Lok Sabha Question No. 1820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Drop-out in Primary and Secondary School Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1820

ANSWERED ON 13/02/2023

## Drop-out in Primary and Secondary School Education

## 1820. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of drop outs in primary and secondary school education during the last five years, State/UT-wise;

(b) the measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure free and compulsory education to all students; and

(c) the details of the financial assistance provided under various schemes during the last five years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(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. State/UTwise dropout rate of Primary and Secondary for the year 2017-18 to 2021-22 are at annexure-I.

(b): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Government. DoSEL with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha. 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.

Under  'Pradhan  Mantri  Poshan  Shakti  Nirman'  (PM  POSHAN)  one  hot  cooked  meal  in Government  and  Government  aided  schools  is  provided  to  students  at  the  elementary  level  of education.

Also,  Section  10  of  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act states that it shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, for elementary education in the neighborhood school.

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.

(c): Financial assistance provided under various schemes during the last five years, State/UT-wise is at annexure II.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1820 ASKED BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO, HON'BLE MP TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023, REGARDING 'DROP-OUT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION'

## DROP OUT RATE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22, STATE/UT-WISE

|                           | DROP OUT RATE AT PRIMARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT PRIMARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT PRIMARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT PRIMARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT PRIMARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT SECONDARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT SECONDARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT SECONDARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT SECONDARY LEVEL   | DROP OUT RATE AT SECONDARY LEVEL   |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| STATES/UTS                | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          | 2020-21                          | 2021-22                          | 2017-18                            | 2018-19                            | 2019-20                            | 2020-21                            | 2021-22                            |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 0.2                              | 1.0                              | 0.5                              | 2.3                              | 0.4                              | 7.7                                | 22.2                               | 15.7                               | 7.0                                | 5.0                                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 22.9                               | 16.4                               | 14.8                               | 16.7                               | 16.3                               |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 8.1                              | 13.8                             | 6.2                              | 8.1                              | 9.3                              | 19.0                               | 36.0                               | 34.3                               | 10.1                               | 11.7                               |
| ASSAM                     | 10.1                             | 3.1                              | 4.3                              | 3.3                              | 6.0                              | 33.7                               | 31.5                               | 32.3                               | 30.3                               | 20.3                               |
| BIHAR                     | 5.1                              | 7.8                              | 2.3                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 32.1                               | 28.5                               | 21.4                               | 17.6                               | 20.5                               |
| CHANDIGARH                | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                                | 4.5                                | 4.7                                | 0.0                                | 0.0                                |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 1.9                              | 3.4                              | 1.0                              | 0.7                              | 0.8                              | 20.1                               | 19.8                               | 18.3                               | 13.4                               | 9.7                                |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 0.1                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              |                                  |                                  | 25.1                               | 20.5                               | 20.3                               |                                    |                                    |
| DAMAN&DIU                 | 0.4                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 3.9                              | 0.0                              | 21.2                               | 21.7                               | 20.0                               | 17.7                               | 9.5                                |
| DELHI                     | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 17.5                               | 14.9                               | 13.9                               | 6.1                                | 4.8                                |
| GOA                       | 0.0                              | 1.5                              | 0.3                              | 1.5                              | 0.0                              | 7.3                                | 9.4                                | 10.2                               | 5.7                                | 9.0                                |
| GUJARAT                   | 1.7                              | 2.3                              | 1.0                              | 1.0                              | 0.0                              | 20.6                               | 23.8                               | 23.7                               | 23.3                               | 17.9                               |
| HARYANA                   | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 2.1                              | 0.0                              | 13.5                               | 14.8                               | 13.3                               | 10.8                               | 5.9                                |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 0.0                              | 0.3                              | 0.9                              | 1.9                              | 0.0                              | 6.5                                | 7.8                                | 7.2                                | 7.6                                | 1.5                                |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR            | 2.9                              | 6.7                              | 5.9                              | 4.4                              | 4.0                              | 3.4                                | 17.8                               | 18.5                               | 3.7                                | 6.0                                |
| JHARKHAND                 | 0.0                              | 5.4                              | 6.3                              | 3.5                              | 1.8                              | 9.5                                | 22.3                               | 16.6                               | 13.0                               | 9.3                                |
