3 min learnAhmedabadFeb 19, 2026 06:36 AM IST
THE SOCIO Financial Assessment(SER) of Gujarat for the yr 2025-26 revealed that main schooling noticed a drop in each the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in addition to the Internet Enrollment Ratio (NER) in 2023-24 as in comparison with the final decade of 2014-15.
The SER, which presents a profile of key socio-economic actions and achievements in numerous sectors of the state financial system for the yr 2024-25, was launched by the Gujarat authorities on Wednesday.
The GER which measures the overall pupil enrollment at a particular schooling degree and NER which measures the proportion of kids within the official age group for a particular schooling degree are key metrics, used to evaluate pupil participation and the effectivity of a college system. Decrease values in GER and NER normally sign important gaps in accessibility and academic development.
In 2014-15, the overall GER was 102.40 (102.85 for boys and 101.96 for women) whereas the NER was 98.29 (98.68 for boys and 97.9 for women).
Until 2022-23 the GER remained over 100 per cent. Equally, the NER hovered above 99 per cent.
Nevertheless, in 2023-24, the GER dropped to 94.44 per cent (93.25 for boys and 95.83 for women) whereas the NER declined to 93.21 (91.93 for boys and 94.71 for women).
Officers who spoke to The Indian Categorical claimed that the drop is as a result of entry degree age of kids growing from 5 to six.
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“Although, the 6-year minimal age for Class I admission was declared within the yr 2020-21, it was applied in Gujarat from June 2023-24. Aligning with the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020, the mandate stipulates that kids are already 6-years outdated on or earlier than June 1 of the tutorial yr for which they’re making use of,” a senior authorities official stated.
The official added, “To help kids who fell quick, the state authorities launched particular Balvatika (pre-primary) sections for the tutorial session 2023-24. All those that failed to satisfy the age standards had been shifted to Balvatikas.”
Sources additional revealed that in opposition to a mean admission of 11 lakh childern in Class I in Gujarat, the Class I enrollment was recorded as practically 3 lakh within the yr 2023-24. The remaining kids (round 8 lakh) had been admitted to Balvatikas. “This hole will proceed for one more 5 years,” the official added.Within the final 5 years, the variety of main faculties in Gujarat went down from 45,023 (2020-21) to 43,968 (2024-25) with the variety of girls-only faculties dropping from 1330 to 1216. The report revealed that city areas noticed extra decline within the variety of main faculties as in comparison with rural areas.
The variety of Major faculties in cities noticed a serious decline with faculties funded by native our bodies declining from 31,140 in 2020-21 to 30,459 in 2024-25.
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Consequently the overall enrollment in main faculties declined in these 5 years falling from 84.65 lakh within the yr 2020-21 to 77.6 lakh in 2024-25. Enrollment of feminine college students declined from 39.80 lakh to 36.43 lakh inside this time interval.
Enrollment of scholars in secondary faculties noticed a drop as nicely. Whereas the overall variety of secondary and better secondary faculties in Gujarat elevated from 12,709 in 2022-21 to 13,167 in 2024-25, the overall variety of college students dropped from 28.43 lakh to twenty-eight lakh.
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