Girls’ Enrolment Rate

Question by: Pratima Mondal

(a) the details of the latest/current school enrolment rate of girls at primary level and the States that have made a significant progress in this regard during the last three years;
(b) the current school enrolment rate of girls at secondary level along with the States that have been continuously lagging behind in increasing the percentage of girls enrolment in secondary schools; and
(c) the school dropout rate among girls and boys at secondary level in the country, State/UT-wise?

Answer

• As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2017-18 (Provisional), the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Girls at primary level for the year 2017-18 is 95.39%.
• As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), between 2016-17 and 2017-18, the GER at primary level has increased in the following States/ UTs: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
• As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2017-18 (Provisional), the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Girls at secondary level at all India level has improved over the years. It has gone up from 80.10% in 2015-16 to 80.62% in the year 2017-18.