Lok Sabha Question No. 1310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: School Dropouts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI, MANOJ RAJORIA, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1310 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## School Dropouts

## 1310.   SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether it is fact that the dropout rate for secondary education is higher than the dropout rate for elementary and primary education;
- (b) whether  the  Government  maintained  any  data  regarding  school  dropouts  especially,  in case of minority, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes students;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof during the last three years State/UT-wise and reasons therefor; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)        The  details  of  annual  average  drop-out  rates  for  the  year  2013-14  for  the  primary, elementary and secondary stages states-wise are at Annexure-I.

(b) and (c)   The state wise status of the dropout rate at the Secondary Level for SCs/STs and all categories for the year 2012-13 and status of dropout rate for SCs/STs, Minorities and for all categories for 2013-14 is at Annexure-II.

- (d) The  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA),  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme has  one  of  the  objectives  to  reduce  dropout  rate  of  students  at  secondary  stage.  The  scheme provides  for  improving  access  by  establishing  new  secondary  school  and  strengthening  of existing  secondary  schools  by  providing  additional  classrooms,  science  laboratory,  library, computer rooms, art/craft/culture rooms, toilets, drinking water facilities etc, to reduce dropout and to increase enrolment rate especially of students of SC, ST, Minority and girls at secondary stage. Interventions like survey  and  identification of  out  of  school  children,  awareness programme, special teaching for learning enhancement, etc. are also supported under RMSA.

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1310  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  02.05.2016  ASKED  BY  SMT.  MEENAKASHI  LEKHI  AND OTHERS REGARDING 'SCHOOL DROPOUTS'

| Annual Average Drop-out Rate: 2013-14   | Annual Average Drop-out Rate: 2013-14   | Annual Average Drop-out Rate: 2013-14   | Annual Average Drop-out Rate: 2013-14   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                | Primary                                 | Upper Primary                           | Secondary                               |
| A &NIslands                             | 1.21                                    | 0.51                                    | 7.2                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                          | 4.35                                    | 3.78                                    | 12.65                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                       | 10.89                                   | 5.59                                    | 14.49                                   |
| Assam                                   | 7.44                                    | 7.05                                    | 30.43                                   |
| Bihar                                   | 2.09                                    | 2.98                                    | 25.33                                   |
| Chandigarh                              | -                                       | 1.08                                    | -                                       |
| Chhattisgarh                            | 1.42                                    | 3.8                                     | 23.41                                   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                     | 1.57                                    | 4.13                                    | 28.59                                   |
| Daman &Diu                              | 0.85                                    | 3.56                                    | 19.86                                   |
| Delhi                                   | -                                       | 2.78                                    | 8.9                                     |
| Goa                                     | 0.2                                     | -                                       | 9.58                                    |
| Gujarat                                 | 0.76                                    | 5.55                                    | 21.61                                   |
| Haryana                                 | 0.41                                    | 2.55                                    | 12.51                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                        | 0.46                                    | 0.78                                    | 9.09                                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir                          | 5.46                                    | 4.3                                     | 15.36                                   |
| Jharkhand                               | 6.41                                    | 7.42                                    | 23.15                                   |
| Karnataka                               | 2.32                                    | 2.51                                    | 27.57                                   |
| Kerala                                  | -                                       | -                                       | 14.46                                   |
| Lakshadweep                             | -                                       | 1.86                                    | 8.03                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                          | 10.14                                   | 11.7                                    | 26.47                                   |
| Maharashtra                             | 0.55                                    | 0.61                                    | 14.47                                   |
| Manipur                                 | 18                                      | 7.02                                    | 13.81                                   |
| Meghalaya                               | 10.34                                   | 6.84                                    | 24.75                                   |
| Mizoram                                 | 12.96                                   | 6.02                                    | 18.7                                    |
| Nagaland                                | 19.41                                   | 17.86                                   | 35.11                                   |
| Odisha                                  | 2.94                                    | 2.8                                     | 49.48                                   |
| Puducherry                              | 0.66                                    | 0.6                                     | 14.24                                   |
| Punjab                                  | 1.29                                    | 2.85                                    | 8.83                                    |
| Rajasthan                               | 8.39                                    | 6.03                                    | 18.77                                   |
| Sikkim                                  | 4.57                                    | 5.14                                    | 12.89                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                              | 0.46                                    | 4.52                                    | 12.2                                    |
| Telangana                               | 5.81                                    | 4.71                                    | 17.43                                   |
| Tripura                                 | 3.58                                    | 2.72                                    | 25.09                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                           | 7.08                                    | 0.53                                    | 7.3                                     |
| Uttarakhand                             | 3.07                                    | 1.68                                    | 8.7                                     |
| West Bengal                             | 2.91                                    | 4.31                                    | 18.34                                   |
| All India                               | 4.34                                    | 3.77                                    | 17.86                                   |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  and  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1310 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016 ASKED BY SMT. MEENAKASHI LEKHI AND OTHERS REGARDING 'SCHOOL DROPOUTS'

| Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   | Annual Average Dropout Rate for secondary education   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S.NO.                                                 | STATES/UTs.                                           | 2012-13                                               | 2012-13                                               | 2012-13                                               | 2013-14                                               | 2013-14                                               | 2013-14                                               | 2013-14                                               |
| S.NO.                                                 | STATES/UTs.                                           | SC                                                    | ST                                                    | All                                                   | SC                                                    | ST                                                    | Minority (Muslim only)                                | All                                                   |
| 1                                                     | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS                              | *                                                     | 7.25                                                  | 5.56                                                  | *                                                     | 8.32                                                  | 3.46                                                  | 7.20                                                  |
| 2                                                     | ANDHRA PRADESH                                        | 12.41                                                 | 11.37                                                 | 12.72                                                 | 11.52                                                 | 7.14                                                  | 21.43                                                 | 12.65                                                 |
| 3                                                     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                     | 20.55                                                 | 11.50                                                 | 12.93                                                 | 42.31                                                 | 12.58                                                 | 48.21                                                 | 14.49                                                 |
| 4                                                     | ASSAM                                                 | 29.07                                                 | 23.67                                                 | 26.77                                                 | 34.25                                                 | 30.82                                                 | 36.56                                                 | 30.43                                                 |
| 5                                                     | BIHAR                                                 | 33.27                                                 | 38.53                                                 | 30.14                                                 | 25.98                                                 | 24.47                                                 | 26.97                                                 | 25.33                                                 |
| 6                                                     | CHANDIGARH                                            | -                                                     | --                                                    | -                                                     | 0.22                                                  | -                                                     | 16.71                                                 | -                                                     |
| 7                                                     | CHHATTISGARH                                          | 20.05                                                 | 13.76                                                 | 14.86                                                 | 24.41                                                 | 27.22                                                 | 24.97                                                 | 23.41                                                 |
| 8                                                     | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI                                    | 18.35                                                 | 29.24                                                 | 24.41                                                 | 14.07                                                 | 33.87                                                 | 20                                                    | 28.59                                                 |
| 9                                                     | DAMAN&DIU                                             | 1.93                                                  | 23.02                                                 | 11.52                                                 | 31.90                                                 | 36.67                                                 | 52.63                                                 | 19.86                                                 |
| 10                                                    | DELHI                                                 | -                                                     | 9.48                                                  | 5.32                                                  | 4.49                                                  | -                                                     | 15.71                                                 | 8.90                                                  |
| 11                                                    | GOA                                                   | 0.49                                                  | 0.04                                                  | 7.96                                                  | 10.24                                                 | 8.15                                                  | 23.27                                                 | 9.58                                                  |
| 12                                                    | GUJARAT                                               | 13.97                                                 | 15.23                                                 | 13.55                                                 | 23.26                                                 | 23.32                                                 | 25.84                                                 | 21.61                                                 |
| 13                                                    | HARYANA                                               | 16.43                                                 | -                                                     | 8.98                                                  | 20.10                                                 | *                                                     | 21.63                                                 | 12.51                                                 |
| 14                                                    | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                      | 12.60                                                 | 8.68                                                  | 8.37                                                  | 13.80                                                 | 6.9                                                   | 28.57                                                 | 9.09                                                  |
| 15                                                    | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                        | 19.99                                                 | 27.60                                                 | 17.33                                                 | 21.77                                                 | 21.01                                                 | 18.4                                                  | 15.36                                                 |
| 16                                                    | JHARKHAND                                             | 19.11                                                 | 20.83                                                 | 18.50                                                 | 26.19                                                 | 26.96                                                 | 37.03                                                 | 23.15                                                 |
| 17                                                    | KARNATAKA                                             | 43.58                                                 | 37.42                                                 | 39.92                                                 | 27.85                                                 | 27.78                                                 | 34.6                                                  | 27.57                                                 |
