Lok Sabha Question No. 1373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Socio-Economic Background of School Dropouts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE, RAJESH VERMA, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, MANOJ RAJORIA, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1373 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  July, 2016

## Socio-Economic Background of School Dropouts

## 1373. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any assessment with regard to school dropouts in the country and if so, the details of such sections of the society to which maximum school dropouts belong;
- (b)  whether the Government has conducted any survey for assessment of the social and economic background of such children and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether it is a fact that despite the initiatives taken by the Government, there has been a massive dropout of girls enrolled in primary classes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the Government has any data regarding the number of children dropping out  of  schools  before  Class  VIII  including  those  from  the  Scheduled  Castes/ Scheduled Tribes; and
- (e)   the ratio between literate and illiterate populations in the country during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise and action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) :     A study entitled 'National Sample Survey to Assess dropout rate at the elementary level in 21 States' was commissioned by the Government of India and the results were reported in 2013.  The cohort dropout of children belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Muslims at elementary level is given below:-

| Year      | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Year      | SC                 | ST                 | Muslim             | All Students       |
| 2008 - 09 | 21.9               | 24.6               | 17.9               | 19.6               |
| 2009 - 10 | 22.2               | 20.8               | 17.9               | 23.2               |

(b) : The  study  has  only  taken  in  to  account  category  of  students  as  SC,  ST  and Muslims etc. but has not specifically taken in to account social and economic background of such children.

(c) : No Madam.  As per the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), the annual average dropout rate of girls at primary level has reduced from 6.37% in 200910 to 4.66% in 2013-14.

(d): Yes, Madam.  Data on number of children, including those from SCs/STs, dropping out  of  schools  are  annually  collected  under  Unified  District  Information  System  for Education (UDISE).

(e):   The estimate of literate and illiterate population, States and UTs-wise, as available from  Census  2011  is  at  Annexure.      Under  the  adult  education  scheme    'Saakshar Bharat', the focus is on adult women literacy seeking to reduce the gap between male and female literacy to not more than 10 percentage points.  The mission has four broader objectives, namely imparting functional literacy and numeracy to non-literates; acquiring equivalency to formal educational system; imparting relevant skill development programme;  and  promote  a  leaning  society  by  providing  opportunities  for  continuing education.  Under  the  mission,  6.51  crore  learners  have  been  enrolled  in  45.53  lakh literacy  centres  since  inception  in  2009  and  up-to  November,  2015.  4.46  Crore  adult learners (3.18 Crore women and 1.28 Crore men) have been certified as literate through Bi-annual Assessment Tests held up to August, 2015.

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ANNEXURE AS REFERRED IN THE REPLY OF PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1373 FOR 25 TH  JULY,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KALYAN  BANERJEE,  SHRI RAJESH VERMA, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, DR. MANOJ RAJORIA AND SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS.

The details on States and UTs-wise estimate of literate and illiterate population as per Census 2011.

| Name of States/UTs     |   Percentage of Literate Population |
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| A&N Island             |                                86.6 |
| Andhra Pradesh         |                                67   |
| Arunachal Pradesh      |                                65.4 |
| Assam                  |                                72.2 |
| Bihar                  |                                61.8 |
| Chandigarh             |                                86.1 |
| Chhattisgarh           |                                70.3 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                76.2 |
| Daman and Diu          |                                87.1 |
| Delhi                  |                                86.2 |
| Goa                    |                                88.7 |
| Gujarat                |                                78   |
| Haryana                |                                75.6 |
| Himachal Pradesh       |                                82.8 |
| Jammu and Kashmir      |                                67.2 |
| Jharkhand              |                                66.4 |
| Karnataka              |                                75.4 |
| Kerala                 |                                94   |
| Lakshadweep            |                                91.9 |
| Madhya Pradesh         |                                69.3 |
| Maharashtra            |                                82.3 |
| Manipur                |                                76.9 |
| Meghalaya              |                                74.4 |
| Mizoram                |                                91.3 |
| Nagaland               |                                79.6 |
| Orissa                 |                                72.9 |
| Puducherry             |                                85.9 |
| Punjab                 |                                75.8 |
| Rajasthan              |                                66.1 |
| Sikkim                 |                                81.4 |
| Tamil Nadu             |                                80.1 |
| Telangana              |                                67.2 |
| Tripura                |                                87.2 |
| Uttar Pradesh          |                                67.7 |
| Uttarakhand            |                                78.8 |
| West Bengal            |                                76.3 |
| India                  |                                74   |

Source: Census 2011

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