(a) the drop-out ratio among girls in different levels of schooling in Jharkhand and Rajasthan including Tribal community during the last five years;
(b) the percentage of girls who dropped out of schools in the country particularly Rajasthan and Jharkhand for various reasons including early marriage and child bearing;
(c) whether the Government has taken any measures to prevent drop-out and also bring back those who have dropped out already and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF EDUCATION
(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) and (b):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. The UDISE+ results are available up to 2019-20.As per UDISE+, the drop-out rates among girls in different levels of school education in Jharkhand and Rajasthan including dropout rates of Scheduled Tribes for the last five
years is at annexure-I. As per UDISE+ 2019-20 the dropout rates for girls in the country for the year 2019-20 is also placed at annexure –I.
(c):Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, which is an overarching scheme for school education covering all levels from pre-primary to senior secondary, financial assistance is provided to the States and UTs for various activities to reduce dropouts at secondary level, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up, upgradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, transport allowance, undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/ residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities in schools, etc, financial assistance is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs.
Under Samagra Shiksha, for the first time in 2021-22, financial assistance upto Rs. 2000 per annum has been envisioned for supporting 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.
This Department has developed an online module for compiling the data of Out of School Children (OoSC) identified by each State/UT and their mapping with Special Training Centres (STC) on the PRABANDH Portal (http://samagrashiksha.in). The concerned State/UT validates the child wise information of the identified OoSC and STC uploaded by the concerned Block Resource Centre of the State for monitoring the progress of mainstreaming of OoSC. Also, Bridge Course Modules have been developed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for bridging the learning gaps of Out of School Children studying in Special Training Centers (STC) under the provision of RTE Act, 2009.
Also, under National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme, scholarship is awarded to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage.
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