Zero school dropout and eleven PM SHRI schools: how Lakshadweep's education record stands

Background

The tourism trade Regulation now in force for Lakshadweep requires registered guides and operators, and the islands' schooling record is the base it draws on.

The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has placed on record that Lakshadweep's literacy rate is 91.65 per cent and its school dropout rate is zero. Eleven schools in the Union Territory have been selected under PM SHRI, with high-speed internet, computer laboratories and digital libraries.

PM SHRI stands for PM Schools for Rising India, a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Education that upgrades selected existing schools to show how the National Education Policy 2020 can be put into practice.