Despite offering freebies like books, bicycle and uniforms along with scholarships among others to enhance enrollment, Madhya Pradesh is among the top three states in the country where the percentage of out-of-school girls is the highest, according to an education status report for 2016.
As per the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2016, in some states, the proportion of girls (age group 11-14) ‘out-of-school’ remains greater than 8 percent. These states are Uttar Pradesh (9.9 per cent) and Rajasthan (9.7 per cent). Madhya Pradesh joined them at 8.5 per cent.
This report was released recently in New Delhi by Pratham Education Foundation.
“The proportion of ‘out-of-school’ girls (not dropouts but who never went to school) in Madhya Pradesh was at 6.2 per cent during 2014. This has now increased to 8.5 per cent,” Foundation’s MP Chief Sajjan Singh Shekhawat told PTI.
There are about 1.22 lakh schools including 83962 of primary level, 30449 middle, 3849 higher secondary and 4764 of high schools in Madhya Pradesh.
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