Lok Sabha Question No. 1249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: School Dropouts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Deepak Baij, Vaithilingam Ve., Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Behanan Benny, Mohammad Jawed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1249 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## School Dropouts

1249.  SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

SHRI VE. VAITHILINGAM:

SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any study has been conducted to find out the percentage of students school dropouts after COVID-19 pandemic and if so, the ratio of boys and girls dropouts;
- (b) the data regarding school drop-outs during the pandemic, State, Caste, Religion and Gender-wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  Government  schools  that  provided  remote  instruction  during  the pandemic, district-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  outlined  any  remedial  plans  for  students  who  have returned to schools after lockdown; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (e):  As per the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+, 202021),  the  State-wise  Annual  average  dropout  rate  is  at  Annexure-I  and  the  state-wise Annual  average  dropout  rate  for  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  tribes  is  at Annexure-II.

Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  subject  under  the  Constitution  of  India  and majority of schools come under the purview of State/ UT Government.

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  accessDIKSHA  (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.

A comprehensive Covid Action Plan has been shared with the States and UTs on 4th 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.

NCERT  has  also  developed  bridge  course  modules  for  out-of-school  children including  various  activities  which  are  helpful  for  bridging  the  learning  gaps  and  the States/UTs  have  also  been  suggested  to  prepare  and  implement  School  Readiness Module/Bridge Course in classrooms for initial one or two months for each grade.

In  addition,  a  comprehensive  Learning  Recovery  Plan  (LRP)  has  been  shared with States/UTs to provide a multipronged & holistic approach to ensure that children receive suitable support. Under this, financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for various  interventions  including  Learning  Enhancement  Programme  (LEP),  Teacher Resource Package (TRP), ICT facility to Block Resource Centers (BRCs), Strengthening of Clusters Resource Centers (CRCs), etc.

Also, Vidya Pravesh has been launched for students entering grade I. This is a play based 3 months school preparation module which make students grade I ready.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1249  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25 TH   JULY,  2022 ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MPs  SHRI  KUMBAKUDI  SUDHAKARAN,  SHRI  DEEPAK BAIJ,  SHRI  VE.  VAITHILINGAM,  SHRI  BALUBHAU  ALIAS  SURESH  NARAYAN DHANORKAR, SHRI BENNY BEHANAN AND DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED REGARDING SCHOOL DROPOUTS

