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Understandable to see why school headmasters across community barriers are singing Nitish praises. Under Laloo, schools in Bihar held a different record.

Out-of-school children highest among Muslims in India: Survey
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>The report said over 30 percent of rural Muslim children in Bihar were out of school</span>, followed by around 17 percent in Jharkhand, 13 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 11 percent in West Bengal.

Of the 13.5 million children, 7.8 million were between six to ten years old (the official age group for primary school in majority of the states), accounting for 6.1 percent of the age group.

About 32 percent of the out-of-school children were reported to have been enrolled but dropped out later, while 68 percent had never enrolled, the report said.

The figure is 7.8 percent in rural areas against 4.3 percent in urban areas, the report said.

In urban areas, the figures for boys and girls are similar while in rural areas, it is 6.8 percent for boys and 9.1 percent for girls.

Among the various sections, <b>Muslims top the list with 10 percent followed by 9.5 percent for Schedule Tribes, 8.2 percent for Scheduled Castes and 6.9 percent for Other Backward Castes. </b>

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Statewise, Bihar has 17 percent (3.2 million) of the children out of school </span>followed by 10.9 percent in Jharkhand, 8.9 percent in Assam, 8.7 percent in West Bengal, 8.6 percent in Madhya Pradesh, 8.2 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 6.9 percent in Rajasthan.

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