The
school dropout scenario in the
country is "extremely high" as over 80
million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary education,
while eight million are out of school over a period of years, according to
UNICEF.
"The
dropout is much much higher with girls," UNICEF representative to India,
Louis-Georges Arsenault, said on the sidelines of a national seminar on India
Human Development Report 2011 - Revisiting Polices/Programmes for Women and
Children in Delhi on Tuesday. He further underlined that the dropout in schools
were relatively higher in rural areas
when compared to urban pockets.
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