| KARNATAKA                 | 1.7                              | 0.0                              | 1.2                              | 1.1                              | 0.0                              | 24.3                               | 23.4                               | 16.8                               | 16.6                               | 14.7                               |
| KERALA                    | 0.1                              | 0.2                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 12.0                               | 9.1                                | 7.9                                | 7.1                                | 5.5                                |
| LADAKH                    | -                                | -                                | 0.0                              | 4.1                              | 6.5                              | -                                  | -                                  | 0.0                                | 3.4                                | 4.9                                |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.5                              | 5.5                                | 4.6                                | 6.7                                | 0.0                                | 0.0                                |
| MADHYAPRADESH             | 4.0                              | 3.3                              | 0.8                              | 1.3                              | 3.1                              | 24.2                               | 24.9                               | 23.2                               | 23.8                               | 10.1                               |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 0.2                              | 1.1                              | 0.0                              | 1.0                              | 0.0                              | 12.6                               | 13.3                               | 15.2                               | 11.2                               | 10.7                               |
| MANIPUR                   | 3.4                              | 6.1                              | 8.8                              | 8.5                              | 13.3                             | 6.0                                | 13.0                               | 9.2                                | 9.4                                | 1.3                                |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 1.7                              | 16.9                             | 7.0                              | 7.4                              | 9.8                              | 17.5                               | 19.5                               | 22.2                               | 27.6                               | 21.7                               |
| MIZORAM                   | 8.0                              | 7.5                              | 7.8                              | 8.1                              | 6.4                              | 19.7                               | 10.6                               | 20.4                               | 20.0                               | 11.9                               |
| NAGALAND                  | 4.6                              | 11.4                             | 4.2                              | 5.9                              | 5.0                              | 13.2                               | 24.1                               | 21.2                               | 23.6                               | 17.5                               |
| ODISHA                    | 5.8                              | 3.4                              | 0.8                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 28.3                               | 9.5                                | 23.6                               | 16.0                               | 27.3                               |
| PUDUCHERRY                | 3.2                              | 0.6                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 3.7                              | 17.5                               | 12.7                               | 7.9                                | 6.9                                | 6.3                                |
| PUNJAB                    | 2.9                              | 1.4                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 1.3                              | 12.4                               | 11.5                               | 1.6                                | 9.0                                | 17.2                               |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 3.4                              | 5.2                              | 2.9                              | 1.0                              | 3.6                              | 10.5                               | 12.7                               | 12.3                               | 8.9                                | 7.7                                |
| SIKKIM                    | 0.0                              | 5.4                              | 0.0                              | 1.2                              | 1.8                              | 16.1                               | 23.7                               | 23.2                               | 21.6                               | 11.9                               |
| TAMILNADU                 | 5.9                              | 1.2                              | 1.1                              | 0.6                              | 0.0                              | 16.2                               | 13.0                               | 9.6                                | 6.4                                | 4.5                                |
| TELANGANA                 | 3.5                              | 1.9                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 0.0                              | 17.1                               | 13.5                               | 12.3                               | 13.9                               | 13.7                               |
| TRIPURA                   | 0.9                              | 3.1                              | 2.0                              | 4.2                              | 1.1                              | 27.2                               | 29.6                               | 26.7                               | 26.7                               | 8.3                                |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 3.4                              | 3.7                              | 2.5                              | 1.7                              | 2.7                              | 11.4                               | 11.0                               | 8.4                                | 8.3                                | 9.7                                |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 7.2                              | 9.7                              | 2.7                              | 2.2                              | 0.8                              | 19.0                               | 15.5                               | 14.4                               | 12.5                               | 5.0                                |
| WEST BENGAL               | 0.2                              | 3.5                              | 0.6                              | 0.0                              | 8.6                              | 14.7                               | 19.5                               | 13.8                               | 13.3                               | 18.0                               |
| TOTAL                     | 3.5                              | 4.5                              | 1.5                              | 0.8                              | 1.5                              | 18.9                               | 17.9                               | 16.1                               | 14.0                               | 12.6                               |

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

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1820 ASKED BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO, HON'BLE MP TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023, REGARDING 'DROP-OUT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION'

