Lok Sabha Question No. 720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Dropout Rate in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Mohammad Jawed, Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Adoor Prakash, Behanan Benny, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 720 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Dropout Rate in Schools

720.   Shri T. N. Prathapan:

Shri Benny Behanan:

Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury:

Shrimati Nusrat Jahan Ruhi:

Dr. Mohammad Jawed:

Adv. Adoor Prakash:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the dropout rates of students, both in Government and private schools from 2014 till date, by year, gender, and State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted or intends to conduct any extensive survey to calculate loss of learning in the academic year 2020-21 and 2021- 22 due to the COVID19 pandemic;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has framed any policy to support students who have faced loss of learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a)  to  (e):  As  per  the  Unified  District  Information  System for  Education  (UDISE+), the Average drop-out rates of students of all categories of schools from 2014-15 to 201920, year-wise, gender-wise and State-wise are at Annexure.

Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools come under the purview of the respective State and UT Government.

A National Achievement Survey across the country has been conducted on 12th November  2021  for  Grade  3,  5,  8  and  10  students  of  State  Government  schools, Government Aided schools, Private Unaided recognized schools and Central Government schools for assessing the competencies attained by the students vis-a-vis learning outcomes.

The Department of School Education & Literacy has, in order to prevent drop outs,  lower  enrolments  and  loss  of  learning,  issued  guidelines  on  13 th   July,  2020  for identification, smooth admission process and continued education of migrant children.

Further, to ensure that children have access to education with quality and equity and to minimize the impact of the pandemic on school education in the country, Ministry of  Education  has  shared  guidelines  dated  7 th   January,  2021  with  all  States    which, among  others,  include  identification  of  out  of  school  children  from  age  6-18  years, enrolment drives and awareness generation, student support while schools are closed, continued  Education  for  children  with  Special  Needs  (CWSN),  student  support  on school reopening and Teacher capacity building.

Also, a comprehensive Covid action plan  has been shared with the States and UTs  on 4 th   May  2021,  outlining  the  role  of  local  bodies,  formation  of  nodal  group  at village/town level, conducting door-to-door/helpdesk-based/app based survey to identify out of school children, their mainstreaming and resource sharing.

This Department 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.

During  the  pandemic,  the  Ministry  of  Education  has  taken  various  steps  for providing  continued  access  to  education,  which  are  available  to  each  category  of students irrespective of their region or economic standard. A comprehensive initiative called PM  e-Vidya  has  been  started  which  aims  to  unify  all  efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes all forms of digital modes to provide wide access- DIKSHA (online), SWAYAM (online),  SWAYAM  PRABHA  (TV),  other  TV  Channels  including  use  of  Doordarshan and  AIR  Networks.  Further,  an  Alternate  Academic  Calendar  has  been  prepared  for learning  solutions  for  grade  1  to  12  for  both  children  with  and  without  device.  Also, PRAGYATA  guidelines  were  issued  to  States/UTs  to  facilitate  continued  education through  various  modes.  The  guidelines  inter-alia  include  situation  where  internet connectivity is not available or available with very less bandwidth, resources are shared through various platforms like television, radio etc. that do not depend on internet.

Also,  to  bridge  the  learning  gaps  and  to  ensure  continuity  of  education,  this Department has shared Learning Recovery Plan with all the states and Union Territories on 01.02.2022 describing the actions/ activities to be undertaken by all the stakeholders,  indicative  annual  calendar  of  activities,  existing  interventions  which  can be utilized and additional support with funds as one time measure. The link for the same is https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/lpr\_2023.pdf

