<p>More than 40 per cent of the secondary school boys and slightly over 39 per cent of girls dropped out from schools in Karnataka in 2013-14, placing the State in the second position in a government list of school dropouts in country.<br /><br />The list, however, was topped by Odisha, where 50.09 per cent boys and over 49.62 per cent girls dropped out between Class 9 and Class 10, according to the latest data with the Human Resource Development ministry.<br /><br />The data, collected by the National University for Educational Planning and Administration under the unified district information system for education (U-DISE) project, indicates that most of the states witnessed a high dropout rate of students at the secondary level in 2013-14, compared with the primary level.</p>.<p><br />A comparison of U-DISE data indicates an increase, though marginal, in the percentage of students who dropped out at the secondary and the higher secondary level from 2012-13 to 2013-14, raising questions on the effectiveness of the efforts being taken by the authorities to retain children in schools.<br /><br />But the trend is more worrying for Karnataka as the U-DISE data indicates that the State witnessed an average dropout of 19.47 per cent boys at higher secondary level in 2013-14, the highest in the country in 2013-14, while its secondary schools saw an average exit of 40.70 per cent boys and 39.07 per cent girls between Class IX and Class X in the same year.<br /><br />The percentage of girls dropping out at the higher secondary level in Karnataka in 2013-14 also came at 11.26, which placed the State in the second position on the list of the states witnessing student dropouts.<br /><br />In most of the states, the dropout rate of students ranged between 9 per cent and 50.09 per cent at the secondary school level, while it remained between 6 per cent and 19.47 per cent at the higher secondary levels.<br /></p>
<p>More than 40 per cent of the secondary school boys and slightly over 39 per cent of girls dropped out from schools in Karnataka in 2013-14, placing the State in the second position in a government list of school dropouts in country.<br /><br />The list, however, was topped by Odisha, where 50.09 per cent boys and over 49.62 per cent girls dropped out between Class 9 and Class 10, according to the latest data with the Human Resource Development ministry.<br /><br />The data, collected by the National University for Educational Planning and Administration under the unified district information system for education (U-DISE) project, indicates that most of the states witnessed a high dropout rate of students at the secondary level in 2013-14, compared with the primary level.</p>.<p><br />A comparison of U-DISE data indicates an increase, though marginal, in the percentage of students who dropped out at the secondary and the higher secondary level from 2012-13 to 2013-14, raising questions on the effectiveness of the efforts being taken by the authorities to retain children in schools.<br /><br />But the trend is more worrying for Karnataka as the U-DISE data indicates that the State witnessed an average dropout of 19.47 per cent boys at higher secondary level in 2013-14, the highest in the country in 2013-14, while its secondary schools saw an average exit of 40.70 per cent boys and 39.07 per cent girls between Class IX and Class X in the same year.<br /><br />The percentage of girls dropping out at the higher secondary level in Karnataka in 2013-14 also came at 11.26, which placed the State in the second position on the list of the states witnessing student dropouts.<br /><br />In most of the states, the dropout rate of students ranged between 9 per cent and 50.09 per cent at the secondary school level, while it remained between 6 per cent and 19.47 per cent at the higher secondary levels.<br /></p>
