Lok Sabha Question No. 2006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: School Dropouts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2006 ANSWERED ON 13/03/2023

## School Dropouts

## 2006. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  the  number  of  students  not  completing  preprimary,  primary  and  secondary  schooling,  State-wise  and  district-wise,  especially  in  Bihar including districtSaran ;

(b) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;

(c) the details of the level of attendance among school students in the country, State-wise, especially in Bihar;

(d) the total number of students who have dropped out of Government and private schools in the country, the level from which they have dropped out, in the last five years, State-wise;

(e) the steps taken by the Government to help drop outs to resume their schooling; and

(f) whether the Government has taken any steps to enable out-of-school students to complete their education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (f): 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 Dropout rate of students is calculated gender-wise and social category wise for the different levels of school education.  As  per  UDISE+,  the  dropout  rate  for  2021-22  of  primary  and  secondary  levels  of education, State-wise and district-wise for Bihar (including Saran) is at Annexure-I.

Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the  schools  are  under  the domain of respective State and UT Government. To reduce the dropout, the Department of School Education and Literacy with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha. However, 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

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2006 TO BE ANSWRED ON 13.03.2023 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'SCHOOL DROPOUTS'

## Dropout Rate for the year 2021-22 by Gender and Level of School Education of States/UTs wise

|                                    | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Location                           | Boys                    | Girls                   | Overall                 | Boys                      | Girls                     | Overall                   |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0.2                     | 0.65                    | 0.42                    | 6                         | 3.91                      | 5                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 17.52                     | 14.97                     | 16.29                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 9.26                    | 9.24                    | 9.25                    | 11.2                      | 12.25                     | 11.74                     |
| Assam                              | 6.84                    | 5.17                    | 6.02                    | 19.78                     | 20.66                     | 20.25                     |
| Bihar                              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.48                     | 21.42                     | 20.46                     |
| Chandigarh                         | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 0.96                    | 0.58                    | 0.77                    | 11.5                      | 8.05                      | 9.73                      |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 10.46                     | 8.35                      | 9.47                      |
| Delhi                              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 5.85                      | 3.71                      | 4.84                      |
| Goa                                | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 12.05                     | 5.45                      | 8.98                      |
| Gujarat                            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.39                     | 15.89                     | 17.85                     |
| Haryana                            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 6.68                      | 4.94                      | 5.91                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 1.96                      | 0.9                       | 1.46                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 3.94                    | 4.13                    | 4.03                    | 5.63                      | 6.34                      | 5.96                      |
| Jharkhand                          | 2.36                    | 1.14                    | 1.77                    | 9.68                      | 8.94                      | 9.31                      |
| Karnataka                          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 16.16                     | 13.02                     | 14.65                     |
| Kerala                             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 6.85                      | 4.06                      | 5.49                      |
| Ladakh                             | 7.51                    | 5.46                    | 6.51                    | 4.03                      | 5.68                      | 4.9                       |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0.48                    | 0.43                    | 0.45                    | 0.43                      | 0                         | 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 3.24                    | 2.91                    | 3.08                    | 10.55                     | 9.67                      | 10.14                     |
| Maharashtra                        | 0.04                    | 0                       | 0                       | 10.81                     | 10.61                     | 10.72                     |
| Manipur                            | 13.54                   | 12.96                   | 13.26                   | 1.35                      | 1.21                      | 1.27                      |
| Meghalaya                          | 11.08                   | 8.58                    | 9.84                    | 23.28                     | 20.37                     | 21.68                     |
| Mizoram                            | 7.08                    | 5.58                    | 6.35                    | 13.06                     | 10.83                     | 11.9                      |
| Nagaland                           | 5.57                    | 4.49                    | 5.04                    | 18.92                     | 16.19                     | 17.52                     |
| Odisha                             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 29.22                     | 25.24                     | 27.29                     |
| Puducherry                         | 3.72                    | 3.61                    | 3.67                    | 8.42                      | 4.09                      | 6.31                      |
| Punjab                             | 1.6                     | 0.95                    | 1.31                    | 18.27                     | 15.96                     | 17.24                     |
| Rajasthan                          | 3.8                     | 3.3                     | 3.57                    | 7.78                      | 7.49                      | 7.65                      |
| Sikkim                             | 2.9                     | 0.48                    | 1.76                    | 14.55                     | 9.48                      | 11.93                     |
| Tamilnadu                          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 6.31                      | 2.52                      | 4.47                      |
| Telangana                          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 14.49                     | 12.94                     | 13.74                     |
| Tripura                            | 1.16                    | 0.95                    | 1.06                    | 8.53                      | 8.15                      | 8.34                      |
| Uttarakhand                        | 0.97                    | 0.51                    | 0.75                    | 5.37                      | 4.63                      | 5.02                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 2.4                     | 2.98                    | 2.68                    | 9.45                      | 10.01                     | 9.7                       |
| West Bengal                        | 9.07                    | 8.15                    | 8.62                    | 18.37                     | 17.66                     | 17.98                     |
| Total                              | 1.55                    | 1.35                    | 1.45                    | 12.96                     | 12.25                     | 12.61                     |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2006  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  13.03.2023  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'SCHOOL DROPOUTS'

