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Drop outs and pupil teacher ratio PDF Print
Indian Development Landscape   
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:00

Rajasthan, Assam and Bihar have very high drop out rates, of the order of 50%. During the last 7 years

 J&K, UP and Tripura have been the most improved states in terms of drop out rates. Goa, HP and Pondicherry have the best primary to upper primary transition index. in terms of primary to upper primary transition index Mizoram, AP and Haryana are the most improved states over the last 7 years.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim have the best pupil-teacher ratios, each of them being under 25. The worst ratios are in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh - Bihar figures being an abysmal 114. It was an incredibly poor performer even 7 years ago with a ratio of 142. In general, pupil-teacher ratios have not improved significantly during the last 7 years in the laggard states.

 

Drop out rates (Class 1 to 4) 
Worst states (2008-09 estimates) Most improved states (2008-09 estimates)
StateDrop Out Rate (Classes I-V) Change  over 7 years
Rajasthan52Jammu & Kashmir-17
Assam50Uttar Pradesh-17
Bihar48Tripura-16
Nagaland39Mizoram-15
West Bengal38Meghalaya-14
Meghalaya37Manipur-14
Orissa37Andhra Pradesh-14
Arunachal Pradesh35Sikkim-14
Gujarat33Orissa-11
Manipur26Karnataka-11
 

Source Indian Development Landscape

 

  Primary to Upper-Primary Transition Index 
Top states (2008-09 estimates) Top states (2008-09 estimates) 
StatePrimary to Upper-Primary Transition IndexStateChange  over 7 years
Goa73Mizoram19
Himachal Pradesh69Andhra Pradesh18
Pondicherry66Haryana13
Chandigarh64Karnataka13
Haryana64Himachal Pradesh12
Mizoram64Delhi10
Delhi62Maharashtra10
Kerala61Tripura10
Lakshadweep60Dadra & Nagar Haveli9
Maharashtra60Goa8
 

Source Indian Development Landscape

 

  

Upper-Primary to Higher Grade Transition Index

Top states (2008-09 estimates) Top states (2008-09 estimates) 
StateUpper-Primary to Higher Grade Transition IndexStateChange  over 7 years
Chandigarh100Andhra Pradesh22
Himachal Pradesh100Sikkim20
Tamil Nadu100Lakshadweep17
Lakshadweep99Kerala17
Mizoram99Jammu & Kashmir17
Orissa98Dadra & Nagar Haveli15
Andhra Pradesh95Pondicherry13
Pondicherry95Arunachal Pradesh13
Kerala92Mizoram12
Uttaranchal91Uttaranchal12
 

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary) - Top states

 
Top states (2008-09 estimates) Top states (2008-09 estimates) 
StatePupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary) Change  over 7 years
Andaman & Nicobar Islands18Andhra Pradesh-13
Nagaland20Lakshadweep-7
Himachal Pradesh21Gujarat-7
Lakshadweep21Himachal Pradesh-5
Mizoram24West Bengal-5
Sikkim24Tamil Nadu-4
Uttaranchal25Daman & Diu-4
Kerala26Haryana-4
Pondicherry26Arunachal Pradesh-3
Andhra Pradesh27Andaman & Nicobar Islands-2
 

Source Indian Development Landscape

 

  

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary) - Worst states

Worst states (2008-09 estimates) Worst states (2008-09 estimates) 
StatePupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary) Change  over 7 years
Bihar114Bihar28
Jharkhand84Jharkhand13
Uttar Pradesh62Uttar Pradesh12
Dadra & Nagar Haveli60Dadra & Nagar Haveli13
Madhya Pradesh51Madhya Pradesh4
Rajasthan49Rajasthan4
West Bengal48West Bengal-5
Meghalaya48Meghalaya5
Assam48Assam7
Delhi47Delhi5
 

Source Indian Development Landscape

 

 


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