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Table 42
Retention Rate: Class V and Class VIII
1964-65 to 1989-90
Year Class V Class VIII
Total Girls Total Girls
1964-65 37.10 32.00 - -
1965-66 34.20 29.50 - -
1966-67 34.80 30.30 - -
1967-68 35.00 31.00 24.20 18.40
1968-69 33.10 28.90 22.00 16.40
1969-70 33.10 28.70 22.00 16.40
1970-71 33.00 29.10 22.10 16.60
1971-72 33.50 29.70 21.00 15.70
1972-73 35.00 31.30 20.90 15.80
1973-74 36.00 32.80 20.70 15.70
1974-75 36.80 33.30 21.30 16.30
1975-76 37.20 33.80 22.40 17.20
1976-77 36.90 33.20 22.80 17.80
1977-78 38.90 34.70 23.10 18.30
1978-79 38.60 34.70 23.70 19.30
1979-80 40.40 36.50 24.20 19.10
1980-81 42.60 38.30 27.10 21.50
1981-82 48.10 43.70 28.30 22.50
1982-83 49.21 44.50 28.80 25.00
1983-84 51.16 47.10 31.20 25.20
1984-85 50.38 47.54 35.65 29.60
1985-86 54.52 51.01 36.43 30.30
1986-87 49.65 47.67 36.72 30.79
1987-88 51.04 49.22 36.72 31.96
1988-89 54.83 52.03 38.76 32.60
1989-90 51.91 49.65 35.90 31.24
Note: Retention Rate for Class V for a given year is calculated as a percentage of students enrolled in Class V to the enrolment in
class I four years earlier.
Retention Rate for Class VIII for a given year is calculated as a percentage of students enrolled in Class VIII to the
enrolment in
class I seven years earlier
Source: 1. A Handbook of Educational and Allied Statistics, MHRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 1987
2. Computed by the author based on the information given in Education in India (Volume-I), different years
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Table 43
Gross Enrolment Ratio (Class I-V)
1992-93
State/Union Territory Gross Enrolment Ratio
Boys Girls Total
INDIA 118.1 92.7 105.7
Andhra Pradesh 121.5 96.6 109.2
Arunachal Pradesh 129.9 93.4 111.5
Assam 115.5 107.3 111.5
Bihar 105.8 56.2 81.4
Goa 105.2 95.9 100.5
Gujarat 145.0 114.0 129.8
Haryana 92.5 81.1 87.0
Himachal Pradesh 125.5 110.5 188.0
Jammu & Kashmir 104.1 72.6 88.7
Karnataka 119.4 110.4 115.0
Kerala 98.4 96.5 97.5
Madhya Pradesh 117.7 87.7 103.2
Maharashtra 142.9 129.4 136.3
Manipur 115.1 105.6 110.5
Meghalaya 78.4 72.1 75.2
Mizoram 137.8 133.0 135.5
Nagaland 109.9 101.3 105.7
Orissa 120.7 89.2 105.4
Punjab 103.4 96.6 100.1
Rajasthan 115.2 57.5 87.1
Sikkim 124.0 111.9 118.0
Tamil Nadu 143.4 129.2 136.5
Tripura 143.3 119.7 131.7
Uttar Pradesh 103.7 72.0 88.6
West Bengal 137.9 130.2 134.1
Andaman & Nicobar Is. 101.0 86.1 93.3
Chandigarh 60.5 58.9 59.7
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 116.3 83.6 100.8
Daman & Diu * * *
Delhi 84.0 85.5 84.7
Lakshadweep 158.7 133.6 146.2
Pondicherry 148.0 136.2 142.2
Included in Goa
Source: Selected Educational Statistics, 1992-93, MHRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 1993.
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Table 44
Gross Enrolment Ratio (Class VI-VIII)
1992-93
State/Union Territory Gross Enrolment Ratio
Boys Girls Total
INDIA 80.5 53.8 67.5
Andhra Pradesh 68.6 43.0 55.9
Arunachal Pradesh 59.4 39.8 49.7
Assam 69.3 54.3 62.1
Bihar 51.9 22.0 37.1
Goa 107.4 91.4 99.4
Gujarat 87.9 57.5 73.0
Haryana 73.2 51.8 63.0
Himachal Pradesh 123.9 97.6 110.6
Jammu & Kashmir 80.1 49.2 65.1
Karnataka 96.6 52.0 61.0
Kerala 106.0 104.1 105.0
Madhya Pradesh 89.1 53.5 71.9
Maharashtra 92.1 70.8 81.8
Manipur 64.5 57.1 60.9
Meghalaya 42.8 37.5 40.1
Mizoram 75.3 70.7 73.0
Nagaland 69.7 68.8 69.3
Orissa 75.7 44.1 60.2
Punjab 79.7 67.8 74.0
Rajasthan 77.5 27.6 53.3
Sikkim 55.1 53.0 54.1
Tamil Nadu 110.9 88.8 100.1
Tripura 94.5 73.4 84.2
Uttar Pradesh 73.4 35.7 55.6
West Bengal 114.0 99.6 106.9
Andaman & Nicobar Is. 82.7 72.8 77.9
Chandigarh 56.6 57.4 57.0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 57.5 37.3 47.8
Daman & Diu * * *
Delhi 80.5 76.2 78.5
Lakshadweep 133.0 102.9 118.4
Pondicherry 137.6 124.6 131.2
* Included in Goa
Source : Selected Educational Statistics, 1992-93, MHRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 1993
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Table 45
Scheduled Castes Gross Enrolment Ratio (Class I-V)
1992-93
State/Union Territory Scheduled Castes Gross Enrolment Ratio
Boys Girls Total
INDIA 127.99 92.18 110.58
Andhra Pradesh 162.74 128.92 146.05
Arunachal Pradesh 29.55 13.96 21.71
Assam 245.87 207.30 227.09
Bihar 100.15 43.72 72.42
Goa 127.11 109.78 118.43
Gujarat 197.99 157.63 178.20
Haryana 110.82 94.32 102.79
Himachal Pradesh 133.28 112.61 122.95
Jammu & Kashmir 108.44 81.55 95.30
Karnataka 143.55 119.80 131.97
Kerala 112.66 109.74 111.22
Madhya Pradesh 121.63 88.78 105.80
Maharashtra 304.41 263.29 284.18
Manipur 137.47 148.83 142.94
Meghalaya 282.23 227.57 254.88
Mizoram - - -
Nagaland - - -
Orissa 162.93 109.57 136.99
Punjab 141.14 121.87 131.88
Rajasthan 102.37 40.85 72.46
Sikkim 126.42 114.28 120.42
Tamil Nadu 157.95 137.11 147.78
Tripura 170.53 146.61 158.70
Uttar Pradesh 85.85 40.27 64.21
West Bengal 140.65 125.59 133.27
Andaman & Nicobar Is. - - -
Chandigarh 119.13 107.67 113.68
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 89.71 88.06 88.92
Daman & Diu * * *
Delhi 112.95 99.92 106.93
Lakshadweep - - -
Pondicherry 179.54 188.21 183.83
No S.C. Population
Included in Goa
Source: Selected Educational Statistics, 1992-93, MHRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 1993.