Karnataka has the highest dropout rate among Muslim students

According to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan survey, Karnataka has the highest dropout rate among Muslim students. On an average, 50,000 students from the community dropout of school each year, a majority of them at the high school level. One of the main reasons for increasing dropouts is that there are 520 Urdu-medium high schools against 2,411 Urdu medium primary schools.