West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

824.8 STUDENTS :4.8.1 Primary EducationThe population of children in the age group 5+ to 8+ withoverall enrolment in each year during the period from 2005-06 to2007-08 was as given below :Table 18Year Popula t ion Tota le nrolmentNete nrolmentGERNERThosele ft ou t(percent)E nrolmentina lte rnati veschools2 0 0 5 -0 6 9 4 ,41,6 5 6 1 ,10,21 ,585 9 2 ,55,7 0 7 1 1 6 .73 9 8 .03 1 9 .92 1 4 ,99,4 9 52 0 0 6 -0 7 8 7 ,14,6 6 6 9 9 ,35,8 1 2 8 1 ,31,0 4 3 1 1 4 .01 9 3 ,30 1 5 .56 1 5 ,61,6 4 32 0 0 7 -0 8 8 4 ,25,7 7 1 9 7 ,78,2 5 5 8 3 ,06,5 0 8 1 1 6 .05 9 8 .58 1 5 .64 1 5 ,59,9 4 3Source: AWP&B for the years 2006-07 to 2008-094.8.2 UPPER PRIMARY EDUCATIONYearThe year-wise population of children in the age group9+ to 13+ with overall enrolment in Upper Primary Schoolsduring 2005-06 to 2007-2008 was as given below :Table 19ChildrenPopula t ionTota le nrolmentNete nrolmentGERNERThosele ft ou t(percent)E nrolmentina lte rnati veschools2 0 0 5 -0 6 9 1 ,65,1 8 1 7 6 ,69,4 1 8 7 2 ,16,6 0 8 8 3 .68 7 8 .74 2 9 .70 2 ,09,36 02 0 0 6 -0 7 8 1 ,45,8 6 9 7 7 ,31,4 1 2 7 3 ,71,8 9 1 9 4 .91 9 0 .50 NA 2 ,85,00 62 0 0 7 -0 8 8 0 ,46,9 2 3 7 1 ,17,9 4 6 6 2 ,43,0 8 4 8 8 .46 7 7 .98 3 1 3 ,42,09 7Source : AW&B for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09The above tables disclosed that with gradual decreasein child population in the 5+ to 9+ age group from 94,41,656to 84,25,771 in 2007-08, overall net enrolment of studentsdecreased from 92,55,707 to 83,06,508 in the correspondingyears. However, the NER which was 98.03 in 2005-06declined sharply to 93.30 in 2006-07 and then increased to