Lok Sabha Question No. 101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: School Drop-out Rate in Rajasthan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Rahul Kaswan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 101 ANSWERED ON -03/02/2025

## SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE IN RAJASTHAN

## 101. Shri Rahul Kaswan :

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  high  drop-out  rate  among  school  students  in Rajasthan, if so, the steps taken by the Government to address the issue;
- (b)  whether the Government has conducted any study to understand the reasons behind the high drop-out rate in Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof and the follow-up action taken by the Government on the findings of the said study; and
- (c)  the details of drop-out rate categorized on the basis of gender, rural-urban, education level, State-wise and district-wise especially in Rajasthan?

## 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  students  at  Primary,  Upper-Primary  and Secondary level in Rajasthan is as given below:

| Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate                  | Dropout Rate                        | Dropout Rate                    |
|----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/UT       | Dropout rate at Primary Level | Dropout rate at Upper Primary Level | Dropout rate at Secondary level |
| Rajasthan      | 7.1                           | 6.8                                 | 9.4                             |

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.

- (b): The state of Rajasthan, during the Out of School Children Entrance Festival Campaign (2024-25) conducted a household survey to identify the children who were out of school. The survey covered households in the school catchment area and the students identified were given admission in the nearby schools.

Some of the reasons as identified for out of school children, including drop-outs, are poverty, poor health of the child, child too young to be attending school and the fact that the parents need child's help in domestic work etc.

- (c): The  State  wise  details  of  drop-out  rate  categorized  on  the  basis  of  gender  and education level is at Annexure I.

The details of drop-out rate categorized on the basis of gender and education level district wise in the State of Rajasthan is at Annexure II.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 101 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN, HON'BLE MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE IN RAJASTHAN

