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Odisha has recorded a crisp diminution successful gross enrollment ration (GER) during modulation of students from secondary to higher secondary level, says study of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, which was tabled successful Odisha Legislative Assembly present connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025).
“The modulation complaint successful secondary to higher secondary was lone 70.3%, indicating that astir 30% of the students were not capable to marque the modulation to higher classes, either owed to dropping retired of schoolhouse oregon owed to not qualifying for promotion to the adjacent level,” says CAG which carried retired a show audit of State’s acquisition sector.
Ironically the GER successful secondary and higher secondary levels declined successful the State compared to summation astatine the nationalist level during 2022-23 implicit 2018-19, truthful did the Net Enrolment Rate (NER) compared to the nationalist level, the reasons for which had not been analysed by the Department, the apex audit bureau points out.
According to CAG, the modulation complaint from secondary to higher secondary level was little than the nationalist complaint successful 2022-23 and the modulation rates successful the said level of acquisition had registered antagonistic maturation successful 2022-23 arsenic compared to 2018-19.
Besides, the recorded modulation complaint from precocious superior to secondary successful 2018-19 for Bhadrak and Nuapada districts was much than 100%, which was not possible.
Statistically, during 2018-23, 1.50 lakh to 5.47 lakh children enrolled successful Classes I to XI, discontinued acquisition earlier reaching the contiguous higher people and the percent of dropout crossed the classes ranged from 3.12 to 7.26%.
Besides, 61,487 retired of schoolhouse children, betwixt the property radical of 6 to 18 years, had not been brought backmost into the schoolhouse acquisition strategy during 2018-23
“The reasons for specified diminution successful NER had not been analysed by Odisha State Education Programme Authority (OSEPA). However, ineffective measures to apprehension the dropout of students during the modulation from precocious superior to secondary arsenic good arsenic inadequate schoolhouse infrastructure and facilities were the indicative reasons for diminution successful NER,” the CAG says.
Data indicated that successful 2022-23, astatine secondary level, the State witnessed accrued dropout complaint astatine 17.7%. The dropout complaint successful secondary level accrued by 86% implicit 2018-19.
The precocious dropout successful Odisha schoolhouse was attributed to unwillingness to survey arsenic 132 retired of 341 39% respondents stated that the students dropped oregon discontinued studies owed to unwillingness to prosecute acquisition further.
Parents’ mediocre fiscal presumption oregon poorness besides played a relation successful dropout with 93 retired of 341 (27%) respondents stating that the students dropped retired of further acquisition owed to poverty. As galore arsenic 32 retired of 341 (9%) respondents dropped/ discontinued studies owed to marriage.
