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Why parents are preferring private schools over government schools
A steep drop in enrolment in government schools has been noticed across States and UTs in 2024-25. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha by TMC' Saugata Roy and Congress' Kishori Lal on whether a "massive drop in enrolment" has been noticed in Government schools in the country, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan provided a data which indicated the same
According to the data provided by the Education Ministry, enrollment in 2023-24 was 127490199 in comparison to 143240480 in 2021-22 and 136204917 in 2022-23.
The drop in enrolment has been noticed a...