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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3723
ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026
Drop-out rate in schools
3723 Dr. Meenakshi Jain:
Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:
(a) whether there is any data on the drop-out rate for boys and girls in schools;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c) the steps taken by Government to reduce the drop-out rates in schools, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) & (b): As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2024-25, State/UT
wise and gender wise dropout rate by level of education for the year 2024-25 is available at
https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl_ques.
(c): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the
domain of respective State and UT Governments. The Central Government assist States and UTs
through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and hot cooked meal provided from
Balvatika to class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna. Financial
assistance/grant is also provided to the States and UTs for various activities to reduce dropout and
increase enrolment in Government schools, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to
Senior Secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and up gradation and running of
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels
named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, hostels under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi
Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA),
transport allowance, undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of
vocational education and ICT facilities in schools, providing free text books and free uniform,
transport/escort facility, etc.
Government has also taken initiatives such as Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) and
implementation of Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) ID to monitor the drop
out and other education indicators. VSK has been developed with strategies designed to enhance the
effectiveness of monitoring of educational initiatives and their eventual outcomes. A key feature of VSK
is tracking of dropout students, monitoring of students migrating from one school to the other, progress
of learning outcomes and real-time monitoring of various interventions, aimed at improving access,
students' academic performance and enhancing teachers' accountability in schools. APAAR, as part of
the 'One Nation, One Student ID' programme, is a 12-digit lifelong student ID that is linked to Aadhar.
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