Government schools in Haryana have seen a 25% increase in overall enrolment in the 2021-22 academic session, data sourced from the Education department shows.
This, officials said, was the highest enrolment in government schools in the past five years a reflection of the effect the pandemic and the lockdown had on the education system that forced many private schools to shut down and parents with lost livelihoods to pull out their children from institutions they could no longer afford.
While 20 lakh students had taken admissions in government schools in the last academic year, the number increased to 25 lakh this time. When enrolment had started in July this year, the education department boasted of over 2 lakh new admissions and projected that the number would increase over the next few months as admissions were still open.
Gurgaon was on the fifth spot in terms of overall enrolment. Admissions to government schools in the district rose from 1.2 lakh students in 2020 to around 1.5 lakh this time, an increase of 20%.