New Delhi: In two years since the historic Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force, there has been a considerable decline in the school dropout rate, the Government said here on Saturday.
The Act which was notified on April 1, 2009, assures every child of the age of six to 14 years, the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till the completion of elementary education.
Addressing a press conference here on completion of the two years of the ACT becoming operative, Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) said the annual average dropout rate went down from 9.1 in 2009 to 6.9 in 2010-11.
Bihar registered over five per cent decline in dropout rate in Bihar and seven per cent in Uttar Pradesh, but in Haryana and Mizoram, the dropout rate increased whose causes have to be studied, the Minister said.
The percentage of girls enrollment to total enrollment at primary and upper primary level has remained at 48.
So far, 32 states had notified rules under the RTE Act, while Goa and Karnataka are yet to do that. Moreover, 31 states had also notified the academic authority which was to take decisions about the curriculam etc, he said. (UNI)