## SAMAGRA SHIKSHA - CENTRAL SHARE RELEASES 2018-19 TO 2022-23              (Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl.No.   | Name of the State   | 2018-19                | 2019-20                | 2020-21                | 2021-22                | 2022-23                                 |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of the State   | Central Share Releases | Central Share Releases | Central Share Releases | Central Share Releases | Central Share Releases as on 09.02.2023 |
| 1        | A &NIslands         | 2180.33                | 3093.94                | 4037.43                | 3152.32                | 3785.40                                 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 95096.76               | 105996.21              | 86975.09               | 68301.36               | 86740.48                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 33048.80               | 34717.07               | 33964.52               | 27996.24               | 25229.47                                |
| 4        | Assam               | 157072.23              | 152100.38              | 159429.09              | 156156.40              | 98279.99                                |
| 5        | Bihar               | 305837.73              | 326693.12              | 282822.81              | 340608.45              | 185565.10                               |
| 6        | Chandigarh          | 7714.56                | 6371.14                | 7115.42                | 10804.09               | 7903.07                                 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        | 88206.43               | 101322.73              | 35068.41               | 33236.78               | 48910.77                                |
| 8        | Dadra &N. Haveli    | 3462.38                | 3835.33                | 3493.77                | 2092.45                | 5309.36                                 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          | 631.22                 | 924.44                 |                        |                        |                                         |
| 10       | Delhi               | 13981.74               | 25698.06               | 14926.44               | 14588.04               | 22193.92                                |
| 11       | Goa                 | 1353.03                | 1525.39                | 1788.38                | 1102.19                | 1261.24                                 |
| 12       | Gujarat             | 67089.16               | 115286.16              | 97632.80               | 89375.71               | 79371.51                                |
| 13       | Haryana             | 57841.95               | 61846.56               | 74570.72               | 51709.18               | 24560.52                                |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    | 43295.44               | 47315.93               | 49230.46               | 31910.05               | 28037.03                                |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir     | 171776.09              | 74028.22               | 38557.43               | 87398.83               | 0.00                                    |
| 16       | Jharkhand           | 68596.00               | 91426.74               | 86561.21               | 85897.13               | 73858.81                                |
| 17       | Karnataka           | 62784.00               | 73032.69               | 61010.01               | 47451.63               | 56187.19                                |
| 18       | Kerala              | 25604.99               | 21420.28               | 23838.59               | 22512.79               | 11250.00                                |
| 19       | Ladakh              | 0.00                   | 4147.17                | 5806.39                | 5717.55                | 0.00                                    |
| 20       | Lakshadweep         | 265.06                 | 728.11                 | 254.63                 | 216.15                 | 432.99                                  |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh      | 243783.65              | 256144.65              | 246219.48              | 229279.75              | 193671.37                               |
| 22       | Maharashtra         | 95051.92               | 73423.81               | 63559.58               | 69302.88               | 41220.13                                |
| 23       | Manipur             | 25202.02               | 27363.08               | 32364.84               | 18250.19               | 16833.38                                |
| 24       | Meghalaya           | 23784.61               | 32311.14               | 28355.68               | 27171.38               | 27234.77                                |
| 25       | Mizoram             | 14630.41               | 16813.38               | 18855.02               | 17968.14               | 14268.09                                |
| 26       | Nagaland            | 19766.33               | 19047.59               | 21347.11               | 13734.16               | 17051.30                                |
| 27       | Odisha              | 123021.50              | 189289.15              | 130145.67              | 123807.39              | 119289.25                               |
| 28       | Puducherry          | 804.88                 | 786.54                 | 972.44                 | 1397.54                | 781.67                                  |
| 29       | Punjab              | 44400.00               | 46239.27               | 53143.13               | 50127.01               | 40152.87                                |
| 30       | Rajasthan           | 262721.45              | 291132.13              | 225943.67              | 240582.13              | 180011.05                               |
| 31       | Sikkim              | 6624.19                | 11040.54               | 6451.72                | 10012.46               | 6821.69                                 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu          | 147444.01              | 176912.17              | 162153.74              | 159882.18              | 142143.94                               |
| 33       | Telangana           | 68840.41               | 109524.00              | 34807.36               | 55327.91               | 47994.97                                |
| 34       | Tripura             | 24896.49               | 23492.36               | 40371.19               | 22692.81               | 23577.29                                |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh       | 462541.04              | 498559.56              | 457185.61              | 204497.10              | 33593.33                                |
| 36       | Uttarakhand         | 51138.26               | 51187.76               | 54149.33               | 32083.60               | 211790.40                               |
| 37       | West Bengal         | 108934.52              | 157905.49              | 132743.02              | 130974.48              | 95596.33                                |
|          | Total               | 2929423.59             | 3232682.27             | 2775852.18             | 2487318.43             | 1970908.68                              |

Since 2020-21 D&NH and D&D is merged as one UT