Altogether 37,72,999 children, in the age group of 6-14 are out of school system in 37 districts of Bihar.
The State has 37381 primary schools and 9834 upper primary schools. The proportion of the primary and upper primary schools in the state is 4:1. The government paper says that so far no major steps could be taken for narrowing this vast proportional gap between the primary and the upper primary schools.
The drop-out rate among the students, as per the state government statistics is also alarming. It is 59 per cent among male students between class one and five. For girl students under this category, it is 58.81 percent. Drop-out rate for scheduled caste students under this category is 60.71 per cent and for scheduled tribe students, it is 56.22 per cent.
Source- Bihar Times, Sep-25-09-06
