Missed Opportunity: Almost 50% Students in Tribal Areas Drop Out of School Before Completing Class 8
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Missed Opportunity: Almost 50% Students in Tribal Areas Drop Out of School Before Completing Class 8

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Nearly half of the total children enrolled in schools in tribal areas — 48.2 per cent — drop out even before they complete Class 8, with more boys leaving their education midway, the Tribal Development Report, 2022, released by an independent body set up by the Centre, has revealed. At present, the dropout rate in schools in tribal areas is 31.3 per cent with more boys dropping out of school than girls. A worrying trend has been the dropout rate in the elementary cycle with 48.2 per cent children leaving school, it states. For those who do enter secondary education, at the end of Class 10, 63.2 per cent male students and 61.4 per cent female students dropped out.

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Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh
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Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh

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1.17 million children identified as ‘Out of School’, govt tells LS
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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Over one-third tribal boys in Odisha leave studies in secondary level
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Over one-third tribal boys in Odisha leave studies in secondary level

The Hindu  

A significantly higher number of tribal and Dalit boys have dropped out of residential schools compared to their girl counterparts in the State’s residential schools, according to the Odisha Economic Survey Report 2023-24 that was presented in the State Assembly on Wednesday. “School dropout among ST and SC communities is higher than State dropout rate at upper primary and secondary …

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