State of Municipal Education in Mumbai December

2 Data from RTI

Total Students in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools ,778 students have left municipal school system in five years (9%) In 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 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. Year 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 %-8.1%-6.9%-11.2%-10.8%-19.50% Hindi No %-1.4%3%0.7%-8.9%-7.20% English No %1.2%22.2%18.1%1.2%14.77% Urdu No %2.6%2.1%0.5%-3.3%-3.48% Gujarati No %-7.5%-10.4%-12.9%-19.2%-6.81% Kannada No %-6.4%-8.1%-9.2%-21.5%-9.87% Tamil No %-17%-12.3%-3.2%-10.6%-15.31% Telugu No %-15.6%0.2%-8.8%-23.4%-9.56%

4 Dropouts* in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools *In 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 , compared to four out of 100 students in Year Dropouts 18,70032,58040,01147,21851,741 Dropouts (per 100) Medium-wise Dropouts Year on Year (%) Marathi No %2.4%5.6%6.7%7.4%10.4% Hindi No %6.3%9.7%14.1%17.0%18.7% English No %4.1%5.4%4.8%5.8%5.3% Urdu No %4.6%7.8%8.5%13.1%14.7% Gujarati No %1.9%4.6%5.4%4.5%6.0% Kannada No %3.0%6.2%8.1%10.5%10.7% Tamil No %2.3%3.8%4.4%6.6%6.5% Telugu No %4.7%12.1%11.2%9.7%11.6%

5 Percentage Change in Class I Enrolments to If 100 students enrolled in Class I in , in comparison only 62 students enrolled in Class I in * Estimated using time-series regression. YearNo. of students enrolled in Class I% Change Year on Year , , , , , , , * 38, * 36, * 34, *31,

6 Retention Rate in Municipal Schools Class 1 to Class 7 * Estimated using time-series regression. StandardAcademic YearTotal Enrolments Retention Rate (%) Year on Year % % % % * % * %

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 No. of Student3,91,7721,53,0583,15, No. of Teacher Building Number % 100% Office cum store cum HM room Number % 94.25%98.17%96.24%97.50% One class room for every teacher Number % 80.03%64.45%43.31%72.50% Ramp Number % 92.25%93.81%84.21%81.25% Separate Toilet for Boys Number % 100%96.10%94.14%97.50% Separate Toilet for Girls Number % 100%97.94%97.29%98.75% Drinking Water Facility Number % 100% Kitchen Shed (Govt. &Aided Schools) Number % 23.64%21.56%26.77%28.75% Boundary Wall Number % 94.01%94.04%91.73%90% Playground Number %88.90%86.93%88.42%80%

8 Teacher Inspection Reports Particulars of Inspection FormLM/EastP/North Dropout (Per 100) Pass out (In %) No. Of Teachers No. Of Teachers whose inspection reports provided %46%44%49% Usage of examples, case study while teachingUsage Teaching Aids UseYes Student InvolvementGood Formative Evaluation Technique UsedYes Teacher Student InteractionProper Entries in the daily lesson plan and actual teaching Complet e Self evaluation by the teacherGood Prepared test papered or question paperPrepared Teacher’s PortfolioGood Subject wise student’s responseGood616472

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 Comparison between Students of MCGM and Other Schools (Academic Year ) 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 Annual Municipal Budgets Year Total Annual Budget (In Rs.Crore) Total Students ,761437, ,800439, ,388434, ,613404, ,773397, ,630397,085 Between and , MCGM budget for Education has more than doubled.

12 Account Head Budget Estimates Actual expenditure Budget Estimates Total Education Budget (Primary and Secondary) 2,7732,1642,630 Less: Grants to Private Primary aided School Total2,3581,8042,374 Total students ( )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

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 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 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 No AllPrivate SchoolMunicipal School School Class teacher Private tuitions Coaching classes Others 225

16 Deliberation by Councillors on Education (Financial Year ) 149 questions were asked on issues related to Education in , as compared to 133 questions in the previous year. 58 questions were asked by Education Committee members in , as compared to 55 questions in (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.

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

Education allowance to children of Municipal Employees 18 As per the sixth pay commission, per child annual allowance of Rs (maximum upto to children i.e. Rs ) for reimbursement of school fees, etc. Rs crores utilised in 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?

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.

THANK YOU. 20