## Dropout Rate by Gender and Level of School Education for Bihar (District-wise).

|                    | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Primary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   | Secondary Drop Out Rate   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Location           | Boys                    | Girls                   | Overall                 | Boys                      | Girls                     | Overall                   |
| ARARIA             | 0.53                    | 0.09                    | 0.31                    | 16.33                     | 21.98                     | 19.2                      |
| ARWAL              | 1.42                    | 0                       | 0.63                    | 0                         | 11.23                     | 4.86                      |
| AURANGABAD (BIHAR) | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 16.86                     | 14.03                     | 15.42                     |
| BANKA              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 13.92                     | 18.29                     | 16.07                     |
| BEGUSARAI          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.43                     | 17.91                     | 18.65                     |
| BHAGALPUR          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 22.71                     | 22.35                     | 22.53                     |
| BHOJPUR            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 14.91                     | 20.58                     | 17.69                     |
| BUXAR              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.58                     | 24.4                      | 22.01                     |
| DARBHANGA          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 28.54                     | 23.67                     | 26.12                     |
| GAYA               | 2.24                    | 1.35                    | 1.81                    | 9.05                      | 12.23                     | 10.63                     |
| GOPALGANJ          | 3.84                    | 4.46                    | 4.16                    | 12.8                      | 18.02                     | 15.47                     |
| JAMUI              | 0.57                    | 0                       | 0                       | 8.06                      | 13.57                     | 10.69                     |
| JEHANABAD          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.24                     | 22.6                      | 20.89                     |
| KAIMUR (BHABUA)    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 9.11                      | 20.97                     | 15.39                     |
| KATIHAR            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 23.1                      | 27.16                     | 25.2                      |
| KHAGARIA           | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 16.18                     | 15.29                     | 15.75                     |
| KISHANGANJ         | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 21.26                     | 31.22                     | 26.85                     |
| LAKHISARAI         | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 9.54                      | 9.5                       | 9.52                      |
| MADHEPURA          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 27.49                     | 29.99                     | 28.69                     |
| MADHUBANI          | 1.57                    | 0                       | 0.69                    | 24.18                     | 23.24                     | 23.7                      |
| MUNGER             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 15.39                     | 12.16                     | 13.82                     |
| MUZAFFARPUR        | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 21.79                     | 24.71                     | 23.28                     |
| NALANDA            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 18.8                      | 19.21                     | 18.99                     |
| NAWADA             | 0                       | 0.35                    | 0.04                    | 7.16                      | 10.04                     | 8.58                      |
| PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN | 0.77                    | 0.78                    | 0.78                    | 21.51                     | 24.37                     | 22.87                     |
| PATNA              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 21.81                     | 22.49                     | 22.14                     |
| PURBA CHAMPARAN    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 25.95                     | 25.69                     | 25.82                     |
| PURNIA             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 14.46                     | 23.95                     | 19.25                     |
| ROHTAS             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 18.89                     | 22.48                     | 20.74                     |
| SAHARSA            | 0.49                    | 0.29                    | 0.39                    | 21.58                     | 21.66                     | 21.62                     |
| SAMASTIPUR         | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 22.73                     | 25.67                     | 24.26                     |
| SARAN              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 21.26                     | 22.71                     | 21.99                     |
| SHEIKHPURA         | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 7.34                      | 11.59                     | 9.34                      |
| SHEOHAR            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 15.25                     | 23.04                     | 19.32                     |
| SITAMARHI          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 24.17                     | 22.47                     | 23.3                      |
| SIWAN              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 21.57                     | 21.13                     | 21.34                     |
| SUPAUL             | 6.25                    | 5.48                    | 5.88                    | 31.37                     | 26.91                     | 29.2                      |
| VAISHALI           | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 28.53                     | 28.47                     | 28.5                      |
| Total              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 19.48                     | 21.42                     | 20.46                     |