EDMC has the highest dropout rate at 16.3% in 2014-15 and 17.3% in 2015-16. For north corporation, dropout rate increased from 7.7% to 11.7%. It rose marginally from 8% to 8.3% in south corporation schools during the same period. To deal with the problem, a street play group named ‘believe in yourself’ has been hired to perform plays in schools of South Corporation. A senior official of South Corporation said, “The plan is to give extra classes to students of Class 3 to 5.

Source: Hindustan Times August 07, 2017 17:26 UTC