1. State of Municipal Education in Mumbai December 2015 1

2. 2 Data from RTI

3. Total Students in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools 2010 - 2015 40,778 students have left municipal school system in five years (9%) In 2014-15 English medium Mumbai Public Schools (MPS) added 2,613 students in Jr. KG. and 4,280 in Sr. KG (a total of 6893 students). *In 2014-15 data presented does not include dropout from 49 secondary schools of 14 wards, as medium wise data was not provided by the respective Public Information Officers. Year2010-112011-20122012-20132013-142014-15 Total Students437,863439,153434,523404,251397,085 % Change in Enrolments Year on Year-4%0.3%-1.1%-7%-2% Medium-wise Change in Enrolments Year on Year (%) Marathi No.1246421160861030489191973992 %-8.1%-6.9%-11.2%-10.8%-19.50% Hindi No.132329136361137315125120116111 %-1.4%3%0.7%-8.9%-7.20% English No.3966448474572355791566467 %1.2%22.2%18.1%1.2%14.77% Urdu No.111628113935114521110776106918 %2.6%2.1%0.5%-3.3%-3.48% Gujarati No.90268083703756865299 %-7.5%-10.4%-12.9%-19.2%-6.81% Kannada No.43173966360128282549 %-6.4%-8.1%-9.2%-21.5%-9.87% Tamil No.94318275801171616065 %-17%-12.3%-3.2%-10.6%-15.31% Telugu No.32603266297822802062 %-15.6%0.2%-8.8%-23.4%-9.56%

4. 4 Dropouts* in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools 2010 - 2015 *In 2014-15 data presented does not include dropout from 49 secondary schools of 14 wards, as medium wise data was not provided by the respective Public Information Officers. 13 out of 100 students dropped out in 2014-15, compared to four out of 100 students in 2010-11 Year2010-20112011-20122012-20132013-142014-15 Dropouts 18,70032,58040,01147,21851,741 Dropouts (per 100) 4791213 Medium-wise Dropouts Year on Year (%) Marathi No.29566523685968177724 %2.4%5.6%6.7%7.4%10.4% Hindi No.828113178193322128321744 %6.3%9.7%14.1%17.0%18.7% English No.16212596275033463543 %4.1%5.4%4.8%5.8%5.3% Urdu No.5117891896811449615731 %4.6%7.8%8.5%13.1%14.7% Gujarati No.175370377257320 %1.9%4.6%5.4%4.5%6.0% Kannada No.130247291297273 %3.0%6.2%8.1%10.5%10.7% Tamil No.218318354472396 %2.3%3.8%4.4%6.6%6.5% Telugu No.154394335221239 %4.7%12.1%11.2%9.7%11.6%

5. 5 Percentage Change in Class I Enrolments 2008-09 to 2014-15 If 100 students enrolled in Class I in 2008-09, in comparison only 62 students enrolled in Class I in 2014-15. * Estimated using time-series regression. YearNo. of students enrolled in Class I% Change Year on Year 2008-09 63,392- 2009-10 67,4776.4 2010-11 62,587-7.2 2011-12 53,729-14.2 2012-13 46,913-12.7 2013-14 39,663-15.5 2014-15 39,214-1.1 2015-16* 38,329-2.3 2016-17* 36,686-4.3 2017-18* 34,275-6.6 2018-19*31,096-9.3

6. 6 Retention Rate in Municipal Schools Class 1 to Class 7 * Estimated using time-series regression. StandardAcademic YearTotal Enrolments Retention Rate (%) Year on Year 12010-1162587- 22011-126173498.6% 32012-136192498.9% 42013-145791292.5% 52014-155396286.2% 62015-16*4952879.1% 72016-17*4432370.8%

7. 7 Compliance with Infrastructure and other norms under RTE Indicator : Schools with Infrastructure Facilities Available Govt. and Local bodiesPvt. AidedPvt. Unaided Un- recognised Total Schools 125243666580 No. of Student3,91,7721,53,0583,15,87714401 No. of Teacher1249636006876409 Building Number 125243666580 % 100% Office cum store cum HM room Number 118042864078 % 94.25%98.17%96.24%97.50% One class room for every teacher Number 100228128858 % 80.03%64.45%43.31%72.50% Ramp Number 115540956065 % 92.25%93.81%84.21%81.25% Separate Toilet for Boys Number 125241962678 % 100%96.10%94.14%97.50% Separate Toilet for Girls Number 125242764779 % 100%97.94%97.29%98.75% Drinking Water Facility Number 125243666580 % 100% Kitchen Shed (Govt. &Aided Schools) Number 2969417823 % 23.64%21.56%26.77%28.75% Boundary Wall Number 117741061072 % 94.01%94.04%91.73%90% Playground Number 111337958870 %88.90%86.93%88.42%80%

