Unified District Information System for Education plus (UDISE+) Report

November 5, 2022

The Union Education Ministry released the detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education of India.

About UDISE

Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) was initiated in 2012-13. It is one of the largest Management Information Systems on School Education.
It covers more than 15 lakh schools and more than 26.4 crore children. In this system, data was first filled in paper format and then manually entered into the computer. However, this system is prone to errors & misuse.

About UDISE+

UDISE+ is an updated version of UDISE, where the data from the schools is collected online and in real-time.
It is to overcome the issues present in the UDISE system such as errors in data and delays.
UDISE+ was developed by the Department of School Education and Literacy in 2018-19. In the UDISE+ system, improvements were made regarding data capture, data mapping, and verification of data.

UDISE+ 2020-21 report data

In 2020-21, 25.38 crore students enrolled in school education from primary to higher secondary. There is an increase of 28.32 lakh enrolments as compared to 2019-20.
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has improved in 2020-21 at all levels of school education compared to 2019-20.
Teachers engaged in school education during 2020-21 stood at 96.96 lakh. There is an increase of 8800 teachers, compared to 2019-20.
39.7 lakh students from private and government-aided schools shifted to government schools in 2020-21. This shows the impact of COVID-19 on education.

UDISE+ 2021-22 report data

Enrolments

The total enrolment in school education from primary to higher secondary in 2021-22 is 25.57 crore. This is a 19.36 lakh increase when compared with the 2020-21 UDISE+ data.
The total number of enrolment of students belonging to scheduled castes increased from 4.78 Crore in 2020-21 to 4.82 Crore in 2021-22.
The scheduled tribe enrolment increased from 2.49 crore in 2020-21 to 2.51 crore in 2021-22.
Enrolment by OBC students also increased from 11.35 crore in 2020-21 to 11.48 crore in 2021-22.
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), which measures the general level of participation has improved at the primary, upper primary and higher secondary levels in 2021-22, when compared with the 2020-21 performance. The performance of GER in higher secondary has significantly improved from 53.8% in 2020-21 to 57.6% in 2021-22.
The total enrolment of children with special needs (CWSN) in 2021-22 is 22.67 lakh – a 3.45 per cent increase from the 21.91 lakh in 2020-21.

Teachers

In 2021-22, 95.07 lakh teachers are involved in school education. Of these more than half of them are female teachers.
The total number of teachers have declined by 1.95 per cent in 2021-22, when compared with the 2020-21 figures. In 2021-22, the percentage of teachers teaching only primary (34.4%) and only upper primary (18.9%) has declined.
When compared with the previous year, number of teachers during 2021-22 has declined by 0.9% in government schools, 1.45% in government aided schools, 2.94% in private schools and 8.3% in other schools.
Highest number of enrolment of students in government schools and recruitment of teachers happened in Uttar Pradesh.
The Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) in 2021-22 is 26 for primary, 19 for upper primary, 18 for secondary and 27 for higher secondary. This is a significant progress when compared to the 2018-19 figures.

Girls in schools

In 2021-22, around 12.29 crore girls enrolled in primary to higher secondary education. This is an increase of 8.19 lakh when compared with the 2020-21 report.
The Gender Parity Index of GER revealed that the representation of females in school education is on par with the representation of girls in population of corresponding age group. This shows that there is an increased participation of girls in school education.

Schools and amenities

The total number of schools in 2021-22 decreased from 15.09 lakhs in 2020-21 to 14.89 lakhs. More than 20,000 schools have been shut down in a year. This may be because of closure of private and other management schools and grouping or clustering of schools by various states.
Only 27% of schools have special toilets for CSWN and more than 49% of these schools have ramps with handrails.
Only 44.85% schools had computer facilities and nearly 34% have internet connectivity.
Around 77% schools have playground facilities in 2021-22. This is a 3.4 per cent increase from 2018-19.
Nearly 27.7% schools had kitchen garden in 2021-22 – a 32 per cent increase from 2018-19.
98 lakh schools (33%) have been certified under Fit India Schools.

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