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 720 FOR REPLY ON 07.02.2022  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MPs  SHRI  T.N.  PRATHAPAN:  SHRI  BENNY  BEHANAN,  SHRI  ADHIR  RANJAN  CHOWDHURY, SHRIMATI  NUSRAT  JAHAN  RUHI,  DR.  MOHAMMAD  JAWED  AND  ADV.  ADOOR  PRAKASH  REGARDING  DROPOUT  RATE  IN SCHOOLS

|                           |            |       |                   |          |         |                    |          |           |                    | Annual Average   | Dropout   |        | Rate   |         |          |      |       |          |                                 |           |         |       |         |           |      |          |          |           |      |      |      | 2019-20   |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
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| State/UT                  | Elementary |       | 2014-15 Secondary |          |         | 2015-16 Elementary |          | Secondary | 2016-17 Elementary |                  | Secondary |        |        |         | 2017-18  |      |       |          | Elementary Secondary Elementary |           | 2018-19 |       |         | Secondary |      |          |          | Secondary |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      | Elementary |     |       |      |     |      |              |
|                           | Boys       | Girls | Boys              | Girls    | Boys    | Girls              | Boys     | Girls     | Boys               | Girls            | Boys      | Girls  | Boys   | Girls   |          | Boys | Girls | Boys     |                                 | Girls     |         | Girls | Boys    |           |      |          | Girls    | Boys      | Boys |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     | Girls |      |     |      |              |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.7        | 1.2   | 8.4               | 6.0      | 0.8     | 1.1                | 11.5     | 8.2       | 1.8                | 1.5              | 7.9       | 6.8    | 0.0    |         | 0.1 10.2 |      | 4.9   | 0.2      |                                 | 0.9       | 26.2    |       |         |           | 18.0 |          |          | 0.0       |      | 0.0  | 12.3 |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       | 19.1 |     |      |              |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 4.0        | 4.3   | 12.0              | 13.4     | 6.0     | 6.3                | 15.8     | 15.6      | 1.4                | 1.6 NE           | NE        |        | 0.0    | 0.0     | 24.2     | 21.4 | 0.0   | 0.0      | 17.5                            |           | 15.2    |       | 0.0     |           |      |          | 0.0      |           | 17.2 | 12.2 |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 9.4        | 9.1   | 16.1              | 12.8     | 9.6     | 9.5                | 18.3     | 15.8      | 19.9               | 20.0 31.6        | 28.1      |        | 9.0    | 6.6     | 17.2     |      | 11.8  | 11.0     |                                 | 20.7 35.0 |         |       | 7.7     |           | 36.9 | 5.5      | 37.6     | 30.9      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Assam                     | 8.0        | 6.6   | 28.6              | 32.1     | 14.4    | 13.4               | 24.6     | 29.3      | 5.2                | 4.1 26.4         |           | 28.8   | 9.6    | 7.5     | 32.1     |      | 35.2  | 3.4      | 2.0                             |           | 30.8    | 32.1  |         |           |      | 5.0      |          | 3.1       |      |      | 31.5 | 32.9      |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Bihar                     | 2.5        | 2.2   | 24.7              | 26.1     | 1.5     | 0.7                | 25.2     | 26.6      | 11.3               | 10.0 38.5        | 41.0      |        | 7.8    | 7.6     |          | 30.3 | 33.7  | 10.0     |                                 | 8.6       | 27.4    |       |         | 4.9       |      |          |          | 4.2       | 5.9  | 20.0 | 22.7 | 3.3       |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Chandigarh                | - 2.4      | - 2.2 | - 24.1            | - 22.7   | 0.0 4.1 | 0.0 3.4            | - 22.6   | - 19.9    | 0.0 4.8            | 0.0 3.9          | - 26.1    | - 22.4 | 0.0    | 0.0 3.4 | 2.8      | -    | -     | 0.0 18.2 | 5.0                             | 21.9 4.6  |         | 22.7  | 0.0     |           | 4.7  | 4.3 14.0 | 2.5      |           |      | 1.5  | 19.4 | 17.2      |      |      | 0.0  |      |      |      |            |     |       |      | 0.0 |      |              |
