Lok Sabha Question No. 6 (STARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Drop in Enrolment in Government Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Kishori Lal, Prof. Sougata Ray

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO - 6

ANSWERED ON 21/07/2025

## Drop in Enrolment in Government Schools

- *6. Prof. Sougata Ray:

Shri Kishori Lal:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government has noticed that there is  a  massive drop in  enrolment  in  Government schools in the country;

- (b) if so, the details of enrolment in Government schools during the last three years, State/UT-wise;

- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  ascertained  the  reasons  behind  the  massive  drop  in  Government schools, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to encourage enrolment in Government schools?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  6  ANSWERED  ON  21/07/2025  ASKED  BY  HONB'LE  MP'S PROF. SOUGATA RAY AND SHRI KISHORI LAL REGARDING 'DROP IN ENROLMENT IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS'

(a) and  (b):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education  has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per UDISE+, State/UT wise enrolment in Government schools from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 is at Annexure-I.

(c) and (d): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. Central Government assists States and UTs through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and Mid Day Meal provided from Balvatika to class 8  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Poshan  Shakti  Nirman  (PM  POSHAN)  Yojna.  Financial  assistance  is  also provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for  various  activities  to  reduce  dropout  and  increase  enrolment  in Government schools, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas,  hostels  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan  (PMJANMAN)  and  Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan  (DAJGUA),  transport  allowance, undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT  facilities  in  schools,  providing  free  text  books  and  free  uniform,  transport/escort  facility,  etc, financial  assistance  is  also  provided  for  aids  and  appliances  for  children  with  special  needs.  Financial assistances  provided  to  States/UTs  for  the  year  2024-25  central  release  under  Samagra  Shiksha  is  Rs. 3445820.90 lakhs.

Also,  based  on  the  recommendations  of  National  Education  Policy  2020  (NEP  2020),  w.e.f  2022-23 UDISE+ has been revitalized, to capture individual student wise data and created student's registry. There has  been  a  complete  change  in  the  manner  of  collection  of  data  from  2022-23  onwards  from  gross enrolment data to individual student data. It makes comparison of data from previous years statistically different/inchoate.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 6 ANSWERED ON 21/07/2025 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP'S PROF. SOUGATA RAY AND SHRI KISHORI LAL REGARDING 'DROP IN ENROLMENT IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS'

State/UT-wise enrolment in Government schools from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24

| State/UT                           | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   |
|------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| State/UT                           | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23     | 2023-24     |
| India                              | 130931634   | 134904560   | 143240480   | 136204917   | 127490199   |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands           | 51905       | 49943       | 51168       | 52059       | 48792       |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 4042535     | 4627208     | 4696207     | 4256013     | 4050116     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 213421      | 234914      | 233908      | 205522      | 187634      |
| Assam                              | 5031895     | 5097436     | 5277671     | 5151710     | 5017578     |
| Bihar                              | 19579263    | 20874968    | 21989445    | 20359013    | 17466574    |
| Chandigarh                         | 152561      | 153489      | 165156      | 164241      | 155752      |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 4000147     | 4042244     | 4262053     | 4082523     | 3947170     |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 83154       | 84162       | 91026       | 93770       | 93333       |
| Delhi                              | 2409441     | 2542240     | 2796676     | 2776216     | 2571404     |
| Goa                                | 43547       | 42857       | 42932       | 42653       | 41722       |
| Gujarat                            | 5295130     | 5334822     | 5570875     | 5511272     | 5459151     |
| Haryana                            | 2131579     | 2232333     | 2602484     | 2464486     | 2230123     |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 851783      | 847735      | 900749      | 872058      | 831845      |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1271045     | 1324301     | 1473368     | 1454668     | 1421643     |
| Jharkhand                          | 4810045     | 4873009     | 5242868     | 4943098     | 4843847     |
| Karnataka                          | 4906231     | 5031606     | 5445989     | 5327221     | 4985661     |
| Kerala                             | 1725686     | 1757209     | 1862020     | 1854934     | 1801570     |
| Ladakh                             | 27072       | 28744       | 29312       | 28667       | 26275       |
| Lakshadweep                        | 12606       | 13114       | 13586       | 12587       | 12591       |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 9119353     | 8904779     | 9429734     | 9095629     | 8671760     |
| Maharashtra                        | 5646319     | 5594726     | 5853094     | 5481157     | 5325571     |
| Manipur                            | 199958      | 201758      | 216636      | 212608      | 203508      |
| Meghalaya                          | 478070      | 482425      | 477232      | 438863      | 420993      |
| Mizoram                            | 127509      | 132230      | 143345      | 135515      | 129068      |
| Nagaland                           | 174882      | 171747      | 170219      | 156175      | 141852      |
| Odisha                             | 5514876     | 5213350     | 5255198     | 5267551     | 5209594     |
| Puducherry                         | 83809       | 87867       | 97368       | 91295       | 83737       |
| Punjab                             | 2686786     | 2876825     | 3090436     | 2902536     | 2823581     |
| Rajasthan                          | 8521720     | 8955632     | 9912280     | 9250493     | 8381575     |
| Sikkim                             | 89876       | 85980       | 84411       | 79597       | 71839       |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 4593422     | 4775207     | 5314845     | 5042026     | 4840034     |
| Telangana                          | 2837635     | 2896974     | 3303699     | 3009212     | 2779713     |
| Tripura                            | 562047      | 536724      | 542892      | 524284      | 508036      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 16857549    | 17576345    | 19056651    | 18018332    | 15868581    |
| Uttarakhand                        | 941454      | 916631      | 980808      | 942657      | 870147      |
| West Bengal                        | 15857323    | 16303026    | 16564139    | 15904276    | 15967829    |

Source: UDISE+