Children aged 6 to 14 not in school, ASER 2024
ASER finds 1.9 per cent of rural children aged 6 to 14 not enrolled in any school. The share is highest in Meghalaya (4.1 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (3.9), Bihar (3.0), Arunachal Pradesh (2.8) and Madhya Pradesh (2.5), and Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are at 0.1. The figure is much larger for older children: 7.9 per cent of 15 and 16 year olds are not in school.
Policy implication
These are rural household survey estimates, so they miss children in cities and migrant families surveyed elsewhere. A child counted as enrolled may still be absent: in the schools ASER visited, only 55.2 per cent of enrolled children in Bihar were present on the survey day. Small state samples mean the ranking among states near 1 per cent is not firm.
These are rural household survey estimates, so they miss children in cities and migrant families surveyed elsewhere. A child counted as enrolled may still be absent: in the schools ASER visited, only 55.2 per cent of enrolled children in Bihar were present on the survey day. Small state samples mean the ranking among states near 1 per cent is not firm.
Data vintage. The figures are for 2024 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.
Source: ASER Centre, ASER (Rural) 2024 (2024). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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