Student Flow at Primary Level - DISE

16 Student Flow at Primary Levelgroup found to be never enrolled. Further, it has also been observeredthat percentage of children enrolled in government schools, in case ofthe age-group 6-10 years is a bit higher (77.8 percent) than the same incase of the age-group 11-14 years (71.6 percent); however the same isnot true in case of the private schools. However, not much difference isnoticed in case of children enrolled in the Madarasas and EducationGuarantee Schools (EGS).Figure 2ASER PRATHAM: Percentage of Children Not in SchoolsRural Areas, 2005Table 3 reveals that of the total children in the rural areas, ASER: PRATHAMreported that 75.10 percent of them are enrolled in government schoolsagainst 77.61 percent reported by the IMRB-International survey. On theother hand, the percentage of children enrolled in private schools is 16.4percent in case of ASER: PRATHAM survey and 13.99 percent in case ofIMRB-International survey which also include children enrolled in unrecognizedschools. On the other hand, IMRB International also estimatedthat about 1.70 percent children in the rural areas are enrolled in the unrecognizedschools. The corresponding figures in the urban and all areasare 1.80 and 1.73 percent respectively. The male and female percentagesof children enrolled in such schools are also provided which reveal thatthe percentage of girls (1.66 percent) is a bit lower than that of boys(1.78 percent). However, in the urban areas the percentage of girls enrolledin unrecognized schools (1.89 percent) is higher than in case of boys (1.73percent). A deviation has also been observed in children enrolled in EGS;IMRB, 0.30 percent and ASER: PRATHAM, 1.00 percent. Almost similarpercentages have been reported in case of children enrolled in the