| Dadra & Nagar             |            |       | 30.0              | 26.8     | 2.4     | 2.5                | 18.2     | 15.1      | 0.9                | 1.0              | 28.1      | 27.9   | 1.0    | 0.9     |          | 27.7 | 22.0  | 0.6      |                                 |           |         |       |         |           | 0.8  | 17.5     | 23.1     | 0.0       |      |      |      | 22.8      | 0.0  |      | 17.3 |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Haveli Daman & Diu        | 1.9        | 3.3   |                   |          |         |                    | 34.5     | 29.7      | 0.0                |                  | 21.6      | 17.1   | 0.8    |         |          |      |       |          |                                 |           |         |       |         |           |      |          |          |           |      |      |      |           | 23.2 | 16.5 |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Delhi                     | 1.9 -      | 1.7 - | 19.5 10.8         | 20.3 6.6 | 2.3 0.0 | 1.3 0.0            | 13.6     | 9.8       | 0.0                | 0.0 0.0          | 12.6      | 8.6    | 0.2    |         | 0.8 18.9 |      | 16.0  | 0.0      |                                 | 24.9 0.0  | 17.1    | 16.1  | 0.0 0.0 |           | 23.9 | 19.3     | 0.0      | 13.7      |      |      |      | 0.0       |      |      | 0.0  | 15.7 | 11.9 |      |            |     |       |      | 0.0 |      |              |
| Goa                       | -          | 0.2   | 11.7              | 7.2      | 0.4     | 0.6                | 14.2     | 7.7       | 0.5                | 1.9 18.7         | 13.0      |        | 0.0    | 0.0     | 10.2     | 4.0  |       | 1.3      |                                 | 1.3       |         |       |         |           | 12.3 | 6.2      |          |           | 0.0  |      |      |           | 12.8 | 7.2  |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Gujarat                   | 1.6        | 3.5   | 22.9              | 19.8     | 2.2     | 3.7                |          | 23.2      | 2.5                | 3.7 25.6         | 21.9      |        | 3.0    | 5.0     | 21.8     | 19.0 |       | 3.9 4.6  |                                 |           |         | 25.8  | 21.2    |           |      |          |          | 2.0       |      |      |      |           |      |      |      | 26.0 |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |
| Haryana                   | 0.9 0.6    | 1.6   | 11.9              | 13.3     | 5.5     |                    | 26.3     |           | 0.0                |                  | 12.1      | 12.3   |        | 0.0     | 13.8     | 13.1 | 0.2   |          |                                 | 0.4       |         |       |         |           |      | 15.7     |          | 13.7      |      |      | 0.1  |           | 3.2  |      |      | 0.2  |      |      |            |     |       | 20.6 |     |      |              |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 0.6        |       | 9.3               | 8.8      | 0.5     | 5.9 1.0            | 16.4 6.3 | 15.3 5.8  | 0.7                | 0.0 1.0 7.7      |           | 6.3    | 0.3    | 0.2     | 0.0 7.5  |      | 5.3   | 0.2      |                                 | 0.4       |         |       |         | 8.8       |      |          |          |           |      | 0.7  | 0.9  |           | 8.4  |      |      |      |      |      |            | 5.9 | 12.0  |      | 0.5 | 14.4 | Chhattisgarh |
| Jammu And                 | 5.0        | 5.2   | 14.7              | 16.1     | 6.3     | 6.3                | 17.0     | 17.7      | 11.9               | 13.9             | 23.3      | 25.5   |        |         | 0.4      | 3.0  | 1.6   | 4.1      |                                 | 6.9       |         | 17.9  | 6.2     | 2.5       |      | 6.6 17.7 |          |           |      |      |      | 3.6       | 29.5 | 3.7  |      |      | 16.7 |      |            |     | 16.6  |      |     |      |              |
| Kashmir Jharkhand         | 6.5        |       | 23.0              | 23.3     | 6.9     | 6.3                | 23.5     | 24.6      | 16.7               | 17.2             |           | 37.1   |        |         |          | 0.0  | 0.0   | 7.6      |                                 | 36.2      |         |       | 8.2     |           | 10.7 |          | 22.4 7.9 |           |      |      |      |           | 6.2  | 17.0 | 6.3  |      |      | 22.1 |            |     | 16.2  |      |     |      |              |
|                           | 7.0        |       |                   |          |         |                    |          |           |                    |                  |           |        |        |         |          |      |       |          |                                 |           |         |       |         |           |      |          |          |           |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |            |     |       |      |     |      |              |

