A parliamentary panel highlights that nearly 73% of students drop out before completing higher secondary education. The panel’s concern centers on students leaving education earlier than Class 12, indicating a “drastic decline” in progression to higher levels.
The panel links the dropout rate to a supply-side issue: there are fewer schools at secondary and higher secondary levels than at primary and upper primary levels. It argues there is an urgent need to expand the number of secondary and higher secondary schools to improve access and reduce early exits from the education system.
Different outlets describe the same core finding while emphasizing varied aspects of the report. NDTV focuses on the dropout figure and the imbalance in school numbers across levels. The Hindu highlights the panel’s call to increase secondary and higher secondary schools. Mint places the discussion in the context of a Tenth Report presented to the Lok Sabha and associated with budget and policy recommendations for affordable and quality education, including a review related to CBSE.
