DROP-OUT RATES IN CLASSES I-X 1989-90

                                          
STATE/UT'S BOYS GIRLS TOTAL
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 75.53 83.77 79.02 2 ARUNCHAL PRADESH 80.49 81.82 80.94 3 ASSAM 79.08 82.51 80.56 4 BIHAR 82.27 89.01 84.37 5 GOA 52.05 56.96 54.34 6 GUJARAT 69.93 75.59 72.35 7 HARYANA 45.55 58.57 50.34 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH 55.15 65.70 59.83 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 65.70 77.09 70.13 10 KARNATAK 67.98 78.57 72.83 11 KERALA 40.19 34.88 37.59 12 MADHYA PRADESH 86.16 83.38 85.19 13 MAHARASHTRA 64.86 77.15 70.45 14 MANIPUR 74.18 77.64 75.80 15 MEGHALAYA 73.93 72.08 73.08 16 MIZORAM 52.61 52.60 52.60 17 NAGALAND 75.77 73.97 75.02 18 ORISSA 70.79 80.49 74.84 19 PUNJAB 62.62 70.63 66.36 20 RAJASTHAN 84.80 89.32 85.96 21 SIKKEM 85.02 87.96 86.37 22 TAMIL NADU 66.10 73.85 69.64 23 TRIPURA 82.96 84.49 83.63 24 UTTAR PRADESH 57.94 77.56 64.22 25 WEST BENGAL 83.85 85.58 84.58 26 A&N ISLANDS 48.33 56.41 52.16 27 CHANDIGARH 13.50 8.80 11.37 28 D&N HAVELI 75.41 79.48 77.18 29 DAMAN & DIU * * * 30 DELHI 20.60 33.17 26.72 31 LAKSHADWEEP 71.24 76.51 73.73 32 PONDICHERRY 48.76 54.63 51.48
INDIA 71.98 78.28 74.46
*Figures included in Goa.

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