DEHRADUN: A massive 99% of students enrolled in minority schools in Jharkhand belong to non-minority communities — the highest among all states in the country — followed by Uttarakhand where 88% of pupils in such educational institutions do not belong to a minority community, a report by the National Council for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found.
The report, which was released on Tuesday, found that 62.5% (or more than 63 lakh) of total 1.2 crore students in minority schools across the country belong to non-minority communities. In many states, this percentage went up to over 70%.
Uttarakhand had the second highest population of non-minority students enrolled in minority schools followed by Madhya Pradesh (MP). In the hill state, 88% of students in 67 minority schools — where a total of 69,000 pupils were enrolled — belonged to the non-minority community while in MP, 87% of students in minority schools belonged to the non-minority community. MP had 421 minority schools where slightly over 4 lakh students are enrolled.
Among UTs, 97% of students studying in minority schools in Dadra & Nagar Haveli belonged to non-minority communities followed by Daman & Diu at 85% and Chandigarh at 84%. The findings are part of a nationwide survey of 23,487 minority schools. A minority educational institute is an educational institution established and administered by a member or members of a minority community.