| 18                                                    | KERALA                                                | 7.25                                                  | 23.28                                                 | 9.45                                                  | 15.56                                                 | 14.88                                                 | 23.35                                                 | 14.46                                                 |
| 19                                                    | LAKSHADWEEP                                           | *                                                     | 7.48                                                  | 7.68                                                  | *                                                     | 8.78                                                  | 13.13                                                 | 8.03                                                  |
| 20                                                    | MADHYA PRADESH                                        | 17.47                                                 | 24.70                                                 | 13.63                                                 | 33.53                                                 | 34.45                                                 | 22.48                                                 | 26.47                                                 |
| 21                                                    | MAHARASHTRA                                           | 19.23                                                 | 23.35                                                 | 16.20                                                 | 17.39                                                 | 21.32                                                 | 27.15                                                 | 14.47                                                 |
| 22                                                    | MANIPUR                                               | --                                                    | 13.26                                                 | 9.75                                                  | 13.09                                                 | 16.07                                                 | 32.97                                                 | 13.81                                                 |
| 23                                                    | MEGHALAYA                                             | 32.86                                                 | 27.27                                                 | 26.03                                                 | 20.31                                                 | 24.35                                                 | 32.86                                                 | 24.75                                                 |
| 24                                                    | MIZORAM                                               | --                                                    | 23.33                                                 | 21.42                                                 | -                                                     | 21.31                                                 | -                                                     | 18.70                                                 |
| 25                                                    | NAGALAND                                              | --                                                    | 26.86                                                 | 26.51                                                 | 57.87                                                 | 35.96                                                 | 18.31                                                 | 35.11                                                 |
| 26                                                    | ODISHA                                                | 49.33                                                 | 43.50                                                 | 49.86                                                 | 50.40                                                 | 52.15                                                 | 51.32                                                 | 49.48                                                 |
| 27                                                    | PUDUCHERRY                                            | 17.92                                                 | 85.00                                                 | 15.21                                                 | 17.63                                                 | *                                                     | 20.87                                                 | 14.24                                                 |
| 28                                                    | PUNJAB                                                | 14.19                                                 | --                                                    | 9.80                                                  | 14.19                                                 | 43.08                                                 | 12.46                                                 | 8.83                                                  |
| 29                                                    | RAJASTHAN                                             | 17.62                                                 | 16.44                                                 | 13.65                                                 | 24.42                                                 | 21.87                                                 | 30.71                                                 | 18.77                                                 |
| 30                                                    | SIKKIM                                                | 14.61                                                 | 10.31                                                 | 9.23                                                  | 25.02                                                 | 9.22                                                  | 0.88                                                  | 12.89                                                 |
| 31                                                    | TAMIL NADU                                            | 14.50 -                                               | 18.92 --                                              | 10.20 -                                               | 15.78 16.00                                           | 15.78                                                 | 18.68                                                 | 12.20 17.43                                           |
| 32                                                    | TELANGANA                                             |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 15.58                                                 | 30.95                                                 |                                                       |
| 33                                                    | TRIPURA                                               | 24.41                                                 | 32.13                                                 | 25.50                                                 | 24.97                                                 | 30.07                                                 | 33.79                                                 | 25.09                                                 |
| 34                                                    | UTTAR PRADESH                                         | -                                                     | 9.91                                                  | -                                                     | 4.60                                                  | 19.41                                                 | 6.36                                                  | 7.30                                                  |
| 35                                                    | UTTARAKHAND                                           | 8.35                                                  | 9.99                                                  | 9.68                                                  |                                                       |                                                       | 17.45                                                 | 8.70                                                  |
|                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 14.75                                                 | 8.31                                                  |                                                       |                                                       |
| 36                                                    | WEST BENGAL                                           | 18.46                                                 | 18.97                                                 | 17.30                                                 | 21.42                                                 | 23.48                                                 | 22.88                                                 | 18.34                                                 |