Source
– This information has been compiled from the minutes of the Project Approval Board (PAB) meetings held under the Union Ministry of Education to discuss the implementation of ‘Sagram Shiksha’ program for 2023-24.
– These meetings were held with the States and Union Territories between March and May this year.
– According to this information, student dropout rate is 15 percent and above in five districts of Maharashtra.
100 percent enrollment target
-The new National Education Policy aims at 100 percent Gross Enrollment Rate (GER) at the school level by 2030.
– Officials say that the government considers dropout of school students to be a major obstacle in achieving this goal.
– A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey last year said that 33 percent of girls in India drop out of school because of domestic work.
– After leaving school, many children started working as laborers with their families or as domestic workers in many places.
States with above average ratio (2021-22)
– Meghalaya : 21.7
– Bihar : 20.46
– Assam : 20.3
– Gujarat : 17.85
– Punjab : 17.2
– Andhra Pradesh : 16.7
– Karnataka : 14.6
What state in which state?
– West Bengal has seen a significant reduction in student dropout rates, especially at the primary level, from the academic year 2020-21 to 2021-22.
– The Union Territory of Delhi has a high number of out-of-school children.
– The student dropout rate in Madhya Pradesh decreased from 23.8 percent in 2020-21 to 10.1 percent in 2021-22.
– Eight districts of Uttar Pradesh have a very high annual average dropout rate.
– Student dropout rates in Rajasthan have been steadily declining, but school dropout rates among Scheduled Tribe (nine percent) and Muslim (18 percent) children are still very high at the secondary level.
