At 20.6%, Punjab’s Class X dropout highest in North India
7.4% in Haryana, 2.5% in Himachal and nil in Chandigarh
At 20.6%, Punjab’s Class X dropout highest in North India
New Delhi: Punjab saw the highest Class X dropout rate of 20.6 per cent among northern states during the 2021-22 academic session, according to data shared in the Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Education.
The rate was almost half at 9.5 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir and much lower in Ladakh (7.8 per cent), Haryana (7.4 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (2.5 per cent) and Delhi (1.3 per cent). Chandigarh recorded a zero dropout rate for the four academic years from 2018-19 to 2021-22.
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