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State of Municipal Education in Mumbai: Decline in Students and Dropouts, Low Compliance with RTE Norms

This report assesses the state of municipal education in Mumbai, highlighting the significant decrease in student enrollment, high dropout rates, and low compliance with RTE infrastructure norms. It also addresses the need for accountability, strengthening school management committees, and improving data management systems.

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State of Municipal Education in Mumbai: Decline in Students and Dropouts, Low Compliance with RTE Norms

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  1. State of Municipal Education in Mumbai December 2016

  2. Total Students in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools 2011 - 2016 • 55,668 students have left municipal school system in last five years • A decrease of 44,632 students i.e. 38% has been observed in Marathi medium from 2011-12 to 2015-16 (down from 1,16,086 to 71,454)

  3. Change in Total Students 2008 to 2016 *Estimated using time-series regression.

  4. Percentage Change in Class I Enrolments 2008 to 2016 • Through a time series analysis, in our last year report, we had predicted that in 2015-16 the number of students in class 1 will be 38,329. The RTI (Right to Information) data reveals only 34,549 children. • Capacity under-utilisation *Estimated using time-series regression.

  5. Dropouts in Mumbai’s Municipal Schools 2011 - 2016 Total Dropouts in Semi-English schools

  6. Compliance with Infrastructure and other norms under RTE (2014-15) 483,336 students & 10,885 teachers in Private Schools compared to 391,722 students and 12,496 teachers in MCGM schools

  7. Teacher Inspection Reports

  8. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) refers to a system of school-based assessment of students that covers all aspects of students' development introduced under Right to Education Act. • E2 grade is given by MCGM to students who are continuously absent i.e. dropouts as earlier mentioned • If the CCE grades for only the regularly going students is taken, then 95% students are performing between A and C grades Note: Above data has been compiled from two datasets, data on CCE reports and continuous absent students.

  9. Comparison of SSC results between students of MCGM and Other Schools *Other Schools- Private aided, Private Unaided and Unrecognised Schools

  10. Comparison of Scholarship exam results between students of MCGM and Private Schools Note: The scholarship exam for the academic year 2015-16 has not been conducted.

  11. Annual Municipal Budgets 2008-2017 (*): Total No. of Students for 2016-17 have been kept constant as of 2015-16 for estimation purpose

  12. Per-child allocation (In Rs.Crore) (*): After deducting grants to private primary aided schools and capital expenses

  13. Data from Household Survey Praja Foundation had commissioned a household survey to Hansa Research. The survey was conducted in March-April 2016 across the city of Mumbai with a total sample size of 25,215 households. Of these, 2,676 households had children going to school. Hence, the education questionnaire was administered further with those (2,676) households only.

  14. Reasons for not being happy with Municipal School (%)

  15. Respondent taking private tuitions/coaching classes: Details on source of Tuitions:

  16. Deliberation by Councillors on Education (April 2015 and March 2016) • 193 questions were asked by MCGM councillors on education in all meeting of corporation • Only 8 councillors have asked more than 4 questions on education • 158 councillors did not ask even a single question on education • Anil Trimbakkar has asked highest questions (37) in education committee • Total number of dropouts in academy year 2015-16 were 57,788 yet only one question has been asked on Drop out rates

  17. Deliberation by Mumbai MLA’s on Education(Monsoon 15 and Winter 15 Sessions) • Highest number of questions on education was asked by Amin Patel (163) • RamchandraKadam, Ramesh Latke, and Selvan Tamil did not ask a single question on Education • Out of the total 534 questions asked by MLA’s on Education only 95 questions were asked related to Education in Mumbai • Only one question was asked on dropout rate and Syllabus/Curriculum by MLAs

  18. What Needs to be Done • Accountability in Education Department. • Appoint independent third party, to monitor and evaluate learning outcomes of students. • Empower and Strengthen School Management Committees (SMCs) to improve accountability at the school level. • Focus on teacher trainings, SMC trainings and capacity building; free teachers from unnecessary administrative duties • Rigorous filling out of Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) reports and Inspection reports. Link reports with performance appraisal of respective teachers. • Strengthen Data management systems especially the Research Officer’s wing, for better planning and implementation. • Providing quality education is the duty of the Corporation. Quality of education should be the only paramount focus of the Corporation.

  19. THANK YOU

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