Lok Sabha Question No. 2015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Retention Rate of Students in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2015

ANSWERED ON 13/03/2023

## Retention Rate of Students in Schools

## 2015. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  general  retention  rate  of  students  in  Government  schools,  at  the  primary,  elementary, secondary and higher secondary levels, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government maintains information and data on the rate of drop-outs among children belonging  to  weaker  sections  and  disadvantaged  groups  admitted  under  Section  12(1)  (c)  of  the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009;
- (c) if not, the details thereof;
- (d) the retention rate of children with disabilities, at the primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary levels, State-wise; and
- (e)  the  retention  rate  of  children  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes,  at  the primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary levels, State-wise?

## 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 UDISE+, the retention rate for  2021-22  of  primary,  elementary,  secondary  and  higher  secondary levels, State-wise is at Annexure-I.
- (b) and (c): As per UDISE+ 2021-22, dropout rate for primary and upper primary levels for children belonging to different social groups is given below.

## Dropout Rate for the year 2021-22

|                 | Primary (Class I-V)   | Primary (Class I-V)   | Primary (Class I-V)   | Upper Primary (Class VI-VIII)   | Upper Primary (Class VI-VIII)   | Upper Primary (Class VI-VIII)   |
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Social Category | Boys                  | Girls                 | Overall               | Boys                            | Girls                           | Overall                         |
| General         | 2.65                  | 2.42                  | 2.54                  | 1.49                            | 1.55                            | 1.51                            |
| OBC             | 1.52                  | 1.4                   | 1.46                  | 3.33                            | 3.8                             | 3.56                            |
| SC              | 3.04                  | 2.6                   | 2.83                  | 6.35                            | 5.7                             | 6.03                            |
| ST              | 0.57                  | 0.43                  | 0.51                  | 2.44                            | 3.57                            | 2.99                            |

(d)  and  (e):  The  Retention  rate  of  students  is  calculated  gender-wise  for  the  different  levels  of school education. Improving  retention rate of students in school is a continuous  process. Government of India launched Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for school education, w.e.f. 2018-19, as an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class  XII  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school education.

Further, in order to improve the education standard, the Government has taken several steps:-

1. Central RTE Rules have been amended on 20th February, 2017 to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes at Elementary level.
2. National Achievement Survey (NAS) is conducted to enable States/UTs to identify gaps in learning outcomes.
3. A 70 indicator based matrix Performance Grading Index (PGI) has been developed to grade the States/UTs. Also , an 83 indicator based matrix Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) has been developed to grade the Districts.
4. NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement), an Integrated Teacher Training Programme has been introduced.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2015  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  13.03.2023  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP  SHRI  ANUBHAV MOHANTY REGARDING 'RETENTION RATE OF STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS'

Retention Rate for the year 2021-22

| State/ UT                                |   Primary |   Elementary |   Secondary |   Higher Secondary |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |      94.4 |         94   |        90.4 |               77.2 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |     100   |         92.4 |        81.1 |               52.2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |      63.5 |         45   |        30   |               16.8 |
| Assam                                    |      83.1 |         63.6 |        49.5 |               20   |
| Bihar                                    |     100   |         79.6 |        63.8 |               27.9 |
| Chandigarh                               |     100   |        100   |       100   |              100   |
| Chhattisgarh                             |      96.6 |         85.9 |        67.9 |               44.9 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |      98.7 |         98.5 |       100   |               46.5 |
| Delhi                                    |     100   |        100   |       100   |               81   |
| Goa                                      |      96   |         95.5 |        89.6 |               86.8 |
| Gujarat                                  |      96.1 |         93.4 |        73.1 |               38   |
| Haryana                                  |     100   |        100   |        95.1 |               77.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |      98   |         97   |        94.4 |               77.8 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        |      83.5 |         66.3 |        58.7 |               48.4 |
| Jharkhand                                |      92.6 |         72.5 |        48.4 |               27.6 |
| Karnataka                                |      96.8 |         91.1 |        82.8 |               47.6 |
| Kerala                                   |     100   |        100   |       100   |              100   |
| Ladakh                                   |      92.8 |         74.5 |        70.2 |               56.6 |
| Lakshadweep                              |     100   |        100   |       100   |               87.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |      92.5 |         80.4 |        52.1 |               30.1 |
| Maharashtra                              |      97.5 |         93.7 |        91.6 |               69.2 |
| Manipur                                  |      74.6 |         60.8 |        42.3 |               35.1 |
| Meghalaya                                |      55.2 |         51.1 |        36.8 |               19.1 |
| Mizoram                                  |      66.3 |         56.8 |        45.4 |               28   |
| Nagaland                                 |      62.2 |         57.6 |        42.3 |               23.1 |
| Odisha                                   |      94.7 |         84.2 |        69.2 |               34.8 |
| Puducherry                               |      93.8 |         97.7 |        94.4 |               79.8 |
| Punjab                                   |     100   |         86.8 |        81.3 |               64.5 |
| Rajasthan                                |      90.7 |         74   |        64.7 |               44.3 |
| Sikkim                                   |      91.9 |         90.7 |        77.9 |               40.3 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |      98.1 |         90.2 |        85   |               72.8 |
| Telangana                                |      97.8 |         82.5 |        75.8 |               49.6 |
| Tripura                                  |      94.9 |         83.9 |        65.7 |               44.2 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |      90.3 |         70.5 |        48.9 |               42.5 |
| Uttarakhand                              |      89.8 |         83.3 |        76.1 |               61.2 |
| West Bengal                              |      87.2 |         84   |        49.6 |               33.2 |
| India                                    |      95.4 |         81.2 |        64.7 |               43.6 |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education Plus(UDISE+) 2021-22