Friday, June 10 2022
Hyderabad: The dropout rate up to eighth grade in Telangana was zero in the 2020-21 school year, the Unified Education Plus District Information System Report 2020-21 revealed ( UDISE +).
In the report released by the Department of School Education and Literacy, 13.9% of students out of a total of 11,21,917 enrolled in class nine and class 10 had dropped out in 2020-21, including 14.3% are boys and 13.4% are girls.
In Telangana, a total of 69,64,553 students had been enrolled from pre-primary to grade 12 in the said year.
According to the report, a total of 4,79,174 new students were admitted to Class 1 at various schools in the state.
Of the total new admissions, 2,51,143 are boys and 2,28,031 are girls. Of these, 1,54,249 joined public schools and the rest were enrolled in government-subsidized private schools, among others, in the state.
In the year 2019-2020, a total of 6, 05, 370 students were admitted.
“Although the impact of the pandemic has been cross-cutting, this is particularly noticeable in the enrollment of pre-primary, class 1 and children with special needs (CWSN), which can be attributed to the postponement of admissions due of COVID-19,” read the report.
According to the report, student enrollment at pre-primary level and Grade 1 decreased by 29.1 lakh and 18.8 lakh respectively in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20 in the country.
The total number of CWSN registrations in 2020-2021 stood at 21.69 lakh compared to 22.49 lakh in 2019-2020, which shows a decrease of 3.55% in 2020-2021 compared to 2019 -2020 nationwide.
In Telangana, 43,216 CWSNs were studying from Class 1 to Class 12 in 2020-21 compared to 43,672 in 2019-20.
As for teachers, a total of 3,20,216 were working in Telangana schools in 2020-21 compared to 3,05,597 in 2019-20.
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