AHMEDABAD: At least 58 of every 100 students who enrolled in schools in Gujarat failed to make it to high school in 2008-09 — that represents the 16th highest dropout rate in the country.
This data was released in the Rajya Sabha in reply to a question by Avtarsingh Karimpuri, an MP from Uttar Pradesh.
Among 29 states and six union territories, Gujarat's dropout rate of students between class I and class X ranked 16, at 58.84%, which was higher than the national dropout rate of 55.88% in 2008-09. Among progressive states, Gujarat fared the worst.
Of Gujarat's girls, 62.25% dropped out and 56.24% was the figure for the boys. Sikkim had the highest dropout rate at 82.26% followed by Bihar at 81.5%.
However, Gujarat's dropout rate has shown a tad improvement since 2005-06, when 60.27% students had dropped out before high school. This was the year when the government launched the kanya kelavni campaign to improve girls' enrolment in schools.
Sources in the education department said that most girls studied up to class VII, and began dropping out only between class IX and class X. The data shows that from classes I-VIII, 46.36% boys dropped out and 40.75% girls dropped out.
Education officials say the main reason for quitting school was financial constraints followed by the lack of will of parents to make their children finish schooling.
Principal secretary, education, Hasmukh Adhia, said: "Gujarat is taking steps to stop dropping out. The secondary school enrolment ratio is 61%. We are trying to overcome this and improve. The government has already started 250 schools in rural areas so that more students complete secondary schooling."
The Gujarat government has launched the vidyalaxmi bond and insurance schemes like vidyadeep to aid children and support families which educate their children.
This data was released in the Rajya Sabha in reply to a question by Avtarsingh Karimpuri, an MP from Uttar Pradesh.
Among 29 states and six union territories, Gujarat's dropout rate of students between class I and class X ranked 16, at 58.84%, which was higher than the national dropout rate of 55.88% in 2008-09. Among progressive states, Gujarat fared the worst.
Of Gujarat's girls, 62.25% dropped out and 56.24% was the figure for the boys. Sikkim had the highest dropout rate at 82.26% followed by Bihar at 81.5%.
However, Gujarat's dropout rate has shown a tad improvement since 2005-06, when 60.27% students had dropped out before high school. This was the year when the government launched the kanya kelavni campaign to improve girls' enrolment in schools.
Sources in the education department said that most girls studied up to class VII, and began dropping out only between class IX and class X. The data shows that from classes I-VIII, 46.36% boys dropped out and 40.75% girls dropped out.
Education officials say the main reason for quitting school was financial constraints followed by the lack of will of parents to make their children finish schooling.
Principal secretary, education, Hasmukh Adhia, said: "Gujarat is taking steps to stop dropping out. The secondary school enrolment ratio is 61%. We are trying to overcome this and improve. The government has already started 250 schools in rural areas so that more students complete secondary schooling."
The Gujarat government has launched the vidyalaxmi bond and insurance schemes like vidyadeep to aid children and support families which educate their children.
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