Lok Sabha Question No. 969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: SC, ST and OBC School Drop-outs in Rajasthan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Brijendra Singh Ola

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-969

ANSWERED ON -10/02/2025

## SC, ST AND OBC SCHOOL DROP-OUTS IN RAJASTHAN

†969. Shri Brijendra Singh Ola:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of drop-out SC, ST and OBC and girl students from schools in Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of the student drop-outs from class 8 to 12, State-wise including Rajasthan; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to reduce the drop-out rate during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Unified District  Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system has been developed  by  the  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of Education to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per UDISE+ 2023-24, dropout rate of SC, ST, OBC and Girl Students at various levels of education in Rajasthan is as given below:
- (b): The State wise details of Dropout rates from class 8 to 12 are at Annexure.

| Dropout Rate (Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Primary)   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| State/UT                 | Dropout rate (SC)        | Dropout rate (ST)        | Dropout rate (OBC)       | Dropout rate(Girls)      |
| Rajasthan                | 6.8                      | 6.9                      | 8.2                      | 7                        |

| Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)   | Dropout Rate (Upper Primary)   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| State/UT                       | Dropout rate (SC)              | Dropout rate (ST)              | Dropout rate (OBC)             | Dropout rate(Girls)            |
| Rajasthan                      | 7.5                            | 8.0                            | 6.7                            | 6.4                            |

| Dropout Rate (Secondary)   | Dropout Rate (Secondary)   | Dropout Rate (Secondary)   | Dropout Rate (Secondary)   | Dropout Rate (Secondary)   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| State/UT                   | Dropout rate (SC)          | Dropout rate (ST)          | Dropout rate (OBC)         | Dropout rate(Girls)        |
| Rajasthan                  | 12.7                       | 12.5                       | 11.1                       | 9.7                        |

(c): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under  the  domain  of  respective  State  and  UT  Government.  The  Department  of  School Education and Literacy is implementing Samagra Shiksha, an integrated scheme for school education in 2018-19 covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII. The scheme has also  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.

One of the focus areas of the scheme is to reduce the dropout rate and the number of Out  of  School  Children  (OoSC).  The  scheme  includes  the  provision  of  opening  and strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level; construction of school buildings and 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.

In addition, support is provided through special training for age-appropriate admission of Out of School Children and for the training of residential as well as non-residential older children.  The provision of seasonal hostels or residential camps, special training centres at worksites, transport/ escort facility are also available for bringing Out of School Children to the formal schooling structure.

Further, under the student-oriented component for the children with special needs of the scheme, 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.

Mid-Day-Meal is another initiative adopted by the department for the students at the elementary  level  of  education.  Similarly,  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.

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. Also, Bridge Course Modules have been developed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for bridging the learning gaps of Out of School Children studying in Special Training Centers (STC) under the provision of RTE Act, 2009.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 969 FOR ANSWER ON 10.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE IN RAJASTHAN

## State-wise Details of Dropout Rate from class 8 to 12, 2023-24

| India/State/UT                     |   Drop Out Rate (Class 8 to Class 12) |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| India                              |                                  11.9 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                   4.2 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                                   7.7 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                  15.2 |
| Assam                              |                                  18.5 |
| Bihar                              |                                  36.6 |
| Chandigarh                         |                                   4.2 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                                  14.3 |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                  12.8 |
| Delhi                              |                                   8.3 |
| Goa                                |                                   6.2 |
| Gujarat                            |                                  14.3 |
| Haryana                            |                                  11.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                                   3.9 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                  13.9 |
| Jharkhand                          |                                  16.1 |
| Karnataka                          |                                  14.3 |
| Kerala                             |                                   1.4 |
| Ladakh                             |                                  16.5 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                                   1.3 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                                  15.8 |
| Maharashtra                        |                                   6.1 |
| Manipur                            |                                  11.7 |
| Meghalaya                          |                                  19.8 |
| Mizoram                            |                                  11.2 |
| Nagaland                           |                                   9.5 |
| Odisha                             |                                   8.2 |
| Puducherry                         |                                   4.8 |
| Punjab                             |                                   5.1 |
| Rajasthan                          |                                   9.9 |
| Sikkim                             |                                  12.6 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                                   3.6 |
| Telangana                          |                                   6   |
| Tripura                            |                                   8.9 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                                   9.8 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                                   6.1 |
| West Bengal                        |                                   5.7 |

Source:UDISE+ 2023-24