1. Access to Education in Difficult Areas

2. Universal Access 98.9% habitations have access to Primary Schools
97.7% habitations have access to Upper Primary Schools
All states/UTs have defined Neighbourhood norms as mandated in Section 6 of RTE Act.
24 States reported Universal Access at PS and UPS as per State norms.
Gujarat and MP has notified Neighbourhood schools for all habitations in Gazette.
34 States/UTs have conducted GIS mapping of existing schools.
The residual gap is in few states only (Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal)

3. Access : Number of Schools
(in lakhs)
Source: UDISE

4. Enrolment trends
Source: UDISE 4 4 4

5. % share of Enrolment SC, ST & Minority
Primary
Upper Primary
% share enrolment ST (population share 8.6%)
10.13
10.83
8.23
9.76
% share enrolment SC (population share 16.6%)
19.89
19.93
19.11
19.55
% share enrolment Muslim (population share 13.43%)
10.49
( )
14.37
8.54
12.60

6. Education Indicators in Odisha
Primary schools
33244
35207
35158
34999
Upper Primary schools
15858
27878
28087
28159
Total Primary Enrolment (lakh)
37.22
42.78
42.24
41.11
Total Upper Primary Enrolment (lakh)
12.06
21.10
21.63
22.17
GER Primary 91
106 92
NER Primary 82 89 90
GER Upper Primary
100 86
107
NER Upper Primary 63 64 68
Teachers in Govt. Schools
141369
215219
220011
230950
Out of School Children
603261
19591
5152
9368

7. Enrolment of children from SC and ST communities in Odisha
Social Groups
Percentage
% age share of SC population in the State
17.1
%age share of SC children at elementary level
19.12
%age share of ST population in the State
22.8%
% age share of ST children in enrolment at elementary level
29.86%

8. Out of School (OoSC) Children
OoSC (in lakhs)
Source: IMRB Study

9. Nature of Out-of-School
% children out of school
Dropouts
A child is classified as dropouts if she/he discontinued her/his studies in past or was absent for more than 45 working days from school
Enrolled but Never Attended
It includes students who were enrolled in one of the schools recognized by RTE but never attended the same
Never Enrolled
It includes those children who were never enrolled in any school of the type recognized by RTE

10. Out of School Children-State wise

11. OoSC by Social category
Of total OoSC: SC %; ST %; Muslim %
In Odisha of total OoSC: SC 27.4%; ST – 53.85
State with high ST OoSC
CWSN – % OoSC of the population
Source: IMRB Study

12. Coverage of OoSc
Mu bi Padhibhi - It is a programme to track all out of school children and mainstream them in the school.
New Schools under SSA- 9,649 Primary School and 10,991 Upper Primary School have been opened
8 Hostels have been sanctioned under SSA
7,566 OoSC children are being covered under Special Training in
1381 children to be covered through transportation facilities
4375 hostels being run by SC/ST department of the state. These hostels are attached with 1317 schools.

13. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
182 KGBVs are operational.
All KGBVs are under Model III (hostels attached to schools).
(98.85%) girls enrolled against targeted enrolment.
Of the total Girls enrolled, SC- 22%, ST % OBC %, Minority -0.34% and BPL -16.6%.
210 seats are vacant in these hostels

14. Special Initiatives for Tribal Children
State has a language policy covering more than 20 tribal languages.
Learning material has been developed in several tribal languages for students in class 1-5
A systematic plan for transitioning children from home language to school language
Programme is currently implemented in 1400 schools(90% children speak the same tribal language)
State must look into strategies for schools where children speak multiple tribal languages.

15. Thank you