Kerala Achieves Lowest School Dropout Rate Among All Indian States

Addressing the Kerala Assembly on January 18, Education Minister C Raveendranath affirmed that Kerala records the lowest dropout rate in India. As per 2019-20 statistics, Kerala achieved a dropout rate of 0.11%. Compared to the national average of 17.06%, Kerala's higher secondary school dropout rate amounts to 0.15% and the Upper Primary dropout rate is 0.06%. The minister recognized that modernization of the educational system was the prime facilitator behind the milestone.