Increase in school dropout rates for girl child is alarming, states UNICEF India!!In India, schools have nearly all reopened. The reopening of schools in India comes after the COVID-19 Pandemic caused a dramatic drop in the number of cases. However, according to a UNICEF India report, the incidence of dropouts, particularly among girls, might lead to a highly concerning situation for India. More information is provided below.
According to UNICEF India research, the dropout rate among girls has grown in the last two years as a result of schools closing or switching to an online style of instruction.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached India, the number of female students dropping out has skyrocketed. Due to the high number of instances in the country, schools have reopened, closed, and reopened during the last two years. The education of Indian schoolchildren of all classes has suffered as a result of this turmoil.
According to a UNICEF poll done on International Women’s Day 2022, at least 38 percent of respondents knew a girl who had dropped out of school. While 33% of respondents claimed that girls who had dropped out of school were working in the home. In addition, 25% of respondents said that the girls who had dropped out had married.
“With the current circumstances, we may be risking a lost generation of children who may never attend school again.” “The impact on girls is disproportionately harsher,” said Yasumasa Kimura, UNICEF India Representative.
According to the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21, India’s annual secondary school dropout rate is 14.6 percent. In 2021, UNICEF India offered technical assistance to the government and its partners in 17 states to assist 15.5 million children, 50.5 percent of them are girls, in continuing their education at home.
Several state governments have established scholarship funds, schemes, and other initiatives to encourage girls to return to school and sponsor their education in order to address the rising dropout rates among girls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report from UNICEF the girls are dropping from the schools is important news spreading around the world.
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