• The Gross Dropout Rate (GDR) between general category candidates and SC/ST candidates, which was 6.7% and 15.1% in 2001-02, deteriorated to 10.4% and 16.6% in 2003-04 respectively.” (CAG)
• 3% of child labourers in India have been to school (planning commission 2006)
• More than 32,000 schools in India, mostly primary schools in rural areas,
1. do not have a single student
2. no teachers
3. only para-teachers.
4. Seasonal migration of communities in search of a livelihood
• Karnataka had the most schools with zero enrolment (7,945).
• 23,000 schools had no teacher
• 1.3 lakh had just one teacher.
• 102,227 elementary schools (9.54%) had just one classroom.

Source‘Elementary Education in India 2005-06’, prepared by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), covered 11,24,033 schools in 35 states and union territories.