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APSC Answer Writing (Daily) based on Assam Tribune – 04/09/2025

For APSC CCE and other Assam Competitive examinations aspirants, practicing Daily Answer Writing is vital. This blog covers the most important Main question and its model Answer from the Assam Tribune today (04-09-2025).

📝 Mains Question (GS Paper 2/5)

“The recent decline in dropout rates in Assam reflects the effectiveness of policy reforms, but challenges of quality and inclusivity remain. Discuss.” (10/15 marks, 150–250 words)

✍️ Model Answer

🔹 Introduction

Education is a key enabler of human capital and social mobility. The UDISE+ 2024–25 data highlights Assam’s significant progress in reducing dropout rates across primary, secondary, and senior secondary levels, reflecting successful interventions under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, digital monitoring tools, and improved infrastructure.

🔹 Body

1. Significance of the Decline

Access & Retention: Dropout rates fell to 3.8% (primary), 5% (upper primary), and 17.5% (secondary).
Gender Parity: Functional girls’ toilets in 99% schools encourage adolescent girls’ retention.
Increased Transition Rates: More students moving from primary to secondary and beyond.
Digital Interventions: Shiksha Setu app and AI-based attendance monitoring improved accountability.

2. Challenges that Persist

Learning Outcomes: ASER surveys show large learning gaps despite higher enrolment.
Infrastructure Deficits: ~20,000 schools lack boundary walls, affecting safety.
Socio-economic Barriers: Poverty, child labour, and early marriage still push vulnerable groups out.
Teacher Shortages: Uneven pupil-teacher ratios, especially in rural and tea-garden areas.
Digital Divide: AI-based systems need electricity and devices not uniformly available.

3. Way Forward

Strengthen Foundational Literacy: Implement NIPUN Bharat rigorously to ensure quality.
Bridge Infrastructure Gaps: Prioritise safe buildings, boundary walls, digital access.
Targeted Schemes: Scholarships, bicycles, and hostels for girls and tribal students.
Community Participation: Empower School Management Committees (SMCs) to monitor progress.
Periodic Data Transparency: Publish real-time dropout dashboards to ensure accountability.

🔹 Conclusion

The decline in dropout rates marks a turning point for Assam’s education sector, proving that sustained reforms and technology-driven governance can yield results. The next frontier lies in ensuring quality and inclusivity, without which the gains in enrolment may not translate into meaningful human development.

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