Status of School Education of Muslim Children in India

A presentation prepared for the of National Commission for Minorities

by

Department of EMIS, NUEPAOctober 1, 2013

Issues in Data Availability

• Collection of data on Muslims under DISE – DISE is collecting data on Enrolment of Muslims

in Elementary Education from 2005-06 and also on medium of instruction, number of madrasa schools (recognized and unrecognized) with enrolment

– From 2012-13 onwards data enrolment in secondary education is being collected

– From this it is possible to examine trends in enrolment, madrasa enrolment as proportion of Muslim enrolment, Muslim enrolment by medium of instruction, dropouts, transition rates, gender parity, etc

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Issues in Data Availability

• Issues in Quality and consistency of data

– The quality and consistency of data needs further improvement.

– Calculation of transition rates, dropout rates require more consistent data

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Issues in Data Availability Other Sources

• The All India Survey of School Education also provides data on Muslims– Enrolment data on Muslims for the year 2002-03 are

available from 7th Survey.– The data from 8th survey with reference date

September 2009 are yet to be made available

• National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)– NSSO also provides data on participation of various

religious minorities in education – 61st (2004-05), 64th (2007-08) and 66th (2009-10)

rounds of NSS collected data on participation of minorities in education. NSSO

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Households’ Distance to Primary School Socio-Religious categories, 2007-08

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Households’ Distance to Upper Primary School Socio-Religious categories, 2007-08

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Households’ Distance to Secondary School Socio-Religious categories, 2007-08

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Trends in Enrolment of Muslim Children in Elementary Education (Grade 1-VIII)

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Trends in Enrolment of Muslim Children in Elementary Education (Grade 1-VIII) as Proportion

of Total Enrolment

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Muslim children as per cent of total children in school education, 2012-13

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Enrolment of Muslim Children in School Education in Select States in 2012-13

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Number of District by Proportion of Muslim children in Total Enrolment

Per cent of Muslim children in Total

Enrolment

Number of Districts

PrimaryUpper

Primary ElementaryLess than 1 106 117 110

1-5 168 178 1755-10 135 149 135

10-15 93 88 8915-20 46 37 4620-25 28 14 2525-30 10 8 6

above 30 58 53 5812

Socio-Religious Composition of Enrolment at Elementary Level

Socio-Religious Category

Primary Upper Primary

Elementary

General 25.7 27.7 26.3

SC 20.1 19.1 19.8

ST 11.4 9.9 10.9

OBC 42.8 43.3 42.9

Muslims 13.3 11.7 12.813

Enrolment of Muslims by Management at Elementary Stage

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Ratio of Girls to Boys of Muslim Enrolment by Management

Management Primary Upper Primary

Elementary

Govt 1.05 0.86 0.99

Local Bodies 1.07 0.82 0.98

Private Aided 1.05 0.78 0.96

Private Unaided 0.81 1.60 1.07

Others 1.01 0.96 0.9815

Enrolment in Madrasas

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Enrolment in Madrasas as Percent of Muslim Enrolment at Elementary Stage

Enrolment in Madrasa as Proportion of Muslim

Enrolment

Number of Districts

Less than 1 374

1-5 59

5-10 46

10-15 27

15-20 37

20-25 11

25-30 23

30-50 27

Above 50 18Not defined 23

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Muslim Children by Medium of Instruction

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Transition Rates of Muslim Childrenfrom Primary to Upper Primary Level

Transition Rate Number of Districts

Less than 50 63

50-70 70

70-90 164

Above 90 304

Not defined 36

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Dropout of Muslim Boys by Class in Select States

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Dropout of Muslim Girls by Class in Select States

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