|                            | Annual Average Elementary level (I - VIII)   | Annual Average Elementary level (I - VIII)   | Annual Average Elementary level (I - VIII)   | Dropout Rate Overall Secondary (IX-X)   | Dropout Rate Overall Secondary (IX-X)   | Dropout Rate Overall Secondary (IX-X)   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| State/UT                   | Boys                                         | Girls                                        | Total                                        | Boys                                    | Girls                                   | Total                                   |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS  | 1.4                                          | 1.8                                          | 1.6                                          | 7.3                                     | 6.8                                     | 7.0                                     |
| ANDHRA PRADESH             | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 17.3                                    | 16.1                                    | 16.7                                    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 9.0                                          | 6.5                                          | 7.8                                          | 8.7                                     | 11.3                                    | 10.1                                    |
| ASSAM                      | 4.9                                          | 2.8                                          | 3.8                                          | 29.0                                    | 31.4                                    | 30.3                                    |
| BIHAR                      | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 16.3                                    | 19.0                                    | 17.6                                    |
| CHANDIGARH                 | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -                                       | -                                       | -                                       |
| CHHATTISGARH               | 2.3                                          | 1.6                                          | 1.9                                          | 15.5                                    | 11.3                                    | 13.4                                    |
| D & N HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU | 3.6                                          | 2.7                                          | 3.2                                          | 20.5                                    | 14.6                                    | 17.7                                    |
| DELHI                      | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 7.0                                     | 5.1                                     | 6.1                                     |
| GOA                        | 1.2                                          | 1.2                                          | 1.2                                          | 6.3                                     | 5.0                                     | 5.7                                     |
| GUJARAT                    | 1.9                                          | 2.7                                          | 2.3                                          | 25.1                                    | 20.9                                    | 23.3                                    |
| HARYANA                    | 2.0                                          | 2.0                                          | 2.0                                          | 12.2                                    | 8.9                                     | 10.8                                    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 1.7                                          | 1.7                                          | 1.7                                          | 8.1                                     | 7.1                                     | 7.6                                     |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR             | 3.9                                          | 4.2                                          | 4.0                                          | 2.9                                     | 4.6                                     | 3.7                                     |
| JHARKHAND                  | 4.4                                          | 3.8                                          | 4.1                                          | 12.6                                    | 13.3                                    | 13.0                                    |
| KARNATAKA                  | 1.6                                          | 1.3                                          | 1.4                                          | 18.2                                    | 14.8                                    | 16.6                                    |
| KERALA                     | - -                                          |                                              | -                                            | 9.1                                     | 4.9                                     | 7.1                                     |
| LADAKH                     | 3.6                                          | 3.2                                          | 3.4                                          | 5.8                                     | 1.1                                     | 3.4                                     |
| LAKSHADWEEP                | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -                                       | -                                       | -                                       |
| MADHYA PRADESH             | 3.1                                          | 3.2                                          | 3.2                                          | 25.1                                    | 22.1                                    | 23.8                                    |
| MAHARASHTRA                | 1.2                                          | 1.2                                          | 1.2                                          | 11.3                                    | 11.1                                    | 11.2                                    |
| MANIPUR                    | 7.5                                          | 6.7                                          | 7.1                                          | 9.3                                     | 9.4                                     | 9.4                                     |
| MEGHALAYA                  | 9.2                                          | 6.7                                          | 7.9                                          | 28.5                                    | 26.8                                    | 27.6                                    |
| MIZORAM                    | 8.0                                          | 6.2                                          | 7.1                                          | 22.2                                    | 17.8                                    | 20.0                                    |
| NAGALAND                   | 6.1                                          | 4.5                                          | 5.3                                          | 24.7                                    | 22.5                                    | 23.6                                    |
| ODISHA                     | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 16.7                                    | 15.4                                    | 16.0                                    |
| PUDUCHERRY                 | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 8.4                                     | 5.3                                     | 6.9                                     |
| PUNJAB                     | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 7.3                                     | 11.1                                    | 9.0                                     |
| RAJASTHAN                  | 1.4                                          | 1.7                                          | 1.5                                          | 9.0                                     | 8.7                                     | 8.9                                     |
| SIKKIM                     | 0.6                                          | -                                            | -                                            | 25.2                                    | 18.4                                    | 21.6                                    |
| TAMIL NADU                 | 0.6                                          | 0.5                                          | 0.6                                          | 8.6                                     | 4.1                                     | 6.4                                     |
| TELANGANA                  | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 14.3                                    | 13.4                                    | 13.9                                    |
| TRIPURA                    | 5.1                                          | 4.2                                          | 4.7                                          | 28.0                                    | 25.4                                    | 26.7                                    |
| UTTAR PRADESH              | 2.4                                          | 3.5                                          | 2.9                                          | 11.9                                    | 13.2                                    | 12.5                                    |
| UTTARAKHAND                | 1.9                                          | 1.8                                          | 1.9                                          | 9.6                                     | 6.9                                     | 8.3                                     |
| WEST BENGAL                | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 13.2                                    | 13.3                                    | 13.3                                    |
| Total                      | 1.2                                          | 1.4                                          | 1.3                                          | 14.3                                    | 13.7                                    | 14.0                                    |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1249  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25 TH   JULY,  2022 ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MPs  SHRI  KUMBAKUDI  SUDHAKARAN,  SHRI  DEEPAK BAIJ,  SHRI  VE.  VAITHILINGAM,  SHRI  BALUBHAU  ALIAS  SURESH  NARAYAN DHANORKAR,SHRI BENNY BEHANAN AND DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED REGARDING SCHOOL DROPOUTS

