Lok Sabha Question No. 133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: School Dropouts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 133

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2015

## School Dropouts

## 133. SHRI HARISH MEENA:

DR. A. SAMPATH:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the majority of the students in rural areas and students belonging to scheduled castes/scheduled tribes in the country discontinue their studies at an early level in schools and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey with regard to increasing dropout rates of students at primary, secondary and higher secondary level and if so, the details of the boys and girls dropouts separately during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)   the  efforts  taken  by  the  Government  to  retain/encourage  the  students  to  complete  their studies at higher level?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  :    As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE),  the  annual  average dropout  rate  of  students  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  and  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  at elementary level during 2013-14 is 5.7% and 8.3%,  respectively as against the rate of 4.17% for all students at that level.

(b): The  Government  of  India  has  not  conducted  any  such  survey,  however,  the  National University of Educational and Planning and Administration (NUEPA) annually collects information in the form of Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) on various educational indicators including information on annual average dropout rates.  The State-wise details on annual average dropout rates of boys and girls at Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary level are given at Annexure.

(c): The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) assists States in universalization of elementary education and  the  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  in  universal  access  to  secondary education.

RMSA and SSA programmes provide a number of incentives to encourage enrolment and retention and to reduce dropout of children in schools.  These include enhancing access to primary, upper  primary  and  secondary  schools,  strengthening  school  infrastructure  like  school  building, additional  classrooms,  toilets,  drinking  water  facilities  etc.,  improving  the  teachers  pupil  ratio  as well  as  strategies  for  gender  positive  textbooks,  gender  sensitization  of  teachers  and  educational administrators.    In addition, 3602 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas or residential schools for girls  belonging  predominantly  to  the  SC,  ST,  OBC  and  minorities  at  upper  primary  level  in educationally backward blocks of the country have been set up.  The mid-day meal programme is also implemented in elementary schools to help retain children in schools.

The identification of Special Focus Districts (SFDs) is an important step in the direction of providing  universal  and  quality  education  to  SCs  &  STs  students  at  the  elementary  level.  These districts are identified based on indicators like concentration of out of school children, high gender gap,  low  retention  rate  and  infrastructure  gap  as  well  as  concentration  of  SC/ST/Minority population.  During 2015-16, 49% of the funds under SSA were targeted to SFDs.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  133  FOR  30 TH NOVEMBER,  2015  ASKED  BY    SHRI HARISH  MEENA,  DR.  A.  SAMPATH,  SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV  AND  SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN REGARDING SCHOOL DROPOUTS

The State-wise details on annual average dropout rates of boys and girls at primary, secondary and Higher secondary level.

