Bellary District, - PRC

Table 40: Gross attendance ratio 1 and net attendance rate 2Gross attendance ratio and net attendance rate among children aged 6-14 years, according to sex and place ofresidence, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Grade 1-4 (Primary) Grade 5-7 (Secondary) Grade 1-7 (All grades)Sex of the child Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban TotalGross attendance ratioMale 98.5 98.0 98.2 69.6 91.0 80.3 85.1 94.7 89.9Female 82.2 95.9 89.0 57.0 78.8 67.9 70.9 87.9 79.4Total 90.4 96.9 92.1 63.5 85.1 69.5 78.1 91.4 81.7Net attendance rateMale 80.0 81.8 80.9 53.4 66.3 59.8 78.8 82.4 80.4Female 65.9 75.3 70.6 38.5 49.2 44.4 63.1 76.9 70.0Total 73.0 78.6 74.5 46.2 63.2 50.9 70.8 79.7 73.31 Defined as ratio of children attending particular grades to children in corresponding ages. For example, Grossattendance ratio in primary schools = (Children attending grades 1-4 / children age 6-9 years).2 Defined as ratio of children currently attending schools in respective grades to children in corresponding ages.For example, Net attendance rate in primary schools = (Children age 6-9 attending grades 1-4 / children age 6-9years).Table 41: Type of school and days of attendancePercent distribution of children aged 5-14 years currently attending school by type of school and number of daysattended during three school working days preceding the survey, according to sex and place of residence, BellaryDistrict, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Rural Urban TotalParticulars Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female TotalType of schoolLocal bodies – rural 84.8 79.3 82.2 1.3 0.5 0.9 58.8 56.1 57.6Local bodies – urban 3.5 2.4 3.0 72.0 70.7 71.4 24.8 22.5 23.7Other govt. school 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.3 2.6 1.9 0.7 0.9 0.8Private school 9.0 13.3 11.0 25.4 25.1 25.3 14.1 16.8 15.4Non-formal education 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1Other 2.1 4.8 3.4 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.5 3.5 2.4Days attendedNone 9.6 15.3 12.2 5.6 10.5 7.7 8.3 13.9 10.91 day 1.5 0.4 1.0 2.1 0.0 1.2 1.7 0.3 1.12 days 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.7 5.1 5.6 4.8 5.23 days 83.3 79.5 81.6 86.8 84.8 86.0 84.4 81.0 82.8Total per cent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number of children 521 459 980 236 191 427 757 650 140750