School dropouts continuously rising in Assam
In an economic survey, it has been found that, student drop-outs rates has been continuously increasing in the recent years in Assam.Despite the government taking various initiatives to improve the situation,but the rates are not decreasing.
Terming education as one of the key inputs for balanced social and fiscal development, the Economic Survey, Assam for 2023-24 said the average annual dropout rate in lower primary (LP) schools in the state stood at 8.49 percent in 2022-23.
As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data, the LP school dropout rate was 6.02 percent in 2021-22, rising from 4.3 percent in 2019-20 and 3.1 percent in 2018-19, it added.
Likewise in the upper primary (UP) level, the dropout rate is 10.33 percent in 2022-23 and it was 8.81 percent in 2021-22,'' the report stated. The economic survey said that the transition rate from primary to upper primary schools in the state is 89.7 percent.The dropout rate for LP schools is the highest in South Salmara district at 22.52 percent in the last financial year, followed by 14.54 per cent in Karimganj, while the lowest rate of 4.02 percent was recorded in Sivasagar. ''Similarly, in the upper primary level, this rate is the highest at 32.39 percent in South Salmara and the lowest at 4.03 percent in Sivasagar during the period 2022-23,'' the survey said.
Terming education as one of the key inputs for balanced social and fiscal development, the Economic Survey, Assam for 2023-24 said the average annual dropout rate in lower primary (LP) schools in the state stood at 8.49 percent in 2022-23.
As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data, the LP school dropout rate was 6.02 percent in 2021-22, rising from 4.3 percent in 2019-20 and 3.1 percent in 2018-19, it added.
Likewise in the upper primary (UP) level, the dropout rate is 10.33 percent in 2022-23 and it was 8.81 percent in 2021-22,'' the report stated. The economic survey said that the transition rate from primary to upper primary schools in the state is 89.7 percent.The dropout rate for LP schools is the highest in South Salmara district at 22.52 percent in the last financial year, followed by 14.54 per cent in Karimganj, while the lowest rate of 4.02 percent was recorded in Sivasagar. ''Similarly, in the upper primary level, this rate is the highest at 32.39 percent in South Salmara and the lowest at 4.03 percent in Sivasagar during the period 2022-23,'' the survey said.
