Lok Sabha Question No. 3740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Education in Odisha
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3740

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## Education in Odisha

3740. Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the dropout rates in primary and secondary schools of Odisha during the last five years;
- (b) the number of student leaving Government Schools in the State at primary and secondary level, district-wise;
- (c) the number of Government schools that have been closed in Odisha during the last five years along with the reasons of their closure;
- (d) the number of new schools established by the Government for vocational education and skill development in the State; and
- (e) the courses offered in these Schools to enhance employability among students?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : 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+, dropout rates at primary and secondary levels in Odisha from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 are as under:
- (b):  As  per  UDISE+,  district-wise  total  number  of  students  at  primary,  secondary,  and  overall  (preprimary  to  higher  secondary)  level  by  management  for  the  year  2022-23  and  2023-24  in  Odisha  is available at https://www.education.gov.in/parl\_ques.
- (c):  Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  the  opening  and  closing  of  schools  is within the purview of respective State Government and UT Administration. As per UDISE+, number of Government schools in Odisha from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 is given below:
- (d)  and  (e):  As  per  UDISE+  2023-24,  number  of  government  schools  offering  National  Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) courses in Odisha are 1298.

| Year    | Primary Dropout   | Primary Dropout   | Primary Dropout   | Secondary Dropout   | Secondary Dropout   | Secondary Dropout   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Year    | Girls             | Boys              | Total             | Girls               | Boys                | Total               |
| 2019-20 | 0.8               | 0.8               | 0.8               | 21.9                | 25.2                | 23.6                |
| 2020-21 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 15.4                | 16.7                | 16.0                |
| 2021-22 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 25.2                | 29.2                | 27.3                |
| 2022-23 | 0.1               | 0                 | 0                 | 16.1                | 19.3                | 17.7                |
| 2023-24 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 11.3                | 14.1                | 12.8                |

| Year                         |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Government Schools |     53260 |     50256 |     49072 |     48767 |     48671 |

The Department of School Education and Literacy provides financial support for implementing the Centrally Sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha. Vocational Education is one of the components  under  Samagra  Shiksha  scheme.  Under  Vocational  Education  component  of  'Samagra Shiksha',  NSQF  aligned  vocational  courses  are  offered  to  the  students  from  class  9 th to  12 th in  the schools  covered  under  the  scheme,  which  has  been  aligned  with  the  National  Skills  Qualifications Framework (NSQF). At the Secondary level i.e., Class IX and X, vocational modules are offered to the students as an additional subject. At Sr. Secondary level, i.e., Class XI and XII, vocational courses are offered  as  a  compulsory  (elective)  subject.  As  of  now,  138  Job  Roles  have  been  approved  for introduction  as  Skill  subjects  to  school  students  for  Class  IX  to  XII.  Employability  Skill  modules including Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, Information and Communication Technology Skills, Entrepreneurship Skills, and Green Skills has been made a mandatory part of skill subject under Samagra Shiksha Scheme.

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