In 7 yrs, school enrolment dips by 22L
The Free Press Journal - Indore|December 19, 2024
In the past seven years, over 22 lakh children have been reduced in the schools of the state.
Our Staff Reporter

On the other hand, the expenditures on school education increased by 80 per cent in the said period.

School education minister Uday Pratap Singh said this in a reply to a question raised by MLA Pratap Grewal.

The MLA said from Classes 1 to 12, as many as 12,23,384 children did not take admissions in the government schools from 2016 to 2023-24.

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