Lok Sabha Question No. 165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Enrolments in Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Dimple Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-165

ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## Enrolments in Schools

165. Smt. Dimple Yadav:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of student enrolments in both Government and Private schools of Uttar Pradesh from 2017-18 to 2024-25, year and district-wise along with the number of student enrolments in the above said schools across the country during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of student dropouts in above said schools of Uttar Pradesh from 2017-18 to 2024-25, district-wise and year-wise along with the number of student dropouts in above said schools above in the country from 2017-18 to 2024-25, schools/year-wise; and
- (c) the details of reasons identified by the Government for the decline in school enrollments and the rise in dropout rates along with the steps being taken by the Government to address these issues?

## 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+, State/UT-wise number of student enrolments in both Government and Private schools from 2020-21 to 2024-25  and  district-wise  number  of  student  enrolments  in  both  Government  and  Private  schools  of Uttar Pradesh from 2017-18 to 2024-25 is available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl\_ques .

(b) : As per UDISE+, dropouts rate in Uttar Pradesh from 2017-18 to 2024-25 is given below:

|         | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   | Dropout Rate   |
|---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Year    | Primary        | Primary        | Primary        | Upper Primary  | Upper Primary  | Upper Primary  | Secondary      | Secondary      | Secondary      |
|         | Boys           | Girls          | Overall        | Boys           | Girls          | Overall        | Boys           | Girls          | Overall        |
| 2017-18 | 7.2            | 7.1            | 7.2            | 5.0            | 9.8            | 7.4            | 18.7           | 19.5           | 19.0           |
| 2018-19 | 9.5            | 9.9            | 9.7            | 3.2            | 8.4            | 5.7            | 15.5           | 15.6           | 15.5           |
| 2019-20 | 2.8            | 2.5            | 2.7            | 0.2            | 4.0            | 2.1            | 14.6           | 14.2           | 14.4           |
| 2020-21 | 2.3            | 2.1            | 2.2            | 2.7            | 6.5            | 4.6            | 11.9           | 13.2           | 12.5           |
| 2021-22 | 2.4            | 3.0            | 2.7            | 1.3            | 4.7            | 2.9            | 9.5            | 10.0           | 9.7            |
| 2022-23 | 18.6           | 19.0           | 18.8           | 15.0           | 17.2           | 16.0           | 14.9           | 14.4           | 14.7           |
| 2023-24 | 1.7            | 1.7            | 1.7            | 3.1            | 4.8            | 3.9            | 9.8            | 7.3            | 8.7            |
| 2024-25 | 0.0            | 0.0            | 0.0            | 2.9            | 3.1            | 3.0            | 8.7            | 5.1            | 7.0            |

- (c):  As  per  report  titled  'Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)'  for  the  year  2023-24,  Ministry  of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the major reasons for drop-out of school children are to supplement household income, to attend domestic chores, not interested in studies, unable to cope up with studies, child suffering with some disability, poor health, education not considered necessary by the parents, preparation of competitive examination, marriage etc.

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  assist  States  and  UTs  through  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and hot cooked meal provided from Balvatika to class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna. Financial assistance/grant is also provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  including  Uttar  Pradesh  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 (PM-JANMAN) 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/grant  is  also  provided  for  aids  and  appliances  for children with special needs.

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