State-wise Details of Dropout Rate by level of education and gender, 2023-24

| Sl.No.   | Name of State/UT                         | Dropout Rate                  | Dropout Rate                  | Dropout Rate                  | Dropout Rate                           | Dropout Rate                           | Dropout Rate                           | Dropout Rate                | Dropout Rate                |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of State/UT                         | Primary (Class II to Class V) | Primary (Class II to Class V) | Primary (Class II to Class V) | Upper Primary (Class VI to Class VIII) | Upper Primary (Class VI to Class VIII) | Upper Primary (Class VI to Class VIII) | Secondary (Class IX to XII) | Secondary (Class IX to XII) |
| Sl.No.   | Name of State/UT                         | Boys                          | Girls                         | Total                         | Boys                                   | Girls                                  | Total Boys                             | Girls                       | Total                       |
| 1.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 1.4                           | 0.8                           | 1.1                           | 0.8                                    | 0.0                                    | 0.4 7.1                                | 3.2                         | 5.1                         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                           | 1.3                           | 1.0                           | 1.2                           | 1.3                                    | 0.8                                    | 1.1 11.7                               | 8.6                         | 10.1                        |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 4.6                           | 3.4                           | 4.0                           | 7.2                                    | 6.5                                    | 6.8 18.0                               | 15.5                        | 16.7                        |
| 4.       | Assam                                    | 8.1                           | 5.5                           | 6.8                           | 10.3                                   | 6.1                                    | 19.4                                   | 19.5                        | 19.5                        |
| 5.       | Bihar                                    | 13.8                          | 13.6                          | 13.7                          | 26.0                                   | 25.9                                   | 8.2 25.9 21.2                          | 20.5                        | 20.9                        |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                               | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.9                                    | 0.0                                    | 0.4 6.8                                | 3.2                         | 5.2                         |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                             | 2.6                           | 1.9                           | 2.3                           | 6.2                                    | 4.3                                    | 5.3 18.3                               | 11.0                        | 14.5                        |
| 8.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1.8                           | 1.5                           | 1.6                           | 3.2                                    | 3.0                                    | 3.1 19.5                               | 13.4                        | 16.5                        |
| 9.       | Delhi                                    | 0.5                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.6                                    | 0.6                                    | 0.6 12.3                               | 8.3                         | 10.4                        |
| 10.      | Goa                                      | 0.7                           | 1.3                           | 1.0                           | 1.2                                    | 1.0                                    | 1.1 10.0                               | 5.4                         | 7.8                         |
| 11.      | Gujarat                                  | 1.0                           | 1.0                           | 1.0                           | 3.5                                    | 4.9                                    | 4.2 18.8                               | 14.2                        | 16.7                        |
| 12.      | Haryana                                  | 3.3                           | 2.3                           | 2.8                           | 5.4                                    | 3.7                                    | 4.7 13.3                               | 9.1                         | 11.4                        |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.7                                    | 0.4                                    | 0.6 5.5                                | 3.6                         | 4.6                         |
| 14.      | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 2.0                           | 1.4                           | 1.7                           | 3.2                                    | 3.3                                    | 3.2 17.3                               | 14.7                        | 16.1                        |
| 15.      | Jharkhand                                | 5.3                           | 4.6                           | 4.9                           | 9.4                                    | 8.6                                    | 9.0 10.3                               | 10.3                        | 10.3                        |
| 16.      | Karnataka                                | 2.2                           | 1.7                           | 2.0                           | 2.9                                    | 2.4                                    | 2.7 21.4                               | 16.0                        | 18.7                        |
| 17.      | Kerala                                   | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                                    | 0.0                                    | 0.0 2.9                                | 1.4                         | 2.2                         |
| 18.      | Ladakh                                   | 3.7                           | 2.2                           | 3.0                           | 7.3                                    | 4.3                                    | 5.8 22.5                               | 18.0                        | 20.1                        |
| 19.      | Lakshadweep                              | 5.1                           | 1.8                           | 3.5                           | 6.3                                    | 0.0                                    | 3.1 2.1                                | 1.0                         | 1.6                         |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh                           | 2.8                           | 2.3                           | 2.6                           | 7.0                                    | 6.5                                    | 6.7 17.2                               | 13.0                        | 15.2                        |
| 21.      | Maharashtra                              | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.7                                    | 0.5                                    | 0.6 8.5                                | 6.7                         | 7.7                         |
| 22.      | Manipur                                  | 4.2                           | 3.9                           | 4.0                           | 3.9                                    | 3.0                                    | 3.5 12.9                               | 12.0                        | 12.4                        |
| 23.      | Meghalaya                                | 10.5                          | 8.8                           | 9.7                           | 13.9                                   | 11.1                                   | 12.4 18.8                              | 16.5                        | 17.5                        |
| 24.      | Mizoram                                  | 3.1                           | 2.7                           | 2.9                           | 6.7                                    | 4.9                                    | 5.9 12.4                               | 11.0                        | 11.7                        |
| 25.      | Nagaland                                 | 4.7                           | 3.9                           | 4.3                           | 6.4                                    | 5.2                                    | 5.8 11.2                               | 9.4                         | 10.3                        |
| 26.      | Odisha                                   | 0.6                           | 0.3                           | 0.5                           | 2.2                                    | 1.7                                    | 2.0 10.2                               | 8.0                         | 9.1                         |
| 27.      | Puducherry                               | 1.6                           | 1.1                           | 1.4                           | 1.5                                    | 1.2                                    | 1.4 8.0                                | 3.7                         | 5.9                         |
| 28.      | Punjab                                   | 1.1                           | 1.0                           | 1.1                           | 3.0                                    | 2.2                                    | 2.6 6.3                                | 4.0                         | 5.2                         |
| 29.      | Rajasthan                                | 7.5                           | 6.6                           | 7.1                           | 7.1                                    | 6.4                                    | 6.8 10.6                               | 8.0                         | 9.4                         |
| 30.      | Sikkim                                   | 4.2                           | 2.2                           | 3.3                           | 5.9                                    | 4.0                                    | 4.9 16.0                               | 12.8                        | 14.3                        |
| 31.      | Tamil Nadu                               | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                                    | 0.0                                    | 0.0 8.0                                | 2.9                         | 5.4                         |
| 32.      | Telangana                                |                               |                               |                               |                                        | 0.0                                    | 0.0 9.6                                |                             |                             |
|          |                                          | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.1                                    |                                        |                                        | 6.3                         | 8.0                         |
| 33.      | Tripura                                  | 2.2                           | 1.5                           | 1.8                           | 4.5                                    | 3.6                                    | 4.1 9.1                                | 8.6                         | 8.9                         |
| 34. 35.  | Uttar Pradesh                            | 5.4 1.1                       | 5.4 0.6                       | 5.4 0.8                       | 3.1 2.6                                | 4.8 1.9                                | 3.9 6.9 2.3 7.1                        | 4.8 4.1                     | 5.9 5.6                     |
| 36.      | Uttarakhand West Bengal                  | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                           | 0.0                                    | 0.0                                    | 0.0 15.9                               | 8.4                         | 12.0                        |

