The Report on United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education in India is released by the Ministry of Education.
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The Report on United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education in India is released by the Ministry of Education.
About Key points of the UDISE+ report 2019-20
- The Gross Enrolment Ratio at all levels of school education has improved in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19.
- Gross Enrolment Ratio increased to 89.7% (from 87.7%) at Upper Primary level, 97.8% (from 96.1%) at Elementary Level, 77.9% (from 76.9%) at Secondary Level and 51.4% (from 50.1%) at Higher Secondary Level in 2019-20 (from 2018-19).
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) has improved at all levels of school education.
- In 2019-20, the PTR for primary has become 26.5, PTR for upper primary and secondary has become 18.5, and PTR for higher secondary has become 26.1.
- Between 2012-13 and 2019-20, the Gender Parity Index (GPI) at both Secondary and Higher Secondary levels have improved.
- Gross Enrolment Ratio of girls has increased to 90.5% (from 88.5%) at Upper Primary level, 98.7% (from 96.7%) at Elementary Level, 77.8% (from 76.9%) at Secondary Level and 52.4% (from 50.8%) at Higher Secondary Level in 2019-20 (from 2018-19).
- The UDISE+ report shows a remarkable improvement in the number of schools with functional electricity, with functional computers, internet facilities in 2019-20 over the previous year.
- In the year 2019-20, more than 90% of schools in India had hand wash facilities as compared to only 36.3% in 2012-13.
About the UDISE+ system
- It is an initiative of the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) initiated in 2012-13 integrating DISE for elementary education and SEMIS for secondary education is one of the largest Management Information Systems on School Education covering more than 1.5 million schools, 8.5 million teachers, and 250 million children.
- UDISE+ (UDISE plus) is an updated and improved version of UDISE. The entire system will be online and will gradually move towards collecting data in real-time. Data from 2018-19 will be collected through this software.
- It will improve the quality and credibility of the data provided thereby making its analysis more robust and accurate. With the introduction of this system, it will be easier for the States and UTs to monitor the progress of the schools and to reduce the time taken in data collection and analysis.
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