## Annual Average Dropout Rate

|                      | Scheduled Elementary level   | Scheduled Elementary level   | Scheduled Elementary level   | Castes Secondary   | Castes Secondary   | Castes Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   | Scheduled Tribes Elementary level Secondary   |
|----------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| State/UT             | Boys                         | Girls                        | Total                        | Boys               | Girls              | Total              | Boys                                          | Girls                                         | Total                                         | Boys                                          | Girls                                         | Total                                         |
| A & N ISLANDS        | -                            | -                            | -                            | -                  | -                  | -                  | 1.4                                           | 1.2                                           | 1.3                                           | 13.6                                          | 8.6                                           | 11.1                                          |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | -                            | -                            | -                            | 17.1               | 14.8               | 16.0               | 1.5                                           | 1.0                                           | 1.3                                           | 12.7                                          | 15.5                                          | 14.1                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 26.7                         | 26.3                         | 26.5                         | 59.4               | 68.5               | 64.1               | 6.1                                           | 4.1                                           | 5.1                                           | 3.0                                           | 6.5                                           | 4.8                                           |
| ASSAM                | 2.5                          | 1.1                          | 1.8                          | 31.6               | 34.0               | 32.9               | 3.3                                           | 2.1                                           | 2.7                                           | 26.4                                          | 26.7                                          | 26.6                                          |
| BIHAR                | 2.0                          | 2.0                          | 2.0                          | 19.1               | 20.3               | 19.7               | 0.7                                           | -                                             | 0.3                                           | 14.1                                          | 17.5                                          | 15.9                                          |
| CHANDIGARH           | -                            | -                            | -                            | -                  | -                  | -                  | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 2.4                          | 1.5                          | 1.9                          | 17.5               | 14.0               | 15.7               | 3.3                                           | 2.5                                           | 2.9                                           | 18.0                                          | 12.1                                          | 14.9                                          |
| D &NHAVELI&DAMAN&DIU | -                            | 2.1                          | 0.8                          | 15.6               | 5.8                | 11.2               | 0.6                                           | 0.5                                           | 0.6                                           | 25.6                                          | 19.3                                          | 22.5                                          |
| DELHI                | -                            | -                            | -                            | 4.6                | 0.3                | 2.4                | -                                             | 1.7                                           | 0.7                                           | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             |
| GOA                  | 4.7                          | -                            | 2.4                          | -                  | -                  | -                  | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             |
| GUJARAT              | -                            | -                            | -                            | 25.0               | 19.0               | 22.4               | 1.7                                           | 1.6                                           | 1.7                                           | 28.2                                          | 23.2                                          | 25.9                                          |
| HARYANA              | 1.8                          | 1.1                          | 1.5                          | 17.2               | 12.2               | 14.9               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 1.8                          | 1.8                          | 1.8                          | 11.2               | 10.1               | 10.7               | 0.7                                           | 0.6                                           | 0.7                                           | 8.8                                           | 3.8                                           | 6.4                                           |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR       | 2.7                          | 2.9                          | 2.8                          | 8.6                | 8.0                | 8.3                | 5.6                                           | 6.3                                           | 5.9                                           | 7.9                                           | 17.3                                          | 12.0                                          |
| JHARKHAND            | 6.3                          | 5.2                          | 5.8                          | 15.9               | 17.5               | 16.7               | 8.5                                           | 7.1                                           | 7.8                                           | 21.2                                          | 17.3                                          | 19.2                                          |
| KARNATAKA            | 1.3                          | 1.0                          | 1.1                          | 19.2               | 16.6               | 18.0               | 1.2                                           | 0.9                                           | 1.1                                           | 19.9                                          | 18.8                                          | 19.4                                          |
| KERALA               | -                            | -                            | -                            | 3.3                | -                  | 1.5                | 1.9                                           | 2.0                                           | 2.0                                           | 15.8                                          | 11.0                                          | 13.5                                          |
