However, it appears from the figures that a general fear of the pandemic could also have kept students across various sections of Society from entering the school system, as the biggest drop was seen in new enrolments that take place at the Class I level. The number of students registering for Class I came down by as many as 2,285 students in 2020-21 over the previous year.
In 2020-21, 895 fewer girls and 1,390 fewer boys entered the school system at Class I.
Also, the enrolment in schools show a dip at the primary school level from Classes I to IV across institutes runs by different managements government, aided and private.