United District Information System for Education (UDISE+) Report 2023-24:
The total enrolment of students has dropped by over a crore in 2023-24 as compared to the previous years, Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report released by the Ministry of Education (MoE) said recently.
Highlights of UDISE+ Report 2023-24:
- 8 crore students enrolled in 2023-2024, while this figure stood at 25.18 crore in 2022-2023.
- The figures for the previous four years – 26.52 crore (2021-2022), 26.44 crore (2020-2021), 26.45 crore (2019-2020), and 26.03 crore (2018-2019) – show that the average total enrolment stood around 26.36 crore.
- Data shows that when compared from the period between 2018-2019 (reference year for UDISE+ data) and 2021-2022, the decline in enrolment – for the first time since the pandemic – has been over 1 crore between 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
- Boys account for 51.9% of enrolments and girls 48.1%.
- The representation of minorities in total enrolment stood at around 20 percent.
- Among the minorities, 79.6 percent were Muslims, 10 percent Christians, 6.9 percent Sikhs, 2.2 percent Buddhists, 1.3 percent Jains, and 0.1 percent Parsis.
- In 2023-2024, the total SC students enrolled were 47 crore, while this figure was 4.59 crore in 2022-2023.
- While 2 crore students enrolled in the OBC category in 2023-2024, the same was 11.45 crore in 2022-2023.
- While over 90% of schools have basic amenities like electricity and gender-specific toilets, advanced facilities such as functional desktops, internet access, and ramps with handrails remain limited.
- Only 57.2% of schools have functional computers, 53.9% have internet, and 52.3% are equipped with ramps, underscoring significant gaps in accessibility and tech readiness.
