Children Data Bank
For India

Poverty gap in enrollment and dropout rates
among children ages (6-14) by area
15 major Indian States 1992-93 (percentage points)

                                                        Enrollment ratea                                           Dropout rateb
                               ---------------------------------------------       ----------------------------------------------
State
All areas
Rural areas
Urban areas
All areas
Rural areas
Urban areas
Andhra Pradesh
-27
-32
-17
14
15
13
Assam
-15
-15
0
16
16
12
Bihar
-27
-25
-17
11
11
10
Gujarat
-5
-5
-5
7
8
5
Haryana
-1
0
-7
3
3
3
Karnataka
-22
-25
-14
11
9
7
Kerala
0
0
0
0
0
0
Madhya Pradesh
-27
-24
-13
6
5
4
Maharashtra
-9
-12
0
10
12
3
Orissa
-18
-18
-9
8
9
-----
Punjab
-55
-5
-8
-12
0
-14
Rajasthan
-32
-33
-10
3
2
----
Tamil Nadu
-5
-6
0
8
9
7
Uttar Pradesh
-----
----
----
----
----
----
West Bengal
-28
-23
-7
15
17
0
All India
-25
-17
-8
7
8
-4
---- Not available
Note: Gap between children from households with per capita incomes of less than Rs. 3000 and for children from households with per capita incomes of more than Rs. 10,000.
a: The enrollment rate is the number of children ever enrolled per hundred children in the age group 6-14
b: The droput rate is the average annual discontinuation rate of elementary-school-age children (percentage of ever-enrolled children who discontinued at any time in the age bracket 6-14)
Source: NCAER 1994.
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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