Source:UDISE+ 2023-24

Note: As per UDISE+, dropout rate is defined as Proportion of pupil from a cohort (class II to V, VI to VIII and IX to XII) enrolled in a given level at a given school year who are no longer enrolled at any grade in the following school year.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 101 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN, HON'BLE MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE IN RAJASTHAN

District-wise Details of Dropout Rate by level of education and gender, 2023-24

| S. No.   | District          | Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Upper Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Upper Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Upper Primary Drop-Out Rate   | Secondary Drop-Out Rate   | Secondary Drop-Out Rate   | Secondary Drop-Out Rate   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | District          | Boys                    | Girls                   | Total                   | Boys                          | Girls                         | Total                         | Boys                      | Girls                     | Total                     |
| 1        | Ajmer             | 2.95                    | 3.04                    | 2.99                    | 6.09                          | 7.14                          | 6.59                          | 21.32                     | 16.10                     | 18.93                     |
| 2        | Alwar             | 3.20                    | 2.87                    | 3.05                    | 5.08                          | 5.88                          | 5.45                          | 11.30                     | 10.28                     | 10.84                     |
| 3        | Banswara          | 1.72                    | 1.97                    | 1.84                    | 6.89                          | 6.24                          | 6.58                          | 12.51                     | 11.34                     | 11.95                     |
| 4        | Baran             | 8.22                    | 8.26                    | 8.24                    | 6.36                          | 6.14                          | 6.25                          | 17.35                     | 14.88                     | 16.21                     |
| 5        | Barmer            | 2.54                    | 2.13                    | 2.35                    | 7.97                          | 7.85                          | 7.91                          | 17.22                     | 15.64                     | 16.54                     |
| 6        | Bharatpur         | 5.00                    | 4.89                    | 4.95                    | 6.40                          | 6.10                          | 6.27                          | 12.28                     | 12.87                     | 12.54                     |
| 7        | Bhilwara          | 2.97                    | 2.84                    | 2.91                    | 7.68                          | 6.24                          | 6.99                          | 23.92                     | 16.22                     | 20.31                     |
| 8        | Bikaner           | 3.53                    | 2.53                    | 3.06                    | 4.52                          | 4.23                          | 4.39                          | 13.11                     | 11.37                     | 12.32                     |
| 9        | Bundi             | 5.24                    | 4.74                    | 5.00                    | 5.85                          | 6.13                          | 5.98                          | 15.66                     | 14.70                     | 15.22                     |
| 10       | Chittaurgarh      | 2.04                    | 2.48                    | 2.25                    | 8.89                          | 9.19                          | 9.03                          | 24.93                     | 18.44                     | 21.89                     |
| 11       | Churu             | 4.45                    | 3.51                    | 4.00                    | 4.09                          | 4.41                          | 4.24                          | 11.51                     | 10.41                     | 11.01                     |
| 12       | Dausa             | 9.29                    | 7.98                    | 8.68                    | 3.70                          | 3.86                          | 3.78                          | 5.45                      | 6.73                      | 6.05                      |
| 13       | Dhaulpur          | 7.31                    | 6.47                    | 6.92                    | 10.29                         | 8.39                          | 9.41                          | 16.38                     | 20.35                     | 18.19                     |
| 14       | Dungarpur         | 2.44                    | 2.25                    | 2.35                    | 8.03                          | 6.03                          | 7.07                          | 16.60                     | 12.68                     | 14.68                     |
| 15       | Ganganagar        | 4.05                    | 3.35                    | 3.71                    | 6.72                          | 5.28                          | 6.05                          | 14.85                     | 10.22                     | 12.69                     |
