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U'khand dual report card: Secondary level dropouts dip, primary a concern
The New Indian Express Chennai
|September 22, 2025
UTTARAKHAND has achieved a significant milestone in reducing school dropout rates at the upper primary and secondary levels, emerging as the second-best performing state nationally in secondary education after Jharkhand.
This impressive progress, however, is tempered by a concerning rise in primary school dropouts, where the state paradoxically lags behind its peers.
This story is from the September 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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