This table is a percentage-wise breakdown of male and female children, of rural and urban schools, who dropped their studies during six years starting from 1991.

To begin with rural males, there was a regular upward spiral in the first three years. It was 6,7,8 respectively, and it recorded the all time high rate,14, in 1994.  But the final two years saw a declining pattern, from 14 to 11 and then to seven. However, the figures of their urban counterparts show contrasts. The rate was two times less in 1991 and 1992, but it was six in 1993. However, the downward spiral followed dropped it to two percent in 1996.

Moving on to urban females, the figures were higher in rural than in urban. But over the years, say in the 1991-93 stretch, there was constant decline from 10 to eight, but it went up by four percent in 1994. Interestingly, the final two years kept the figures in tact, seven. The corresponding figures for the urban schools showed a rise from six to eight, in1991-93 period, but it fell down to two in 1996.

That is the end of the report.