(a) the number of children admitted in schools under Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 who dropped out after reaching ninth class, State-wise; (b) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any Policy for providing free education after passing Eighth Class under the RTE so that the children may complete their studies upto twelfth class and if so, the details thereof; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ''NISHANK'')
(a): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education for children of the age 6-14 years from class I to VIII. As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE), 2017-18(provisional), the State-wise dropout rate at Secondary level is at Annexure.
(b)& (c): The Central Government has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha with effect from 2018-19 which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The scheme envisages school education as a continuum from pre-school to senior secondary level and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
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