Lok Sabha Question No. 1144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: School Dropouts in Assam
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1144

ANSWERED ON -29.07.2024

## SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN ASSAM

## 1144      Shri Pradyut Bordoloi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the dropout rates in primary, secondary and senior secondary level students in the State of Assam compared to the national average;
- (b)  the  status  of  infrastructure  development  under  Samagra  Shiksha  Abhiyan  in  Assam, including targetted and completed projects for sanitation facilities, clean drinking water and functional libraries, segmented in urban and rural regions;
- (c)  the  number  of  schools  providing  online  teaching  facilities  in  urban  and  rural  areas  of Assam along with the provisions made for such teaching;
- (d) the percentage of students living within a radius of 3 km from a school in rural and urban areas of Assam along with correlation with absenteeism and dropout rates; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted educational awareness programmes in Assam to prevent high dropout rates, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EUDCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) As  per  UDISE+  2021-22,  dropout  rate  of  students  at  Primary,  Upper-Primary  and Secondary level in Assam as compared to national average is as given below:

| Annual Average Dropout Rate   | Annual Average Dropout Rate   | Annual Average Dropout Rate         | Annual Average Dropout Rate     |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/UT                      | Dropout rate at Primary Level | Dropout rate at Upper Primary Level | Dropout rate at Secondary level |
| Assam                         | 6.02                          | 8.82                                | 20.25                           |
| National Average              | 1.45                          | 3.02                                | 12.61                           |

(b) As  informed  by  the  State  Government  of  Assam,  the  status  of  infrastructure development  under  Samagra  Shiksha  Abhiyan,  including  projects  for  sanitation  facilities, clean drinking water and functional libraries in rural and urban areas is attached at Annexure.

(c) As informed by the State Government of Assam, online teaching facilities consisting of Tele-Education facilities and Smart Classrooms are available in 6737 Upper Primary and Secondary  Schools  in  the  State.  Out  of  these,  663  Schools  are  in  urban  areas  and  6074 Schools are in rural areas.

(d) No such data is maintained by the State Government.

(e) As  informed  by  the  State  Government  of  Assam,  various  activities  have  been conducted  at  the  State  level  to  prevent  high  dropout  rates  which  include  awareness programmes for School Management Committee members, Mothers' groups and parents of students, rallies and street plays at village level to ensure regular attendance of Out of School Children (OoSC), door to door surveys for identification of OoSC and Adolescent awareness programmes.

Under Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for undertaking various activities to reduce number of OoSC including opening/upgradation of new  schools  upto  senior  secondary  level,  construction  of  school  buildings  &  additional classrooms, setting up and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV), setting up of residential schools/hostels, free uniforms, free text books 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. Under PM-Poshan scheme, hot meal is served to students upto 8 th standard in all States/UTs.

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, transport and escort facility and stipend to girl students with special needs, etc.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1144  to  be answered  on 29.07.2024 asked by Shri Pradyut  Bordoloi,  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament regarding School Dropouts in Assam

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                | Component                                                                             | Approved                                                                              | Approved                                                                              | Approved                                                                              | Completed                                                                             | Completed                                                                             | Completed                                                                             |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Rural                                                                                 | Urban                                                                                 | Total                                                                                 | Rural                                                                                 | Urban                                                                                 | Total                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                     | Additional Classrooms                                                                 | 3367                                                                                  | 226                                                                                   | 3593                                                                                  | 2424                                                                                  | 138                                                                                   | 2562                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                     | Boundary Wall                                                                         | 890                                                                                   | 392                                                                                   | 1282                                                                                  | 757                                                                                   | 332                                                                                   | 1089                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                     | Boys Toilets                                                                          | 4709                                                                                  | 183                                                                                   | 4892                                                                                  | 4134                                                                                  | 152                                                                                   | 4286                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                     | Dilapidated ACR (Lower Primary)                                                       | 585                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 585                                                                                   | 460                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 460                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                     | Dilapidated ACR (Upper Primary)                                                       | 130                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 130                                                                                   | 109                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 109                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                     | Drinking Water                                                                        | 2103                                                                                  | 135                                                                                   | 2238                                                                                  | 2103                                                                                  | 135                                                                                   | 2238                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                     | Electrification                                                                       | 76                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 76                                                                                    | 48                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 48                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                     | Girls' Toilets                                                                        | 2250                                                                                  | 102                                                                                   | 2352                                                                                  | 1802                                                                                  | 91                                                                                    | 1893                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                     | Major Repair                                                                          | 2004                                                                                  | 135                                                                                   | 2139                                                                                  | 1994                                                                                  | 135                                                                                   | 2129                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                    | New School Upper Primary                                                              | 4                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                    | Residential Schools                                                                   | 10                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 10                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
|                                                                                       | Total                                                                                 | 16128                                                                                 | 1173                                                                                  | 17301                                                                                 | 13835                                                                                 | 983                                                                                   | 14818                                                                                 |
| Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam | Status of Infrastructural facilities at Secondary and Senior Secondary level in Assam |
| S. No.                                                                                | Component                                                                             | Approved                                                                              | Approved                                                                              | Approved                                                                              | Completed                                                                             | Completed                                                                             | Completed                                                                             |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Rural                                                                                 | Urban                                                                                 | Total                                                                                 | Rural                                                                                 | Urban                                                                                 | Total                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                     | New Schools                                                                           | 23                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 23                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                     | Additional Classrooms                                                                 | 1285                                                                                  | 171                                                                                   | 1456                                                                                  | 112                                                                                   | 38                                                                                    | 150                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                     | Science Lab                                                                           | 307                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 307                                                                                   | 30                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 30                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                     | Computer Room                                                                         | 7                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     |

| 5   | Library Room                   |   83 |   0 |   83 |   48 |   0 |   48 |
|-----|--------------------------------|------|-----|------|------|-----|------|
| 6   | Art/Craft Room                 |   98 |   0 |   98 |   35 |   0 |   35 |
| 7   | Girls' Toilets                 |  582 |   0 |  582 |  314 |   0 |  314 |
| 8   | Boys' Toilets                  |  706 |   0 |  706 |  533 |   0 |  533 |
| 9   | CwSN Toilet                    |  178 |   0 |  178 |  175 |   0 |  175 |
| 10  | Drinking water                 |  114 |   0 |  114 |  113 |   0 |  113 |
| 11  | Major Repair                   |  598 |   0 |  598 |  197 |   0 |  197 |
| 12  | Ramps                          | 1806 |   0 | 1806 | 1750 |   0 | 1750 |
| 13  | New Senior Secondary Schools   |   33 |   0 |   33 |    5 |   0 |    5 |
| 14  | Biology Lab                    |   26 |   0 |   26 |    0 |   0 |    0 |
| 15  | Chemistry Lab                  |   26 |   0 |   26 |    0 |   0 |    0 |
| 16  | Physics Lab                    |   26 |   0 |   26 |    0 |   0 |    0 |
| 17  | Dysfunctional Girls' Toilets   |  102 |   0 |  102 |  102 |   0 |  102 |
| 18  | Teachers' residential quarters |  142 |   0 |  142 |   34 |   0 |   34 |
| 19  | Solar Panel in Schools         |   95 |   0 |   95 |   95 |   0 |   95 |
| 20  | Solar Panel in KGBV            |   60 |   0 |   60 |   60 |   0 |   60 |
| 21  | Internal Electrification       |    2 |   0 |    2 |    2 |   0 |    2 |
| 22  | Boundary Wall                  |   91 |   0 |   91 |   89 |   0 |   89 |
|     | Total                          | 6390 | 171 | 6561 | 3695 |  38 | 3733 |