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05/11/22 10:30 AM IST

UDISE Plus Report

In News 
  • Recently, the Union Education Minister released the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) Plus 2021-22 report on school education.
Key Findings 
  • A total of 94.95 lakh students entered pre-primary classes in 2021-2022, registering a drop of 10% as compared to the previous year when 1.06 crore children enrolled in these classes.
  • However, in 2020-2021, there was already a decline of 21% enrolment in pre-primary classes as compared to 1.35 crore the year before as the pandemic and lockdown measures resulted in school closures and classrooms moving online.
  • Enrolment in primary classes (classes 1 to 5) also saw a drop for the first time—falling from 12.20 lakh in 2020-2021 to 12.18 lakh in 2021-2022.
  • However, the total number of students from primary to higher secondary increased by 19 lakhs to 25.57 crores.
  • Total number of schools in 2021-22 stood at 14.89 lakhs compared to 15.09 lakhs in 2020-21.
  • The decline was mainly due to closure of private and other management schools and grouping/clustering of schools by various states.
  • Computer facilities were available in 44.75% of schools, while Internet access was available only in 33.9% of schools.
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
  • It compares the enrolment in a specific level of education to the population of the corresponding age group.
  • The GER for the primary section has improved from 101.3% in 2018-2019 to 104.8% in 2021-2022.
  • For secondary classes, it has risen to 79.6% in 2021-22, from 76.9% in 2018-19 and for higher secondary level, it has increased from 50.14% to 57.6%.
UDISE+ Report  
  • It is a comprehensive study that provides information on enrollment and dropout rates of school students, number of teachers in schools, and information on other infrastructural facilities like toilets, buildings and electricity.
  • It was launched in 2018-2019 to speed up data entry, reduce errors, improve data quality and ease its verification.
  • It is an application to collect the school details about factors related to a school and its resources.
  • It is an updated and improved version of UDISE, which was initiated in 2012-13 by the Ministry of Education.
Source- The Hindu 

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