School drop-out rates drops across all levels says Centre

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New
Delhi,
Aug
06:
School
drop-out
rate
is
continuously
decreasing
in
the
country
at
all
levels
of
education,
including
primary,
upper
primary
and
secondary,
the
government
informed
Lok
Sabha
on
Friday.

Union
Women
and
Child
Development
Minister
Smriti
Irani
said
this
in
reply
to
a
written
question
on
whether
there
was
an
increase
in
school
drop-out
numbers
in
view
of
the
outbreak
of
COVID-19,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

“As
per
information
furnished
by
the
Department
of
School
Education
and
Literacy
(Ministry
of
Education),
the
drop-out
rate
is
continuously
decreasing
at
all
levels
of
education
including
Primary,
Upper
Primary
and
Secondary,”
she
said.