Lok Sabha Question No. 3424 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Dropout Ratio of Girls in Jharkhand
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Arjunlal Meena, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, P.P. Chaudhary, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3424

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## Dropout Ratio of Girls in Jharkhand

## 3424. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the drop-out ratio among girls in different levels of schooling in Jharkhand and Rajasthan including Tribal community during the last five years;
- (b)  the  percentage  of  girls  who  dropped  out  of  schools  in  the  country  particularly Rajasthan  and  Jharkhand  for  various  reasons  including  early  marriage  and  child bearing;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any measures to prevent drop-out and also bring back those who have dropped out already and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  and  (b):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. The UDISE+ results are available up to 2019-20.As per UDISE+,  the  drop-out  rates  among  girls  in  different  levels  of  school  education  in Jharkhand and Rajasthan including dropout rates of Scheduled Tribes for the last five years  is  at  annexure-I.  As  per  UDISE+  2019-20  the  dropout  rates  for  girls  in  the country for the year 2019-20  is also placed at annexure -I.

(c):Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, which is an overarching scheme for school education covering all levels from pre-primary to senior secondary, financial assistance is provided to the States and UTs for various activities to reduce dropouts at secondary level, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up, upgradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas,  transport  allowance,  undertaking  enrolment  drives,  seasonal  hostels/ residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities in schools, etc, financial assistance is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs.

Under Samagra Shiksha, 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 16-19 years, belonging to socio economically disadvantaged groups, for completing their education through NIOS/SIOS, for accessing course materials and certification.

This Department has 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.  Also,  Bridge  Course  Modules have  been  developed  by  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training (NCERT) for bridging the learning gaps of Out of School Children studying in Special Training Centers (STC) under the provision of RTE Act, 2009.

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  PART  (a)  and  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3424 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA, SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA, SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY AND SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR REGARDING 'Dropout Ratio of Girls in Jharkhand'.

## Dropout Rates of Girls in Jharkhand and Rajasthan for the years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20

## Jharkhand

| Year              | 2015-16   | 2015-16          | 2016-17   | 2016-17          | 2017-18   | 2017-18          | 2018-19   | 2018-19          | 2019-20   | 2019-20          |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|
| Educational Level | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes |
| Primary           | 4.8       | 6.9              | 3.9       | 5.8              | -         | 1.5              | 4.6       | 7.1              | 5.3       | 5.6              |
| Upper Primary     | 8.9       | 12.1             | 9.9       | 13.6             | -         | 3.2              | 9.7       | 12.7             | 7.9       | 9.9              |
| Secondary         | 25.7      | 26.2             | 27.6      | 31.8             | 10.7      | 16.8             | 22.4      | 28.4             | 17.0      | 23.4             |

## Rajasthan

| Year              | 2015-16   | 2015-16          | 2016-17   | 2016-17          | 2017-18   | 2017-18          | 2018-19   | 2018-19          | 2019-20   | 2019-20          |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|
| Educational Level | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes | Overall   | Scheduled Tribes |
| Primary           | 6.8       | 9.2              | 4.8       | 7.3              | 3.5       | 4.9              | 4.8       | 6.6              | 2.8       | 4.9              |
| Upper Primary     | 9.9       | 10.8             | 6.3       | 7.9              | 3.4       | 4.8              | 4.4       | 4.9              | 2.1       | 3.5              |
| Secondary         | 15.2      | 18.2             | 17.3      | 19.9             | 10.8      | 13.1             | 12.8      | 16.1             | 12.1      | 15.4             |

## Dropout rates for Girls in the Country for the year 2019-20

| Educational Level   |   Dropout rates of Girls |
|---------------------|--------------------------|
| Primary             |                     1.22 |
| Upper Primary       |                     2.96 |
| Secondary           |                    15.05 |

Source: Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) Report No 4017 titled 'Dropout Rate by Gender, Level of School Education and Social Category' available in https://dashboard.udiseplus.gov.in/#/reportDashboard/sReport