| State/UTs           | Primary   | Primary   | Primary   | Primary   | Primary   | Primary   | Secondary*   | Secondary*   | Higher Secondary *   | Higher Secondary *   |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| State/UTs           | 2011-12   | 2011-12   | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2013-14      | 2013-14      | 2013-14              | 2013-14              |
| State/UTs           | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys      | Girls     | Boys         | Girls        | Boys                 | Girls                |
| A&N Islands         | -         | -         | -         | 0.15      | 0.83      | 0.51      | 5.57         | 5.55         | 17.66                | 10.15                |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 6.69      | 5.62      | 5.74      | 5.56      | 3.30      | 3.05      | 12.21        | 13.25        | 2.66                 | -                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 15.38     | 14.22     | 19.38     | 17.97     | 15.84     | 14.44     | 13.99        | 11.77        | 7.85                 | 2.14                 |
| Assam               | 12.47     | 10.93     | 9.67      | 8.00      | 7.02      | 5.46      | 25.65        | 27.79        | 4.87                 | 4.5                  |
| Bihar               | 7.08      | 4.18      | 16.63     | 13.89     | -         | -         | 29.11        | 31.28        | -                    | -                    |
| Chandigarh          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -            | -            | 16.32                | 10.09                |
| Chhattisgarh        | 5.12      | 4.72      | 3.28      | 3.00      | 4.24      | 4.05      | 14.82        | 14.89        | -                    | -                    |
| Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 2.29      | 2.70      | -         | -         | -         | 0.47      | 26.34        | 22.00        | 13.34                | 4.81                 |
| Daman &Diu          | 2.78      | 2.42      | -         | 1.58      | -         | -         | 10.84        | 12.25        | 6.21                 | -                    |
| Delhi               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 6.26         | 4.21         | 18.56                | 9.6                  |
| Goa                 | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 0.26      | 9.49         | 6.26         | 16.01                | 5.8                  |
| Gujarat             | 2.94      | 3.04      | -         | -         | 0.21      | 1.35      | 13.96        | 12.95        | 0.58                 | 0.3                  |
| Haryana             | -         | 0.15      | -         | -         | 1.48      | 1.06      | 8.22         | 9.93         | -                    | -                    |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 0.41      | 1.07      | -         | 0.04      | 0.51      | 0.39      | 8.35         | 8.40         | 10.25                | 7.64                 |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 11.21     | 11.47     | 8.37      | 8.38      | 6.80      | 5.75      | 16.79        | 17.96        | 11.69                | 9.36                 |
| Jharkhand           | 13.00     | 12.23     | 8.11      | 6.89      | 7.36      | 7.05      | 17.84        | 19.20        | -                    | -                    |
| Karnataka           | 2.15      | 1.91      | 2.37      | 2.86      | 3.40      | 2.51      | 40.70        | 39.07        | 19.47                | 11.26                |
| Kerala              | 0.04      | 0.13      | -         | -         | -         | -         | 12.31        | 6.38         | -                    | -                    |
| Lakshadweep         | 1.53      | 1.04      | 3.04      | -         | 2.30      | 2.71      | 6.15         | 9.17         | 2.98                 | 10.65                |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 9.07      | 7.54      | 6.04      | 6.46      | 5.75      | 6.49      | 11.16        | 16.39        | -                    | -                    |
| Maharashtra         | 1.84      | 1.88      | 0.34      | 0.86      | 0.88      | 1.06      | 16.61        | 15.72        | 2.55                 | 3.94                 |
| Manipur             | 11.78     | 12.34     | 9.00      | 8.22      | 10.24     | 9.48      | 8.16         | 11.35        | 5.96                 | 10.06                |
| Meghalaya           | 16.23     | 14.01     | 14.81     | 13.02     | 11.32     | 8.96      | 27.21        | 25.02        | -                    | -                    |
| Mizoram             | 8.42      | 5.51      | 10.69     | 10.48     | 24.27     | 23.93     | 22.18        | 20.65        | 2.91                 | -                    |
| Nagaland            | 6.44      | 5.63      | 5.27      | 5.67      | 7.11      | 7.03      | 26.70        | 26.33        | 18.67                | 17.87                |
| Odisha              | 5.30      | 5.44      | 5.18      | 5.21      | 3.63      | 3.49      | 50.09        | 49.62        | 0.6                  | -                    |
| Puducherry          | -         | -         | 0.25      | 0.18      | 0.25      | 0.43      | 18.49        | 11.72        | 6.79                 | 3.87                 |
| Punjab              | 1.91      | 1.65      | 1.59      | 1.50      | 1.99      | 1.98      | 9.40         | 10.30        | 9.69                 | 6.53                 |
| Rajasthan           | 8.40      | 7.09      | 5.34      | 5.71      | 7.20      | 8.85      | 13.06        | 14.49        | -                    | -                    |
| Sikkim              | 5.68      | 2.92      | 3.84      | 0.52      | 4.78      | 2.31      | 9.93         | 8.64         | 11.79                | 4.92                 |
| Tamilnadu           | 1.08      | 0.87      | 0.76      | 0.32      | 4.02      | 4.10      | 14.26        | 5.86         | 1.34                 | 2.33                 |
| Tripura             | 6.20      | 6.16      | -         | 0.28      | 2.31      | 2.11      | 24.09        | 26.99        | 8.4                  | 9.49                 |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 12.30     | 11.39     | 7.91      | 6.31      | 10.53     | 10.03     | -            | -            | -                    | -                    |
| Uttarakhanad        | 5.45      | 4.36      | 4.95      | 3.55      | 1.14      | 1.18      | 8.97         | 10.45        | 1.35                 | 1.85                 |
| West Bengal         | 7.39      | 5.80      | 7.16      | 5.95      | 6.88      | 5.71      | 14.95        | 19.41        | 7.81                 | 8.49                 |

Source: UDISE

* Annual Average Dropout rate at secondary & Senior Secondary level during 2011-12, 2012-13 is not available in UDISE.

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