Archive · 4 Sep 2025
Assam: School Dropout Rates Decline Across All Levels
Good news for Assam!
Fewer kids are dropping out of school.
Dropout rates have decreased in lower primary, upper primary, and secondary education.
More students are also enrolling and staying in school longer.
Schools have better facilities now like toilets, drinking water, and electricity.
The government has implemented programs such as Shiksha Setu application for monitoring.
Assam's schools are also getting libraries so students have better access to books.
Dropout rates have decreased across all education levels in Assam.
The lower primary dropout rate is now at 3.8%.
The upper primary dropout rate has fallen to 5.0%.
Secondary education dropout rate decreased to 17.5%.
Improvements include increased enrollment and better school infrastructure.
- Who
- Assam's Education Minister, Dr. Ranoj Pegu
- What
- Assam has seen a significant decrease in school dropout rates across all levels of education.
- When
- The report is based on the latest UDISE+ data from 2024-25.
- Where
- Assam
- Why
- Improvements are attributed to reforms, infrastructural improvements, and targeted interventions.
- Lower Primary Dropout Rate
- 3.8%
- Upper Primary Dropout Rate
- 5.0%
- Secondary Dropout Rate
- 17.5%
- Secondary Gross Enrolment Ratio
- 79.6%
- Schools with Drinking Water
- 99.18%