UDISE+ report: School education added 42.3 lakh students in 2019-20
Representative Image. NEW DELHI: There are nearly 78% of schools in the country which still don't have internet connections and despite a 4% jump in the last seven years in the number of schools with computers more than 61% schools don't have computers. Though 84.1% of schools in India have a library or a reading room, just 69.4% of the schools have libraries with books. More than 30% of the schools don't have a ramp and close to 79% don't have toilets for disabled. And more than 17% of our schools don’t have electricity facilities as well. Despite these, the latest Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 report released on Tuesday, also shows significant improvement in enrolment, gross enrolment ratio (GER) and gender parity index across different levels of school education in India.
A total of 26.45 crore students were enrolled in school education from pre-primary to higher secondary in 2019-20, higher by 42.3 lakhs compared to 2018-19. The enrolment of girls increased at all levels of school education in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. The increase was highest in pre-primary (14.2 %). The UDISE+ 2019-20 stated that in 2019-20, total students in school education from primary to higher secondary is a little above 25.09 crores. This is higher by 26.3 lakhs compared to 2018-19. There is a net addition of 42.3 lakh students in school education in the year 2019-20 compared to 2018-19 which is higher by 1.6%.
The report has pointed out that the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at all levels of school education had improved in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.
“The GER increased to 89.7% pc (from 87.7%) at Upper Primary level, 97.8% (from 96.1%) at Elementary Level, 77.9% (from 76.9%) at Secondary Level and 51.4 % (from 50.1%) at Higher Secondary Level in 2019-20 (from 2018-19),” it said.
Between 2012-13 and 2019-20, the GER for girls at both secondary and higher secondary level has increased more than that of the boys. GER for girls at secondary level has gone up by 9.6% to reach 77.8% in 2019-20, it was 68.2% in 2012-13.
In the infrastructure facility the report noted that more than 90% schools in India had hand-wash facilities in 2019-20. This is a major improvement, as this percentage was only 36.3 pc in 2012-13. Though there has been marked improvement in the last seven years (2012-13) when close to a quarter of the school didn’t have electricity, at present 83.4% (an improvement by almost 7% from 2018-19) does have electricity. Speaking of inclusivity, DISE+ report indicates that the schools are far from disable friendly as the majority of the schools don't have ramps with hand rails or toilets for children with special needs (CWSN).
More than 82% schools conducted medical check-ups of students in 2019-20, an improvement by more than 4% over the previous year, 2018-19. In 2012-13, about 61.1% of schools conducted medical check-ups for students.
About 38.5% schools in India had computers in 2019-20, an improvement by more than 4% over the previous year and an improvement from 22.2% seven years ago, the base year cited by the report. Internet connectivity too is low at 22.3%, though a significant jump from 18.7% in 2012-13.
A total of 26.45 crore students were enrolled in school education from pre-primary to higher secondary in 2019-20, higher by 42.3 lakhs compared to 2018-19. The enrolment of girls increased at all levels of school education in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. The increase was highest in pre-primary (14.2 %). The UDISE+ 2019-20 stated that in 2019-20, total students in school education from primary to higher secondary is a little above 25.09 crores. This is higher by 26.3 lakhs compared to 2018-19. There is a net addition of 42.3 lakh students in school education in the year 2019-20 compared to 2018-19 which is higher by 1.6%.
The number of teachers in school education increased by 2.72% in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. In 2019-20, 96.87 lakh teachers were engaged in school education, about 2.57 lakhs higher compared to the statistics in 2018-19.
The report has pointed out that the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at all levels of school education had improved in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.
“The GER increased to 89.7% pc (from 87.7%) at Upper Primary level, 97.8% (from 96.1%) at Elementary Level, 77.9% (from 76.9%) at Secondary Level and 51.4 % (from 50.1%) at Higher Secondary Level in 2019-20 (from 2018-19),” it said.
Between 2012-13 and 2019-20, the GER for girls at both secondary and higher secondary level has increased more than that of the boys. GER for girls at secondary level has gone up by 9.6% to reach 77.8% in 2019-20, it was 68.2% in 2012-13.
In the infrastructure facility the report noted that more than 90% schools in India had hand-wash facilities in 2019-20. This is a major improvement, as this percentage was only 36.3 pc in 2012-13. Though there has been marked improvement in the last seven years (2012-13) when close to a quarter of the school didn’t have electricity, at present 83.4% (an improvement by almost 7% from 2018-19) does have electricity. Speaking of inclusivity, DISE+ report indicates that the schools are far from disable friendly as the majority of the schools don't have ramps with hand rails or toilets for children with special needs (CWSN).
More than 82% schools conducted medical check-ups of students in 2019-20, an improvement by more than 4% over the previous year, 2018-19. In 2012-13, about 61.1% of schools conducted medical check-ups for students.
About 38.5% schools in India had computers in 2019-20, an improvement by more than 4% over the previous year and an improvement from 22.2% seven years ago, the base year cited by the report. Internet connectivity too is low at 22.3%, though a significant jump from 18.7% in 2012-13.
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