School enrolment from Classes I to VII dropped by around 3,000 during the academic year 2020-21, which was the first school year after the Covid-19pandemichit. From Classes I to IV, enrolment was down by over 2,700 since the previous academic year 2019-20, and students studying from Classes V to VII reduced by 512, as per the directorate of educations (DoE) educational statistics at a glance for the year.After the first lockdown was imposed in 2020 to control the spread of Covid-19, the state saw an exodus of migrants employed in Goa. This could be one contributing factor to the sudden drop in enrolment during the year 2020-21.

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.