Children Data Bank
For India

Basic education indicators 15 major Indian states, 1993

                                                                                                                                              Dropout rate(percent)
                                                                                                                                               ----------------------
State
Primary Schools 
Teachers in primary schools 
Teachers in primary sections.
1987
Children enrolled in primary school 
Children ages 6-10 "in school" (percent) 
Children ages 11-14 "in schools" (percent) 
Gross enrollment rate (percent)
Male
Female
Doscontinuation rate (percent)a
Andhra Pradesh
 49,247
107 
 14
7,040 
67 
58 
89
42
42
9.9
Assam
 28,876
 70
 7
 2,930
 72
 68
96
----
----
3.3
Bihar
53,029 
 111
 20
 8,550
 50
 54
71
62
66
3.2
Gujarat
 14,228
 31
 37
 5,350
 77
 74
110
42
51
7.3
Haryana
 5,659
 17
 14
 1,810
 82
 80
83
2
7
4.2
Karnataka
 23,600
 45
 54
 6,040
 76
 63
111
37
44
7.9
Kerala
 6,702
 51
 11
 2,930
 93
 94
103
0
0
1.7
Madhya Pradesh
 68,949
 180
 17
 8,210
 56
 60
96
23
35
8.0
Maharashtra
 40,142
 134
 78
 10,580
 85
 77
111
24
32
7.1
Orissa
 41,604
 90
 10
 3,990
 72
 66
109
53
52
7.6
Punjab
 12,486
 45
 0
 1,930
 84
 77
81
21
23
5.4
Rajasthan
 32,878
 90
 14
 4,940
 59
 59
83
35
56
4.2
Tamil Nadu
 30.,229
 116
 14
 8,020
 90
 73
137
16
18
10.9
Uttar Pradesh
 79,522
 300
 7
 13,010
 61
 61
69
20
20
4.2
West Bengal
 51,021
 160
 0
 8,030
 73
 73
98
36
46
6.2
All India
 572,923
 1,661
 323
 97,740
 69.5
 65.1
92
35
39
6.0
---- Not available
a: Percentage of ever-enrolled children who discontinued studies at anytime in the age bracket 6-14).
Source: India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 1994b; NCERT 1992b, 1995; IIPS 1995; World Bank staff estimates; NCAER 1995.
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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