Children Data Bank
For India

Promotion, repetition and dropout rates by gender,
selected states and all India, 1990

Indicator          Grade 1

Boys              Girls		           Grade 2

Boys              Girls		          Grade 3

Boys              Girls		          Grade 4

Boys              Girls		          Grade 5

Boys              Girls
India
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
87.5              87.5
5.2                  5.3
7.8                  9.0
82.2              84.3
2.6                  2.8
7.8                12.9
88.6              85.0
3.2                  3.3
8.3                11.7
90.5              87.1
4.2                  4.0
5.3                  8.9
n.a.                  n.a.
4.3                   4.2
n.a.                  n.a.
Bihar
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
58.2              56.9
7.8                  7.8
34.0              35.3
80.4              78.5
4.6                  5.1
15.0              16.4
83.7              83.5
3.6                  4.1
12.7              12.4
87.5              83.2
2.8                  3.6
9.7                13.2
n.a.                  n.a.
3.1                   3.8
n.a.                  n.a.
Gujarat
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
64.3              60.2
34.9              37.3
0.8                  2.5
75.8              72.3
19.2              20.7
5.0                  7.0
74.4              69.5
21.8              21.6
3.8                  8.9
74.8              73.6
18.4              16.6
6.8                  9.8
n.a.                  n.a.
17.7               15.6
n.a.                  n.a.
Rajasthan
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
62.8              64.7
3.2                  2.4
34.0              32.9
67.2              59.9
3.0                  2.4
29.8              37.7
95.0              87.0
1.7                  1.5
3.3                11.5
88.4              87.5
2.8                  2.1
8.8                10.4
n.a.                  n.a.
2.2                   1.7
n.a.                  n.a.
Tamil Nadu
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
87.4              87.3
1.1                  1.0
11.5              11.7
90.9              90.8
1.0                  1.0
8.1                  8.2
91.6              91.9
1.1                  1.0
7.3                  7.1
92.1              89.8
7.4                  7.0
0.5                  3.2
n.a.                  n.a.
7.1                   6.9
n.a.                  n.a.
Uttar Pradesh
Promotion
Repetition
Dropout
88.4              90.4
-----             -----
11.6               9.6
99.5              99.1
-----             -----
0.5                  0.9
83.6              76.9
-----             -----
16.4              23.1
84.6              77.6
5.2                  4.9
10.2              17.5
n.a.                  n.a.
1.8                  2.2
n.a.                  n.a.
n.a. : not applicable
---- : Not available
Source: Mehta 1995a.
Grade 1 :- entry age is 5 years
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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