Table E 9 : Drop out rates among girls and boys (%) in classes I-V and I-IX West Bengal, India and selected states: 1987-88 and 2000-2002
|
States |
1987-88 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
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|
|
Class-I-V |
Class-I-V |
Class-I-IX |
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|
|
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andhra
Pradesh |
58.5 |
55.0 |
40.8 |
44.2 |
68.5 |
63.1 |
|
Bihar |
46.9 |
41.9 |
22.6 |
24.4 |
78.4 |
86.7 |
|
Gujarat |
46.9 |
41.9 |
22.6 |
24.4 |
70.3 |
74.6 |
|
Karnataka |
57.4 |
50.2 |
24.7 |
18.5 |
60.2 |
63.2 |
|
Kerala |
-3.6 |
-4.4 |
-9.7 |
-6.0 |
23.8 |
14.3 |
|
Maharashtra |
45.7 |
39.8 |
15.9 |
18.8 |
48.9 |
56.0 |
|
Punjab |
37.8 |
37.3 |
22.0 |
18.5 |
40.4 |
38.8 |
|
Rajasthan |
60.8 |
52.3 |
55.5 |
73.5 |
72.6 |
80.4 |
|
Tamil
Nadu |
24.5 |
21.8 |
53.0 |
31.7 |
58.0 |
58.9 |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
47.2 |
47.7 |
53.0 |
62.1 |
57.3 |
74.9 |
|
West
Bengal |
65.8 |
63.8 |
46.2 |
57.0 |
77.0 |
80.5 |
Source : GOI, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Annual Report, 1991-92, p. 305; 2001-2, p. 219.