International Journal of Commerce and Management Research 122 International Journal of Commerce and Management Research ISSN: 2455-1627 Impact Factor: RJIF 5.22 www.managejournal.com Volume 4; Issue 6; November 2018; Page No. 122-126 Analysis of educational schemes impact on dropouts trends in India Dr. Pavan Mishra 1* , Dr. Payal Sharma 2 1 Professor, Department of Commerce, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India 2 HOD, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Alpine Institute of Technology, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India Abstract Since Independence, Government of Indian is constantly aiming to fulfil basic needs i.e. food, shelter, health and education. But even after 68 years of independence, government is still struggling and incapable to increase the living standard of its citizens. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Programme, approximately 29.8% of Indians live below poverty line of country. Government of India offering many Scheme for improve status but inefficient because of mass population. The top most essential basic need which can change the entire scenario is ‘Education’ for that government is running lots of education schemes to improve the figures in positive direction. But unfortunately, people are unaware with the schemes and not able to take advantage for it. It has been observed, that the number of school going children’s are falling down every year has compared the children’s are enrolled. There are many reasons which affect the regular attendance of the students and even drop outs. This paper will discuss the government schemes running to motivated ‘Education’ and analyse its Impact on dropout ratio. Also analyse the cause of drop-outs in primary education. Lastly suggestions and conclusion will drown. Keywords: education, government schemes, primary education, dropouts 1. Introduction It is more than six decades since India gained independence. The state of elementary education has not yet achieved the satisfactory level in state schools (state schools in this assignment refers to state primary school from classes 1 st to 5 th ) (Kaushik, 2010). In 1964 government of India allotted Education Commission to recommend government about the national pattern of education in the country and the policies and plans for the holistic development of education at all stages (MHRD, 1968). In National Policy on Education (NPE) 1968, provisions were made for free and compulsory education for all the children till the age of 14 years, after the recommendation of Education Commission (ibid). However it was only 1 st April 2010 when the Right to Education (RTE) Act was enforced in India, which made elementary education compulsory for the children from 6-14 age groups (Sengupta, 2010). During this period Indian government made several efforts to ensure the quality and accessibility of primary education throughout the country by introducing NPE 1968(National Policy on Education), NPE 1986 and programmes such as Operation Blackboard (OB) in 1980s, establishment of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), District Primary Education Plan (DPEP) in 1990s, Education For All (EFA) popularly known as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in 2000s and many others (Babu, 2009; Little, 2010). A survey has been conducted for analysing the state wise dropout ratio by ASER in 2016. They have found that BIMARU states are having higher percentage of dropout as compared to other states. As compared to 2014 dropouts ratio has been increased in year 2016 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Fig 1 One of the world’s largest Mid-Day-Meal program provides 108 million children school meals daily to help retention. In the EFA (Education for All) pantheon, of goals, India has added its own resolve to focus on quality education and to understand whether children’s achievements are improving over time in an equitable manner. Three rounds of National Achievement Surveys (NAS) have been completed for class III, V and VIII levels. In the latest NAS report on class III overall Class III Children were able to answer 64% of