About UDISE+:
- UDISE+ is one of the largest Management Information Systems initiated by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Government of India, covering more than 14.72 lakhs of schools, 98.08 lakhs of teachers, and 24.80 crores of children.
- It is an online portal facility created by DoSEL for record of data related to schools, teachers, enrolment, infrastructure, in respect of all recognized schools in the country.
- In UDISE+, school wise data is captured through Data Capture Format (DCF).
- Each school has been provided with a login ID and password for facilitating online data compilation by respective schools.
- The Head Teacher/ Head Master of the school in all the States compiles the data, and it goes through a 3-stage validation/verification process, viz., Block/ Cluster level, District level, and State level.
- This data is finally certified by the State Project Director (SPD) at the State level.
- The data once certified by SPD of the respective State is considered as approved by the State.
- Therefore, data is entered in the UDISE+ portal by the respective State itself.
- UDISE+ data is the only pan-India and most trusted database in school education in the country.
Highlights of UDISE+ Report 2023-24:
- 8 crore students enrolled in 2023-2024, while this figure stood at 25.18 crore in 2022-2023.
- The figures for the previous four years – 26.52 crore (2021-2022), 26.44 crore (2020-2021), 26.45 crore (2019-2020), and 26.03 crore (2018-2019) – show that the average total enrolment stood around 26.36 crore.
- Data shows that when compared from the period between 2018-2019 (reference year for UDISE+ data) and 2021-2022, the decline in enrolment – for the first time since the pandemic – has been over 1 crore between 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
- Boys account for 51.9% of enrolments and girls 48.1%.
- The representation of minorities in total enrolment stood at around 20 percent.
- Among the minorities, 79.6 percent were Muslims, 10 percent Christians, 6.9 percent Sikhs, 2.2 percent Buddhists, 1.3 percent Jains, and 0.1 percent Parsis.
- In 2023-2024, the total SC students enrolled were 47 crore, while this figure was 4.59 crore in 2022-2023.
- While 2 crore students enrolled in the OBC category in 2023-2024, the same was 11.45 crore in 2022-2023.
- While over 90% of schools have basic amenities like electricity and gender-specific toilets, advanced facilities such as functional desktops, internet access, and ramps with handrails remain limited.
- Only 57.2% of schools have functional computers, 53.9% have internet, and 52.3% are equipped with ramps, underscoring significant gaps in accessibility and tech readiness.
