Girls outpace boys as state stands 2nd in enrolment | Mumbai News

Pune: Over 200 schools in the state shut down but school enrolment increased by 2.6 lakh compared to the previous year, shows the Unified District Information System for Education-Plus (UDISE+) report for 2023-24.
More than 50% of this increase in enrolment was from girls. The state surpassed Bihar to register the second-highest enrolment figure in school education after Uttar Pradesh. The number of teachers taking up jobs in schools, though, reduced by 4,000 in 2023-24, and the percentage of enrolment in higher education was 4% less than the previous year in the state.
“In Maharashtra, the percentage of available schools is significantly less than enrolled students, indicating more students per school,” former director of education Ramesh Bagul said.
The data is based on voluntary uploading by schools with active UDISE+ codes in the academic year 2023-24 with the cutoff date as March 31, 2024. The data is filled in the online designed Data Capture Format (DCF).
The union govt allots the UDISE+ code for a recognised school based on the recommendation of the state govts where the school is located. The enrolments for 2023-24 were calculated for different levels of education, namely, primary, upper primary, secondary, and higher secondary.
The UDISE+ report observed: “Though many primary schools have been established post-RTE, the commensurate increase in schools at the secondary and higher secondary level has not come up. This poses the risk of large-scale dropout of students in the higher classes.”
Former official at women and child development department Reshma Lal said, “The number of enrolments for girls in Maharashtra is very encouraging compared to the boys. It is also noticed that at SSC and HSC board exams, girls fare much better than boys. However, at the graduation level, retention of these enrolments is crucial, and this data can help the state govt prepare a blueprint for the enrolment of girls in higher education.”
Curtailing dropouts and ensuring universal access to education at all levels by 2030 is one of the primary goals of the National Education Policy 2020 and Sustainable Development Goals.
Areas such as enrolment and retention of students show how many of those who entered the school in Std I are being retained in subsequent years, representing the effectiveness of the policy.
With individual studentwise data in UDISE+, now dropout students can be identified precisely and tracked to bring them back to school. This will also help in monitoring the progression of students throughout their school years.
Pune: Over 200 schools in the state shut down but school enrolment increased by 2.6 lakh compared to the previous year, shows the Unified District Information System for Education-Plus (UDISE+) report for 2023-24.
More than 50% of this increase in enrolment was from girls. The state surpassed Bihar to register the second-highest enrolment figure in school education after Uttar Pradesh. The number of teachers taking up jobs in schools, though, reduced by 4,000 in 2023-24, and the percentage of enrolment in higher education was 4% less than the previous year in the state.
“In Maharashtra, the percentage of available schools is significantly less than enrolled students, indicating more students per school,” former director of education Ramesh Bagul said.
The data is based on voluntary uploading by schools with active UDISE+ codes in the academic year 2023-24 with the cutoff date as March 31, 2024. The data is filled in the online designed Data Capture Format (DCF).
The union govt allots the UDISE+ code for a recognised school based on the recommendation of the state govts where the school is located. The enrolments for 2023-24 were calculated for different levels of education, namely, primary, upper primary, secondary, and higher secondary.
The UDISE+ report observed: “Though many primary schools have been established post-RTE, the commensurate increase in schools at the secondary and higher secondary level has not come up. This poses the risk of large-scale dropout of students in the higher classes.”
Former official at women and child development department Reshma Lal said, “The number of enrolments for girls in Maharashtra is very encouraging compared to the boys. It is also noticed that at SSC and HSC board exams, girls fare much better than boys. However, at the graduation level, retention of these enrolments is crucial, and this data can help the state govt prepare a blueprint for the enrolment of girls in higher education.”
Curtailing dropouts and ensuring universal access to education at all levels by 2030 is one of the primary goals of the National Education Policy 2020 and Sustainable Development Goals.
Areas such as enrolment and retention of students show how many of those who entered the school in Std I are being retained in subsequent years, representing the effectiveness of the policy.
With individual studentwise data in UDISE+, now dropout students can be identified precisely and tracked to bring them back to school. This will also help in monitoring the progression of students throughout their school years.