Firdous Ahmad Sofal, Waheed Ahmad Ahanger
Purpose - The purpose of
the paper is to examine output in terms of the repetition rate, dropout rate
and transition rate among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) students at various
levels of school education in North-Kashmir, UT of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Design/methodology/approach
– The study is based on a
descriptive survey method intended to understand the broad trends of academic
progression in terms of GER, NER, dropout rate, transition rate etc among OBC
students in India. In
order to study the academic capabilities among OBCs the data was collected from
secondary sources. In India there are various official departments who maintain
the records pertinent to the school education like NIEPA, NCERT & MHRD
etc. We have used the data available at
U-DISE by exercising the internet survey technique from academic years between
2014 to 2017.
Findings – The authors find
that output in terms of Dropout rate is significantly very high among the OBCs
from grade I to the grade XI, shows drastic increase immediately after VIII
grade in the three studied areas of north-Kashmir during the three studied
years 2014 to 210. The results in overall revealed that there is an increasing
trend in the dropout rate after grade VIII among the OBC students.
Implications
– The evidence provided in this paper underscores the importance of social
interactions and necessary interventions in analysing individual outcomes and
is improving the educational pursuits of OBC students.
Originality/value
- The findings may have significantly shown the overall picture of output at
different levels of school education and bearings in reducing dropout rates in
India.
Academic
Capabilities, Disadvantaged Students, Repetition Rate, Dropout Rate, Transition
Rate,
VOL.13, ISSUE No.4, December 2021