| 16       | Hanumangarh       | 7.39                    | 6.60                    | 7.02                    | 5.40                          | 4.73                          | 5.08                          | 12.99                     | 9.17                      | 11.22                     |
| 17       | Jaipur            | 6.15                    | 5.78                    | 5.98                    | 1.80                          | 2.60                          | 2.17                          | 4.79                      | 4.66                      | 4.73                      |
| 18       | Jaisalmer         | 5.53                    | 4.63                    | 5.12                    | 10.18                         | 10.87                         | 10.47                         | 22.74                     | 19.45                     | 21.48                     |
| 19       | Jalor             | 1.30                    | 0.21                    | 0.78                    | 8.22                          | 9.27                          | 8.70                          | 20.53                     | 19.30                     | 20.00                     |
| 20       | Jhalawar          | 3.29                    | 2.29                    | 2.82                    | 4.57                          | 6.37                          | 5.43                          | 11.89                     | 16.40                     | 13.98                     |
| 21       | Jhunjhunu         | 6.85                    | 7.69                    | 7.24                    | 2.92                          | 3.97                          | 3.40                          | 9.66                      | 7.49                      | 8.70                      |
| 22       | Jodhpur           | 4.47                    | 4.02                    | 4.26                    | 5.65                          | 5.47                          | 5.57                          | 12.01                     | 11.16                     | 11.63                     |
| 23       | Karauli           | 6.24                    | 6.51                    | 6.37                    | 6.83                          | 8.45                          | 7.60                          | 14.57                     | 17.88                     | 16.08                     |
| 24       | Kota              | 0.86                    | 1.59                    | 1.21                    | 0.00                          | 0.58                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                      | 0.00                      | 0.00                      |
| 25       | Nagaur            | 5.51                    | 4.46                    | 5.01                    | 4.83                          | 5.03                          | 4.93                          | 9.26                      | 8.53                      | 8.92                      |
| 26       | Pali              | 2.09                    | 1.14                    | 1.64                    | 7.23                          | 8.13                          | 7.65                          | 19.59                     | 17.41                     | 18.60                     |
| 27       | Pratapgarh (Raj.) | 3.93                    | 3.98                    | 3.95                    | 6.94                          | 5.61                          | 6.30                          | 19.25                     | 14.74                     | 17.07                     |
| 28       | Rajsamand         | 3.06                    | 2.22                    | 2.66                    | 8.05                          | 7.98                          | 8.02                          | 23.54                     | 16.08                     | 20.05                     |
| 29       | Sawai Madhopur    | 9.27                    | 8.05                    | 8.69                    | 4.52                          | 7.15                          | 5.77                          | 11.91                     | 16.42                     | 13.96                     |
| 30       | Sikar             | 7.41                    | 7.39                    | 7.40                    | 0.60                          | 4.14                          | 2.23                          | -9.25                     | 1.98                      | -4.21                     |
| 31       | Sirohi            | 1.57                    | 2.94                    | 2.22                    | 7.66                          | 8.97                          | 8.26                          | 20.15                     | 21.36                     | 20.66                     |
| 32       | Tonk              | 7.54                    | 6.38                    | 6.99                    | 4.51                          | 4.83                          | 4.66                          | 12.97                     | 10.15                     | 11.66                     |
| 33       | Udaipur           | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 8.18                          | 6.37                          | 7.33                          | 17.56                     | 12.83                     | 15.31                     |

Note: As per UDISE+, dropout rate is defined as Proportion of pupil from a cohort (class II to V, VI to VIII and IX to XII) enrolled in a given level at a given school year who are no longer enrolled at any grade in the following school year.