According to official data, the total number of students in all government, aided, and non-private schools in Assam has climbed by almost 63,000 in the 15 months since September 2020.
Despite fears of dropouts owing to the pandemic’s impact, the Education Department recently compiled enrolment numbers for all students in grades 1 through 12 and discovered that the total number has climbed.
According to a datasheet obtained by PTI, the total number of students enrolled in government, assisted, tea garden managed, and venture (founded by the people of a community) schools climbed to 56,84,487 in November 2021 from 56,21,203 in September 2020.
The figures showed an increase of 63,284 students, registering a growth of 1.13 per cent in total enrolments.
