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Bhubaneswar:<\/strong> A written response of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to queries from DMK MP Kalanidhi Veerswamy has created confusion in mass media. However, Odisha School & Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Sudam Marndi today wrote a letter to the Union Minister and cleared the air.<\/p>\n In response to this, the S&ME Minister wrote to the Union Minister expressing deep concern for the State government as the written response by Pradhan was made based on the facts and figures of UDISE+ database relating to the Academic Year 2021-22, a press release issued in this regard mentioned.<\/p>\n Citing the D.O. No.23-7\/2002-State, dated 23rd March, 2023 from the Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & LR, S&ME Minister Marndi has drawn the attention of the Union Minister to the fact that the present endorsement data captured through UDISE+ in itself is not sufficient for the calculation of drop-out rate as there are various schools\/ institutions\/ organisations and students enrolled in different categories like ITIs and correspondence courses that are under the purview of State government, have been left uncovered in UDISE+ database.<\/p>\n \u201cIf those 1.4 lakh students enrolled in different institutions other than the traditional +2 courses are taken into account, the drop-out rate of students in the case of Odisha will drastically be reduced.\u00a0 Repeated submissions have been made by SPD, OSEPA in this regard,\u201d the communiqu\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n Moreover, it has also been mentioned that the UDISE+ database relating to the Academic Year 2022-23 has already been submitted to the Government of India a few months ago.<\/p>\n It is pertinent to mention, due to an incessant thrust on education under the visionary leadership of Odisha Chief Minister, the drop-out rate has drastically come down by approximately 20 percentages in the Academic Year of 2022-23, as per the data submitted in UDISE+. The drop-out rate will further be reduced if those 1.4 lakh students enrolled in different institutions other than the traditional +2 courses are taken into account.<\/p>\n Notably, the Union Minister has been requested that the data entered in UDISE+ for the Academic Year 2022-23 should be released at the earliest and the enrolment of students in other institutions not covered under UDISE+ like ITIs etc should be integrated with the data available under UDISE+ for a pragmatic and practical assessment of drop-out rates and progress of State in Education.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n