Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 9
There are 1939 Government schools in Nagaland as per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+ ) during 2021-22.
Out of these, 1031 were Government Primary Schools, 616 Government Middle Schools, 248 Government High Schools and 44 Government Higher Secondary Schools
As per USIDE+ 2021- 22, enrolment in the primary level at Government Schools stands the highest at 67, 368 in Nagaland.
Meanwhile, a total of 18, 726 government teachers engaged in school education in Nagaland.
This was stated in Nagaland Economic Survey 2022-2023 published by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Nagaland and presented in the recent first session of 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in Kohima.
Dropout rate in Nagaland
The dropout rate in government schools during 2021-22 was 6.2 percent at the primary level, 5.3 percent at the upper primary level and 14.3 per cent at the secondary level.
At the primary level, Longleng district recorded the highest dropout rate at 15.7 percent, followed by Zunheboto at 14.6 percent.
At the upper primary level, the highest dropout rate was 10.6 percent in Zunheboto district and at the secondary level, the highest dropout rate was 26.4 percent in Longleng district.
The Survey report stated that at the primary level and upper primary level, school dropouts can be attributed to lack of interest, academic difficulty and socio-economic needs such as taking care of siblings at home while parents go off to work.
Probable reasons for high dropout rate at the secondary level can be due to poor learning outcomes at the elementary level leading to difficulty in comprehension at the level higher, the survey report stated.
Retention rate
Retention rate is highest in the upper primary level of school education i.e. 89.9 percent during 2021-22.
During the same period, the lowest retention rate is seen at the secondary level of school education i.e. 43 percent.
Across all levels of school education, government schools in Kohima district are seen to have highest retention rates whereas, Zunheboto district has the lowest retention rates at primary and upper primary level and Longleng district has the lowest rate at secondary level.
Retention rate is a measure of the proportion of students who continue their studies after their first year.
The transition rate from primary to upper primary is seen to be highest at 97 per cent and the lowest from secondary to higher secondary at 75 percent, the survey report stated.
Transition rate for girls are higher than that of boys throughout primary level to higher secondary level, the report added.
