Student Flow at Primary Level - DISE

34 Student Flow at Primary LevelPradesh and 97.34 percent in Uttar Pradesh. In 2005-06, as many as11,24,033 schools reported data under DISE against 10,37,813 schools inthe previous year which indicates an increase of 86,220 schools, or 8.31percent over of the total schools covered during the previous year 2004-05. Thus, of the 1,23,013 uncommon schools observed during 2005-06, asmany as 1,06,341 schools (70.09 percent) are the new schools added during2005-06. Hence, as it seems, only 36,793 schools are uncommon in boththe years which is 3.27 percent of the total schools that impart elementaryeducation in the country. Efforts are being made to maintain consistencyin coverage so that all the schools covered in a year are also covered thefollowing year. States are advised to update and prepare complete list ofall the recognised schools at disaggregated levels by management, suchas cluster, block, district and state levels. In addition, CRC Coordinatorshave also been made accountable to ensure complete coverage as well ascheck the consistency of data in the filled-in formats falling under his/her jurisdiction.Analysis of Flow RatesThe state-specific promotion, repetition and drop-out rates for cohorts2003-04 and 2004-05 have been presented in Tables 13 to 21.Promotion RateThe grade-specific as well as average of Grades I –V promotion, repetitionand drop-out rates have been computed separately for boys, girls as alsothe total enrolment and the same are presented in Tables 13 to 21. It isobserved that average promotion rate in Grades I-V for cohort 2004-05has improved to 83.76 percent from its previous level of 81.53 percent in2003-04; the corresponding figures being 83.57 percent for boys, and83.96 percent for girls for cohort 2004-05. Barring Delhi, no significantdifference is noticed in average promotion rate for boys and girls. It mayalso be noted that as many as 11 states have reported a lower promotionrate than the average of all districts together (83.76 percent). ArunachalPradesh (68.35 percent), Bihar (75.10 percent), Chhattisgarh (78.20percent), Jharkhand (77.21 percent) and Rajasthan (74.27 percent) aresuch states. On the other hand, Meghalaya (69.17 percent), Sikkim (72.71percent) and Tripura (80.70 percent) also reported lower averagepromotion rates; all of these states are from the north-eastern part ofthe country. In a few states, such as Kerala (95.66 percent), HimachalPradesh (92.82 percent) and Tamil Nadu (96.40 percent) almost all thechildren in primary Grades I-V were promoted to next Grade. Consequently