GUWAHATI: School dropout rate in Assam is much above than the national average.
Rate of school dropouts in Assam, both at primary and secondary levels, is above national average.
This was revealed in the February 2023 report of the ministry of education (department of school education and literacy).
According to the report, the school dropout rate in Assam between 2017-18 and 2021-22, was higher than the national average in secondary levels.
The school dropout rate at secondary level in Assam was 33.7 (topping the list in the country) in 2017-18 as compared to the national average of 18.9.
The school dropout rates at the secondary level in Assam in the subsequent four years were: 31.5 as compared to the national average of 17.9 in 2018–19, 32.3 as compared to the national average of 16.1 in 2019–20, 30.3 as compared to the national average of 14 in 2020–21, and 20.3 as compared to the national average of 12.6 in 2021–22.
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At the primary level, the dropout rate in Assam was 10.1 (the highest in the country) as compared to 3.5 in the national average in 2017–18, 3.1 as compared to 4.5 national average in 2018–19, 4.3 as compared to 1.5 in the national average in 2019–20, 3.3 as compared to 0.8 in the national average in 2020–21, and 6 as compared to 1.5 in the national average in 2021–22.
The dropout rate at the primary stage in Assam was below the national average only in 2019–20.