Report on United District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20
- Ministry of Education released the Report on United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education in India.
- In 2019-20, total students in school education from pre-primary to higher secondary have crossed 26.45 crores which is higher 2018-19.
Gross Enrolment Ratio
- At all levels of school education, it has improved in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.
- Gross Enrolment Ratio increased to 89.7% (from 87.7%) at Upper Primary level, 97.8% (from 96.1%) at Elementary Level, 77.9% (from 76.9%) at Secondary Level and 51.4% (from 50.1%) at Higher Secondary Level in 2019-20.
- GER for secondary has reached nearly 78% in 2019-20, improved by nearly 10% in the secondary between 2012-13 and 2019-20.
- GER for higher secondary has reached 51.4% in 2019-20, improved by more than 11% in higher secondary between 2012-13 and 2019-20.
The Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR)
- In 2019-20, the PTR for primary has become 26.5, PTR for upper primary and secondary has become 18.5 and PTR for higher secondary has become 26.1.
- In 2019-20, the PTR for secondary has become 18.5, whereas it was 29.7 in 2012-13.
- In 2019-20, the PTR for higher secondary has become 26.1, whereas it was 39.2 in 2012-13.
- Enrolment of Divyang students has increased by 6.52% over 2018-19.
Enrolment of girls:
- In 2019-20, enrolment of girls from primary to higher secondary is more than 12.08 crore.
- Between 2012-13 and 2019-20, the Gender Parity Index (GPI) at both Secondary and Higher Secondary levels have improved.
- More than 80% schools in India in 2019-20 had functional electricity.
- Number of schools having internet facility increased to 3.36 lakh in 2019-20 from 2.9 lakh in 2018-19.
- More than 83% schools had electricity in 2019-20, an improvement by almost 7% over the previous year, 2018-19.
- More than 90% schools in India had handwash facility in 2019-20. This is a major improvement, as this percentage was only 36.3% in 2012-13.
UDISE:
- Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) is one of the largest Management Information Systems on School Education covering more than 1.5 million schools, more then 9.6 million teachers and more then 264 million children.
- It was initiated in 2012-13 integrating DISE for elementary and secondary education.
- UDISE+ is an updated and improved version of UDISE. The entire system is now online and has been collecting data in real-time since 2018-19.
- Gender Parity Index:
- GPI is released by UNESCO as a part of its Global Education Monitoring Report.
- A GPI of 1 indicates parity between the sexes; GPI below 1 indicated disparity in favour of males and GPI above 1 indicated disparity in favour of females.