| LADAKH               | 42.3                         | -                            | 14.0                         | -                  | -                  | -                  | 2.7                                           | 2.4                                           | 2.6                                           | 5.1                                           | -                                             | 2.2                                           |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | -                            | -                            | -                            | -                  | -                  | -                  | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 1.1                          | 0.9                          | 1.0                          | 28.7               | 26.1               | 27.5               | 4.6                                           | 4.2                                           | 4.4                                           | 35.4                                          | 29.2                                          | 32.5                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 1.1                          | 1.2                          | 1.2                          | 13.1               | 12.9               | 13.0               | 2.0                                           | 2.3                                           | 2.1                                           | 21.4                                          | 21.3                                          | 21.4                                          |
| MANIPUR              | 14.5                         | 13.1                         | 13.8                         | 10.4               | 4.6                | 7.5                | 9.9                                           | 8.4                                           | 9.2                                           | 11.9                                          | 11.5                                          | 11.7                                          |
| MEGHALAYA            | -                            | 3.4                          | 1.5                          | 35.6               | 45.8               | 40.8               | 9.3                                           | 6.6                                           | 7.9                                           | 29.1                                          | 27.0                                          | 27.9                                          |
| MIZORAM              | -                            | -                            | -                            | 46.7               | 52.9               | 49.9               | 8.2                                           | 6.5                                           | 7.4                                           | 22.0                                          | 17.4                                          | 19.7                                          |
| NAGALAND             | 22.5                         | 21.6                         | 22.1                         | 46.7               | 43.2               | 44.9               | 4.9                                           | 3.5                                           | 4.2                                           | 23.0                                          | 21.0                                          | 22.0                                          |
| ORISSA               | -                            | -                            | -                            | 19.1               | 18.8               | 18.9               | 2.6                                           | 2.2                                           | 2.4                                           | 20.9                                          | 19.0                                          | 20.0                                          |
| PONDICHERRY          | -                            | -                            | -                            | 11.0               | 8.0                | 9.5                | 12.5                                          | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | 21.6                                          | 2.0                                           |
| PUNJAB               | 0.2                          | 0.6                          | 0.4                          | 7.5                | 6.3                | 6.9                | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | 7.5                                           | 12.7                                          | 9.4                                           |
| RAJASTHAN            | 1.8                          | 1.6                          | 1.7                          | 10.6               | 9.9                | 10.3               | 3.0                                           | 2.7                                           | 2.9                                           | 12.6                                          | 10.8                                          | 11.8                                          |
| SIKKIM               | 0.6                          | -                            | -                            | 28.0               | 17.5               | 22.7               | 0.1                                           | -                                             | -                                             | 26.3                                          | 20.3                                          | 23.1                                          |
| TAMIL NADU           | 0.7                          | 0.5                          | 0.6                          | 10.6               | 5.2                | 7.9                | 1.9                                           | 1.7                                           | 1.8                                           | 21.8                                          | 18.3                                          | 20.1                                          |
| TELANGANA            | -                            | -                            | -                            | 12.7               | 10.6               | 11.6               | -                                             | -                                             | -                                             | 13.4                                          | 11.8                                          | 12.6                                          |
| TRIPURA              | 4.3                          | 3.6                          | 3.9                          | 27.8               | 26.1               | 27.0               | 6.4                                           | 5.4                                           | 5.9                                           | 36.3                                          | 29.5                                          | 33.0                                          |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 3.9                          | 4.6                          | 4.2                          | 14.9               | 15.0               | 15.0               | 2.6                                           | 2.7                                           | 2.6                                           | 28.3                                          | 30.2                                          | 29.2                                          |
|                      |                              |                              |                              |                    |                    | 12.9               | 1.1                                           | 1.0                                           | 1.0                                           |                                               | 6.9                                           | 12.4                                          |
| UTTARANCHAL          | 3.2                          | 2.7                          | 3.0                          | 14.6               | 11.1               |                    |                                               |                                               |                                               | 17.4                                          |                                               |                                               |
| WEST BENGAL Total    | - 1.7                        | - 1.7                        | - 1.7                        | 18.5 16.0          | 17.1 14.6          | 17.8 15.3          | 2.9 3.6                                       | 2.5 3.1                                       | 2.7 3.4                                       | 19.7 22.1                                     | 20.8 19.6                                     | 20.3 20.9                                     |

Source UDISE+ 2020-21 (-) Negative Dropout Not Available   in 2020-21 Dadra & Nagar Haveli(D & N Haveli) and