8. 8 Teacher Inspection Reports Particulars of Inspection FormLM/EastP/North Dropout (Per 100) 2014-15172214 Pass out (In %) 2014-15766373 No. Of Teachers8771194826 No. Of Teachers whose inspection reports provided406522403 %46%44%49% Usage of examples, case study while teachingUsage989597 Teaching Aids UseYes936199 Student InvolvementGood687479 Formative Evaluation Technique UsedYes979693 Teacher Student InteractionProper705867 Entries in the daily lesson plan and actual teaching Complet e988997 Self evaluation by the teacherGood483069 Prepared test papered or question paperPrepared908294 Teacher’s PortfolioGood386663 Subject wise student’s responseGood616472

9. 9 Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) refers to a system of school-based assessment of students that covers all aspects of students' development introduced under Right to Education Act. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Wards 4 th Standard (No. of students in %)7 th Standard (No. of students in %) Above 60% (A1, A2, B1, B2 grades) 60% to 40% (C1, C2 grades) Less than 40% (D, E1, grade) E2 (continu ously absent) Above 60% (A1, A2, B1, B2 grades) 60% to 40% (C1, C2 grade) Less than 40% (D, E1, grade) E2 (contin uously absent) L, M/E, P/N 53%17%6%25%62%19%2%17% E2 grade is given by MCGM to students who are continuously absent i.e. dropouts as earlier maintained. Note: Above data has been compiled from two datasets, data on CCE reports and continuous absent students.

10. 10 Comparison between Students of MCGM and Other Schools (Academic Year 2014-15) IndicatorsMCGMOther Schools* SSC Passout72%85% Middle School Scholarship (Std. 4 th ) 1.6%9.8% High School Scholarship (Std. 7 th ) 0.3%8.8% *Other Schools- Private aided, Private Unaided and Unrecognised Schools

11. 11 Annual Municipal Budgets 2010-2016 Year Total Annual Budget (In Rs.Crore) Total Students 2010-111,761437,863 2011-121,800439,153 2012-132,388434,523 2013-142,613404,251 2014-152,773397,085 2015-162,630397,085 Between 2010-11 and 2015-16, MCGM budget for Education has more than doubled.

12. 12 Account Head Budget Estimates 2014-15 Actual expenditure 2014-2015 Budget Estimates 2015-16 Total Education Budget (Primary and Secondary) 2,7732,1642,630 Less: Grants to Private Primary aided School 415360256 Total2,3581,8042,374 Total students (2014-2015)397,085 Per Child Allocation (in rupees) 59,37545,43259,774 Per-child allocation (In Rs.Crore) Per-child Allocation under the Municipal Budget has increased to Rs.59,774, as per Budget Estimates 2015-16.

13. 13 Data from Household Survey Praja Foundation had commissioned a household survey to Hansa Research. The survey was conducted in March-April 2015 across the city of Mumbai with a total sample size of 22,850 households. Of these, 4,889 households had children going to school. Hence, the education questionnaire was administered further with those ( 4,889 ) households only.

14. 14 Reasons for not being happy with Municipal School (%) Quality of education, teachers and facilities form the three big reasons cited by parents for not being happy with municipal schools.

15. 15 Respondent taking private tuitions/coaching classes: 52% students from Municipal Schools take private tuitions / coaching classes Details on source of Tuitions: 13% students from Municipal schools take tuitions from their own school class teachers. AllPrivate SchoolMunicipal School Yes 677152 No 332948 AllPrivate SchoolMunicipal School School Class teacher 10913 Private tuitions 777872 Coaching classes 11 10 Others 225

16. 16 Deliberation by Councillors on Education (Financial Year 2014-15) 149 questions were asked on issues related to Education in 2014-15, as compared to 133 questions in the previous year. 58 questions were asked by Education Committee members in 2014- 15, as compared to 55 questions in 2013-14. 166 (of 227) councillors have not asked a single question on Education this year. 32 councillors have asked only one question on education. Only five councillors have asked more than four questions. Only three questions have been asked on Drop out rates.

17. Deliberation by Mumbai MLA’s on Education (Winter’14, Budget’15 Sessions) 17 Out of the total 213 questions asked by MLA’s on Education only 34 questions were asked related to Education in Mumbai Four MLAs (out of 31 excluding 4 ministers) have not asked a single question on education Note: Trupti Sawant elected on April, 2015 from seat vacated by Prakash (Bala) Sawant is not considered in the report

18. Education allowance to children of Municipal Employees 18 As per the sixth pay commission, per child annual allowance of Rs. 6000 (maximum upto to children i.e. Rs. 12000) for reimbursement of school fees, etc. Rs. 1.68 crores utilised in 2014-15 under this scheme MCGM runs 1252 schools Why don’t children of municipal employees attend municipal schools and save tax payers money on such a scheme?

19. What Needs to be Done 19  A ccountability in Education Department.  Appoint independent, third party, to monitor and evaluate learning outcomes of students.  Empower and Strengthen School Management Committees (SMCs) to improve accountability at the school level.  Focus on teacher trainings, SMC trainings and capacity building; free teachers from unnecessary administrative duties  Rigorous filling out of Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) reports and Inspection reports. Link reports with performance appraisal of respective teachers.  Strengthen Data management systems especially the Research Officer’s wing, for better planning and implementation. Providing quality education is the duty of the Corporation. Quality of education should be the only paramount focus of the Corporation.

20. THANK YOU. 20