News: The UDISE+ Report 2024-25 shows a decline of 11.13 lakh students in 2024–25 over 2023–24, led by government and government-aided schools, while private schools recorded an increase.
About Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+)
- It is a unified platform, facilitating streamlined data reporting by schools providing formal as well as special education.
- Nodal Ministry: It is India’s national Educational Management Information System under the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- It is the official statistics platform for school education (from pre-primary to higher secondary levels).
- It lets recognized schools enter data on infrastructure, facilities, students, and teachers each academic year in near real time.
- Evolution
- UDISE began in 2012–13, integrating DISE (elementary) and SEMIS (secondary) into one of the largest MIS for school education.
- UDISE+ is the upgraded version.
- It is fully online and gradually real-time.
- From 2018–19, data has been collected through UDISE+ software to improve quality, credibility, and analysis.
- Coverage and Scale
- UDISE+ covers all recognized schools—formal and special—from pre-primary to higher secondary.
- Working
- Schools use a central online portal. Each school has a login ID and password. Data is entered through the Data Capture Format (DCF) at the school level. UDISE+ thus serves as a single, standardised mechanism for compiling school-wise data across the country.
Highlights of UDISE+ Report 2024-25
- Dropout Rates Decline: Dropouts fell across levels-Preparatory at 2.3%, Middle at 3.5%, and Secondary at 8.2%.
- Retention Improves: Student retention rose to 98.9% at the Foundational level, 92.4% at Preparatory, 82.8% at Middle, and 47.2% at Secondary.
- Enrolment Growth: Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) increased to 90.3% in Middle grades and 68.5% at Secondary level.
- Smooth Transitions: Progression rates between stages improved-98.6% from Foundational to Preparatory, 92.2% from Preparatory to Middle, and 86.6% from Middle to Secondary.
- School Infrastructure Upgrades:
- Schools with computers rose to 64.7% from 57.2% last year.
- Internet connectivity reached 63.5%, up from 53.9%.
- Electricity access is available in 93.6% of schools; safe drinking water in 99.3%.
- Sanitation facilities are nearly universal: girls’ toilets (97.3%), boys’ toilets (96.2%), handwashing stations (95.9%).
- Inclusivity: Schools with ramps and handrails increased to 54.9%, enhancing accessibility for children with disabilities.
- Single-Teacher and Zero-Enrolment Schools: Single-teacher schools declined by 6%, while zero-enrolment schools dropped by 38%.
- Gender Representation in Teaching: Female teachers now constitute 54.2% of the workforce.
