | 8.4                   |
| SANGLI            | 0.2              | -                | 10.5             | 9.2              | -                     | -                     | 10.8                  | 8.9                   |
| SATARA            | 0.3              | 0.1              | 7.7              | 7.9              | -                     | -                     | 7.0                   | 7.3                   |
| SINDHUDURG        | -                | -                | 7.4              | 4.8              | -                     | -                     | 8.3                   | 4.5                   |
| SOLAPUR           | 0.7              | 0.4              | 12.5             | 16.2             | -                     | -                     | 12.9                  | 15.4                  |
| THANE             | 2.3              | 2.0              | 14.4             | 13.9             | 0.9                   | 0.8                   | 13.7                  | 13.2                  |
| WARDHA            | 0.7              | 0.6              | 9.1              | 4.7              | -                     | -                     | 7.0                   | 4.8                   |
| WASHIM            | 0.4              | 0.0              | 2.4              | 6.4              | -                     | -                     | 4.7                   | 10.0                  |
| YAVATMAL          | 1.5              | 0.8              | 13.8             | 12.4             | 0.1                   | 0.3                   | 14.7                  | 12.8                  |

Source: UDISE+

(-) Negative Dropout not Reported

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3215 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL REGARDING STUDY IN RISE IN SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES

## Dropout Rate by level of Education - Minorities- 2020-21

|                                    | Dropout Rate (Minority)   | Dropout Rate (Minority)   | Dropout Rate (Minority)   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                    | Primary                   | Upper Primary             | Secondary                 |
|                                    | Girls                     | Girls                     | Girls                     |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 18.1                      | 15.5                      | 23.6                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 0                         | 0.2                       | 15.5                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 7.4                       | 5.5                       | 6.6                       |
| Assam                              | 1.6                       | 6.6                       | 38.8                      |
| Bihar                              | 0.2                       | 6.8                       | 24.6                      |
| Chandigarh                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 3                         | 3                         | 15.5                      |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                         | 0                         | 28.1                      |
| Delhi                              | 0                         | 0                         | 12.7                      |
| Goa                                | 3.5                       | 3                         | 10.7                      |
| Gujarat                            | 0                         | 0                         | 2.2                       |
| Haryana                            | 0                         | 0                         | 10                        |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 5.1                       | 8.6                       | 20.2                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 5.1                       | 4.2                       | 2                         |
| Jharkhand                          | 0                         | 0                         | 5                         |
| Karnataka                          | 0                         | 0.9                       | 14.9                      |
| Kerala                             | 0                         | 0                         | 6.1                       |
| Ladakh                             | 6.1                       | 0                         | 0                         |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 0                         | 0.7                       | 9.3                       |
| Maharashtra                        | 1.8                       | 2.5                       | 10                        |
| Manipur                            | 9.1                       | 3.2                       | 10.3                      |
| Meghalaya                          | 4.8                       | 5.8                       | 28.4                      |
| Mizoram                            | 7.2                       | 1.8                       | 18.8                      |
| Nagaland                           | 2.2                       | 0                         | 24.3                      |
| Odisha                             | 0                         | 0                         | 14.7                      |
| Puducherry                         | 1.8                       | 0                         | 0                         |
| Punjab                             | 0                         | 1                         | 4.1                       |
| Rajasthan                          | 3.5                       | 5.2                       | 12.7                      |
| Sikkim                             | 12.8                      | 9.4                       | 33.2                      |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 0                         | 0                         | 3.3                       |
| Telangana                          | 0                         | 0                         | 13.6                      |
| Tripura                            | 10.9                      | 7.6                       | 40.6                      |
| Uttarakhand                        | 0                         | 0                         | 1.2                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 3.7                       | 4.7                       | 14.4                      |
| West Bengal                        | 0                         | 0                         | 21.3                      |
| India                              | 0                         | 0.6                       | 14.8                      |

*Data Source: UDISE+ 2020-21

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## Dropout Rate by level of Education - Minorities and All Categories - 2021-22

| India/State/UT                     | Dropout Rate (Minority)   | Dropout Rate (Minority)   | Dropout Rate (Minority)   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| India/State/UT                     | Primary Girls             | Upper Primary Girls       | Secondary Girls           |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 3.8                       | 1.9                       | 7.4                       |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 14.4                      | 24.2                      | 38.2                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 34.9                      | 38.1                      | 38.5                      |
| Assam                              | 10.3                      | 16.4                      | 34                        |
| Bihar                              | 0.7                       | 10.3                      | 27.5                      |
| Chandigarh                         | 28.8                      | 26.7                      | 20.4                      |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 47.3                      | 48.6                      | 53.4                      |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 26.7                      | 31.5                      | 34                        |
| Delhi                              | 0                         | 0                         | 10.5                      |
| Goa                                | 28                        | 27.7                      | 34.5                      |
| Gujarat                            | 23.6                      | 30.5                      | 41.7                      |
| Haryana                            | 0                         | 12                        | 22.6                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 38.5                      | 39.4                      | 48.1                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 5.8                       | 4.2                       | 8.2                       |
| Jharkhand                          | 15.6                      | 19.4                      | 26.8                      |
| Karnataka                          | 3.6                       | 6.2                       | 24.4                      |
| Kerala                             | 1.4                       | 2.3                       | 10.9                      |
| Ladakh                             | 8.1                       | 2.1                       | 6.2                       |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0.5                       | 1.8                       | 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 15.3                      | 21.1                      | 27.4                      |
| Maharashtra                        | 18.6                      | 20.7                      | 31.5                      |
| Manipur                            | 28.8                      | 22.9                      | 24                        |
| Meghalaya                          | 21.6                      | 23                        | 33.7                      |
| Mizoram                            | 13.1                      | 8.4                       | 19.6                      |
| Nagaland                           | 12.8                      | 10.9                      | 25.2                      |
| Odisha                             | 27.1                      | 26.1                      | 41.4                      |
| Puducherry                         | 24                        | 31.7                      | 36.6                      |
| Punjab                             | 10.5                      | 14.4                      | 12.5                      |
| Rajasthan                          | 17.3                      | 20.8                      | 28.9                      |
| Sikkim                             | 44.1                      | 36.3                      | 45.7                      |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 0                         | 0                         | 4                         |
| Telangana                          | 2.6                       | 6.5                       | 10.3                      |
| Tripura                            | 27.2                      | 29.2                      | 39.1                      |
| Uttarakhand                        | 15.8                      | 21.9                      | 27.7                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 9.3                       | 12.8                      | 21.1                      |
| West Bengal                        | 6.2                       | 0                         | 25.2                      |
| India                              | 9.9                       | 12.5                      | 23.7                      |

*Data Source: UDISE+ 2021-22