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The document addresses dropout rates among school-going students from SC, ST, OBC, and girls, with the highest rates reported in Manipur and Meghalaya for 2021-22. It outlines the government's initiatives, including the Samagra Shiksha scheme and the Right to Education Act, aimed at reducing dropout rates and improving access to education. Additionally, it highlights financial assistance programs and various educational policies designed to support disadvantaged groups and enhance educational outcomes.

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The document addresses dropout rates among school-going students from SC, ST, OBC, and girls, with the highest rates reported in Manipur and Meghalaya for 2021-22. It outlines the government's initiatives, including the Samagra Shiksha scheme and the Right to Education Act, aimed at reducing dropout rates and improving access to education. Additionally, it highlights financial assistance programs and various educational policies designed to support disadvantaged groups and enhance educational outcomes.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610
ANSWERED ON 18th DECEMBER, 2024

Drop out percentage of school going students from SC/ST, OBC & girls

2610 Shri Sanjay Yadav:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the percentage of dropout school going students from Scheduled Castes (SC),
Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and girls, the States having
maximum drop outs percentages;
(b) whether the dropout rate among SCs/STs/OBCs students is disproportionately higher
in country's centrally funded technical, medical and management institutions;
(c) the negative impact of such dropouts;
(d) the steps being taken to address such abysmal state of affairs regarding SCs/STs,
OBCs and girl’s dropouts; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION


(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) As per UDISE+ for year 2021-22, the dropout rate among school going students
from SC, ST, OBC and girls is as under :

Category Primary Level Upper Primary Level Secondary Level


SC 1.46 3.56 12.55
ST 2.83 6.03 16.62
OBC 0.51 2.99 12.87
Girls 1.35 3.31 12.25
Overall 1.45 3.02 12.61
(Source : UDISE+ 2021-22)

Overall taking all levels into consideration, for 2021-22, Manipur and Meghalaya had the
maximum dropout percentages.
(b) and (c) As in the Higher Education sector Students have multiple options and they
choose and migrate from one course or programme to another, as such there is no
concept of Drop Out in Higher education.

(d) and (e) The Department of School Education and Literacy with effect from 2018-19 is
implementing an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education-
Samagra Shiksha. Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to States and
UTs for undertaking various activities for reducing dropout rate, including
opening/strengthening of new schools upto senior secondary level, construction of
school buildings & additional classrooms, setting up, up-gradation and running of
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Avasiya
Vidyalayas, construction of hostels for PVTGs under PM-JANMAN, construction of
hostels under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan for unsaturated ST
population, free uniforms, free text books, transport allowance and undertaking
enrolment & retention drives. Further, special training for age appropriate admission of
out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training for older
children, seasonal hostels / residential camps, special training centres at worksites,
transport/ escort facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal
schooling system.

Further, financial assistance upto ₹ 2000 per annum is being provided for Out of
School Children of age group of 16-19 years, belonging to socio economically
disadvantaged groups, for completing their education through NIOS/SIOS, for accessing
course materials and certification.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009,
mandates the appropriate Government to provide free and compulsory elementary
education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. Also,
Section 10 of the RTE Act states that it is the duty of every parent or guardian to admit
or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, for elementary
education in the neighbourhood school.

Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman’ (PM POSHAN) one hot cooked
meal in Government and Government aided schools is provided to students at the
elementary level of education, including Balvatika, which encourages the children to
attend schools regularly and contributes towards reduction in dropout rate.

For increasing access at higher education, financial assistance and scholarship is


provided to students through various schemes such as National Scholarship for Post
Graduate Studies (NSPGS), Ishan Uday’ Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern
Region, PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme etc. Students are also supported through induction
program (Deeksharambh) and by establishing counselling cells and grievance redressal
mechanism in colleges. Special coaching is also provided to SC ,ST, OBC (non-creamy
layer) and minority students to help them overcome academic challenges.

The UGC Regulations for private universities, deemed to be university institutions,


and those for affiliation of colleges by the universities provide guidelines to rationalize
fees in accordance with the norms/ guidelines prescribed by the UGC and other
concerned statutory bodies to ensure that education remains affordable for all students.

Various provisions under National Education Policy, 2020 such as multiple entry
and exit options, Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), Choice Based Credit System
(CBCS), Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP) provide flexibility in
academic pathways and address the diverse needs of students, thereby increasing
access, enhancing student satisfaction, and improving overall academic outcomes.

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