| Karnataka      | 2.4   | 2.4   | 28.5   | 26.6     | 2.5     | 2.8   | 27.7   | 24.5   | 1.6   | 2.9       | NE   | NE   | 2.2   | 1.8   | 26.4   | 21.9   | 0.0      | 0.0       | 26.4     | 20.2    | 1.9      | 1.4   | 19.4 14.1   |   19.4 14.1 |
|----------------|-------|-------|--------|----------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-------|-----------|------|------|-------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------|----------|---------|----------|-------|-------------|-------------|
| Kerala         | -     | -     | 17.3   | 11.4 0.0 | 0.0     |       | 15.0   | 9.5    | 0.0   | 0.0 15.6  | 9.8  | 0.0  | 0.2   | 14.5  | 9.5    | 0.3    | 0.0      | 11.3 6.8  | 0.0      | 0.0     |          | 9.8   | 5.9         |         5.9 |
| Ladakh         |       |       |        |          |         |       |        |        |       |           |      |      |       |       |        |        |          |           |          | 4.3     | 1.7      | 12.3  |             |         9.9 |
| Lakshadweep    | 0.5   | -     | 8.5    | 7.7 0.7  | 0.9     | 8.8   | 5.0    |        | 1.4   | 0.0 5.7   | 5.9  | 0.0  | 0.0   | 7.5   | 3.4    | 0.0    | 0.0      | 3.6 5.5   | 0.0      | 0.0     |          | 10.6  | 2.7         |         2.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9.9   | 11.5  | 25.2   | 27.9     | 6.9 8.1 | 23.7  | 26.0   |        | 5.3   | 6.1 23.7  | 23.8 | 4.8  | 4.9   | 24.2  | 24.2   | 4.1    | 4.4      | 25.6      | 24.0     | 1.8     | 2.1      | 24.4  | 21.8        |        21.8 |
| Maharashtra    | 0.3   | 0.9   | 15.0   | 13.8 1.1 | 1.8     | 13.1  | 12.6   | 0.7    |       | 1.2 11.4  | 11.1 | 0.6  | 1.0   | 12.9  | 12.2   | 1.4    | 1.6      | 13.7 12.8 |          | 0.3     | 0.6      | 16.2  | 14.0        |        14   |
| Manipur        | 14.5  | 15.3  | 12.4   | 15.3 7.7 | 8.3     | 12.9  | 15.9   |        | 14.8  | 16.3 21.1 | 21.0 | 2.1  | 3.0   | 4.1   | 7.8    | 6.1    | 4.4      | 12.9      | 13.2     | 7.4     | 7.1      | 9.2   | 9.2         |         9.2 |
| Meghalaya      | 10.0  | 8.8   | 25.6   | 24.0     | 9.3 7.8 | 20.8  |        | 20.3   | 18.0  | 17.3 28.3 | 27.9 | 3.8  | 2.2   | 17.3  | 17.6   | 16.4   | 13.2     | 20.8      | 18.3 8.4 | 6.3     |          | 22.8  | 21.8        |        21.8 |
| Mizoram        | 10.7  | 10.9  | 20.0   | 17.4     | 8.5     | 8.0   | 23.0   | 20.7   | 13.8  | 13.4 32.5 | 28.9 | 8.4  | 6.8   | 22.6  | 16.9   | 6.6    | 5.5      | 11.2      | 10.1 6.6 | 5.5     |          | 23.2  | 17.5        |        17.5 |
| Nagaland       | 18.8  | 19.1  | 34.1   | 36.1     | 4.2 3.1 |       | 18.0   | 18.5   | 19.9  | 20.3 31.5 | 31.0 | 4.6  | 4.2   | 13.5  | 12.9   | 9.9    | 8.4      | 25.7 22.5 | 5.6      |         | 3.7      | 21.7  | 20.7        |        20.7 |
| Odisha         | 2.9   | 2.9   | 49.4   | 49.6     | 3.3 3.0 |       | 29.7   | 29.4   | 4.4   | 4.6 28.9  | 28.8 | 6.0  | 5.3   | 28.7  | 27.8   | 3.6    | 4.3      | 11.7 7.2  | 2.3      |         | 2.0      | 25.2  | 21.9        |        21.9 |
