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The dropout complaint of students successful schools successful Karnataka has been expanding twelvemonth connected twelvemonth successful the past 5 years. While it has improved astatine the little superior level, down to 0% now, it has accrued astatine the precocious schoolhouse level. Overall, the schoolhouse dropout rate, which was 19.63% successful 2020-21, has accrued to 20.4% by 2024-25.
Data tabled by the Union Education Ministry successful the Rajya Sabha, successful effect to a question raised by Thoothukudi MP K. Kanimozhi, shows that compared to little superior and precocious superior schools, the fig of dropouts is higher astatine the precocious schoolhouse level.
Compared to different categories, the dropout complaint of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students is the highest.
Currently, 46,174 authorities schools and astir 20,000 backstage schools are functioning crossed the State.
In 2020-21, the dropout complaint astatine the little superior level was 1.1%, astatine precocious superior level 1.97%, and astatine precocious schoolhouse level 16.56%.
But by 2024-25, the dropout complaint astatine little superior level had travel down to 0%, portion astatine the precocious superior level it was 2.1%, and astatine the precocious schoolhouse accrued to 18.3%.
The dropout complaint successful precocious school, which was 16.56% successful 2020-21, accrued sharply to 22.1% by 2023-24 and stood astatine 18.3% by 2024-25.
SC/ST students
The dropout complaint of SC/ST students successful schools successful the State is peculiarly high.
In 2024-25, it was 0.6% astatine the little superior level, 3% astatine the precocious superior level, and 31.9% astatine the precocious schoolhouse level. This places Karnataka astatine 5th spot among the States with the highest dropout complaint of SC students aft Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Karnataka is successful the 3rd spot successful the state successful the dropout complaint of ST students, with 0.1% successful little primary, 2.8% successful precocious primary, and 24.1% astatine precocious schoolhouse level.
Reasons
Developmental Educationist Niranjanaradhya.V.P., said, “Among the students who are dropping retired of school, the fig of children from authorities schools has increased. In backstage schools, the attendance of children is perpetually monitored done parents’ meetings and different mechanisms. But determination is nary specified strategy successful authorities schools.
“In addition, determination are astir 60,000 teacher posts vacant successful authorities schools successful the State, and determination are galore single-teacher schools. And astir of the schools endure from deficiency of basal facilities, which has led to the summation successful the dropout rate.”
Besides, poorness and migration are besides factors, and the authorities had failed to code these problems effectively, helium alleged.
Speaking astir the precocious dropout complaint astatine the precocious schoolhouse level, helium said that the main crushed was the region of the schoolhouse and deficiency of transport system.
“There should beryllium 1 precocious schoolhouse for each 2-3 km. But the region betwixt the students’ homes and schools has increased, and the deficiency of due transport strategy has besides led to the summation successful dropout. The authorities has besides stopped the rhythm organisation strategy for precocious schoolhouse students. Girls, particularly those from far-flung schools, are dropping retired of school,” helium contended.
School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said, “The poor, agrarian and socially and economically backward children are studying successful authorities schools successful ample numbers. But the deficiency of pre-school facilities successful these schools, and the information that pre-primary, precocious superior and precocious schools are located successful antithetic places, are the main reasons for the summation successful dropout. Our authorities has emphasised connected starting LKG, UKG, bilingual sections successful authorities schools. In addition, Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) are being started to supply acquisition from pre-school to people 12 nether 1 roof. Due to this, the dropout complaint volition trim importantly successful the coming years.”
He added: “In addition, midday meals, egg, banana and blistery beverage are being fixed 5 days a week, and shoes, socks and textbooks are provided for escaped to beforehand children’s education.”
