Enrolment is Govt schools up; Only 2% of 11-14 yr Girls out of School: ASER 2022

In 2022, the percentage of girls not enrolled in school stands at 2%. This figure is around 4% only in Uttar Pradesh and is lower in all other states.

There has been a sharp increase in government school enrollment between 2018 to 2022, from 65.6% in 2018 to 72.9% in 2022. As per ASER 2022 report, the trend reversed post 2014, as it was decreasing between 2006- 2014. There has been an increase in government school enrollment in almost every state in the country.

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 report announced today has stated that the enrollment rate for the 6 to 14 age group has been above 95% for the past 15 years. "Despite school closures during the pandemic, overall enrollment figures have increased," states ASER 2022.

The overall enrollment in the age group 6-14 has also gone up from 97.2% in 2018 to 98.4% in 2022.

As per the report, in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, the proportion of children taking paid private tuition increased by 8 percentage points or more over 2018 levels by 2022.

Government school enrollment

The report talking about government school enrollment states that the period 2006 to 2014 saw a steady decrease in the proportion of children (age 6 to 14) enrolled in government school. In 2014, this figure stood at 64.9% and did not change much over the following four years. However, the proportion of children (age 6 to 14) enrolled in government school increased sharply from 65.6% in 2018 to 72.9% in 2022.

Increase in government school enrollment is visible for almost every state in the country.

Proportion of girls who are not currently enrolled: In 2006, the All India figure for the percentage of girls age 11-14 who were out of school stood at 10.3%, falling over the following decade to 4.1% in 2018. This proportion has continued to drop.

In 2022, the all India figure for 11-14-year-old girls not enrolled in school stands at 2%. This figure is around 4% only in Uttar Pradesh and is lower in all other states.

The decrease in the proportion of girls not enrolled in school is even sharper among older girls in the 15-16 age group. In 2008, nationally, more than 20% of girls in the 15-16 age group were not enrolled in school.

Ten years later, in 2018, this figure had decreased to 13.5%. The proportion of 15-16-year-old girls not enrolled has continued to drop, standing at 7.9% in 2022. Only 3 states have more than 10% of girls in this age group out of school: Madhya Pradesh (17%), Uttar Pradesh (15%), and Chhattisgarh (11.2%).

Enrollment in the pre-primary age group: Across rural India, the proportion of 3-year-olds enrolled in some form of early childhood education stands at 78.3% in 2022, an increase of 7.1 percentage points over 2018 levels.

There is a substantial shift in enrollment patterns of young children in the age group 3-5 years who have moved into the ICDS (anganwadi) system from other forms of pre-school and school provision.

In 2022, 66.8% of 3-year-olds were enrolled in Anganwadi Centres as compared to 57.1% in 2018.

Paid private tuition classes

Over the past decade, rural India has seen small, steady increases in the proportion of children in Std I-VIII taking paid private tuition classes. Between 2018 and 2022 this proportion increased further, among students in both government and private schools. Nationally, the proportion of children in Std I-VIII taking paid private tuition classes increased from 26.4% in 2018 to 30.5% in 2022.

Learning levels: Foundational skills in reading and arithmetic

Reading

The ASER reading test assesses whether a child can read letters, words, a simple paragraph at Std I level of difficulty, or a “story” at Std II level of difficulty. The test is administered one on one to all children in the age group 5 to 16 in sampled households. Each child is marked at the highest level that she or he can reach comfortably.

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