| Puducherry     | 0.6   | 0.7   | 18.2   | 10.0     | 0.4 0.5 | 14.9  |        | 9.4    | 0.0   | 0.0 15.7  | 9.4  | 3.5  | 1.9   | 21.9  | 12.7   | 1.3    |          | 0.0 17.3  | 7.9      | 0.0     | 0.0      | 10.8  | 4.9         |         4.9 |
| Punjab         | 1.8   | 1.9   | 8.9    | 8.7      | 2.9 3.4 |       | 9.2    | 8.4    | 3.0   | 2.7 9.1   | 7.9  | 3.4  | 3.2   | 13.7  | 10.8   | 2.0    | 1.9      | 13.0      | 9.6      | 0.0     | 0.0      | 4.8   | 0.0         |         0   |
| Rajasthan      | 6.7   | 8.8   | 17.9   | 20.1     | 4.2 4.6 | 13.5  |        | 13.4   | 5.8   | 6.4 15.1  | 15.3 | 3.0  | 3.5   | 10.3  | 10.8   | 4.7    |          | 4.7 12.6  | 12.8     | 2.3     | 2.6      | 12.5  | 12.1        |        12.1 |
| Sikkim         | 5.8   | 3.7   | 13.7   | 12.1     | 3.1     | 0.8   | 17.6   | 14.4   | 6.7   | 5.7 25.7  | 22.7 | 0.2  | 0.0   | 18.3  | 14.1   | 4.3    | 2.8      | 26.3      | 21.3     | 0.0 0.0 |          | 25.6  | 21.1        |        21.1 |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2.0   | 2.0   | 16.1   | 8.0      | 0.0     | 0.0   | 11.7   | 4.4    | 0.6   | 0.9 13.7  | 6.3  | 7.0  | 7.3   | 19.4  | 13.0   | 0.6    | 1.3      | 17.7      | 8.1      | 1.0     | 0.6      | 13.3  | 5.6         |         5.6 |
| Telangana      | 5.6   | 5.3   | 18.0   | 16.9     | 2.3 2.0 |       | 16.5   | 14.5   | 6.8   | 7.0 23.5  | 21.5 | 3.6  | 2.7   | 19.0  | 15.2   | 2.2    | 2.3      | 15.3      | 11.6     | 0.0 0.0 |          | 14.0  | 10.6        |        10.6 |
| Tripura        | 3.5   | 3.1   | 24.5   | 25.7     | 1.7 1.3 |       | 28.0   | 28.8   | 4.9   | 4.6 29.2  | 30.3 | 1.9  | 1.1   | 27.1  | 27.3   | 4.1    | 2.9      | 29.4      | 29.7     | 2.8     | 2.3      | 27.0  | 26.4        |        26.4 |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 5.2   | 5.1   | 7.3    | 7.4 6.6  | 6.9     |       | 9.9    | 10.6   | 8.2   | 9.7 12.5  | 12.9 | 6.6  | 8.0   | 18.7  | 19.5   | 7.6    | 9.4      | 15.5      | 15.6     | 1.9     | 3.0      |       | 14.5        |        14.2 |
| Uttarakhand    | 2.8   | 2.4   | 9.9    | 7.4 3.1  | 2.9     |       | 11.3   | 9.5    | 4.7   | 4.7 9.9   | 8.2  | 2.9  | 3.2   | 11.9  | 10.7   | 3.9    | 3.5 12.3 | 9.5       | 2.5      | 2.3     | 9.4      | 7.3   | 7.3         |         7.3 |
| West Bengal    | 4.2   | 2.6   | 16.7   | 19.8 3.4 |         | 1.6   | 16.3   | 19.1   | 9.3   | 7.4 26.5  | 27.3 | 1.0  | 0.0   | 14.1  | 15.1   | 3.9    | 1.6      | 19.4      | 19.6     | 0.2     | 0.0      |       | 14.1        |        13.6 |
| All India      | 4.1   | 4.3   | 17.9   | 17.8 4.0 | 4.1     | 17.2  | 16.9   |        | 5.9   | 6.3 20.0  | 19.8 | 4.0  | 4.1   | 18.6  | 18.4   | 4.5    | 4.6 18.6 | 17.0      |          | 1.9     | 1.9 17.0 |       | 15.1        |        15.1 |

Source: UDISE & UDISE+, NE: Not Estimated, Note: Negative dropout rate have not been reported, Data for Ladakh is not available for the year 2015-16 to 2018-19.