Srinagar, Jun 20: Jammu and Kashmir ranks near the bottom of the \u2018high-burden\u2019 secondary school dropout list, recording a dropout rate significantly lower than most of the states in its category.<\/p>\n
According to the official documents available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Jammu and Kashmir had a dropout rate of 12.9 percent at secondary level.<\/p>\n
\u201cHigh rates are further observed in Telangana with 13.2 percent, Jammu & Kashmir with 12.9 percent, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu at 12.5 percent each, and Nagaland with 12.1 percent. Maharashtra 11.5 percent, Sikkim with 11.4 percent, and Tripura at 11.3 percent mark the lower end of this high-burden group,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n
In March-2025, KNO reported that Jammu and Kashmir in the previous two years was facing an increase in dropout rate at primary, upper primary and secondary school levels.<\/p>\n
At that time primary level J&K was facing a dropout rate of 3.89 percent in the year 2022-23 at primary level that further increased to 8.87 percent in the year 2023-24.<\/p>\n
The previous official figures reveal that school at upper primary level, Jammu and Kashmir was facing a dropout rate of 2.65 percent in the year 2022-2023 and 4.23 percent in the preceding academic year.<\/p>\n
It reveals that in 2020-21, Jammu and Kashmir schools at secondary level were facing a dropout rate of 3.68 percent followed by 5.96 percent in 2021-22 and 6.20 percent in the academic year 2022-23.<\/p>\n
The report suggests that in the academic year 2023-24, schools in Jammu and Kashmir at secondary level were facing a dropout rate of 9.07 percent. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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