{
  "id": 742700,
  "title": "Nearly 73% Students Drop Out Before Higher Secondary, Parliamentary Panel Flags Alarming School Shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/nearly-73-students-drop-out-before-higher-secondary-parliamentary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T06:23:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/nearly-73-students-drop-out-before-higher-secondary-parliamentary-panel-flags-alarming-school-shortage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has flagged a \"drastic decline\" in the number of schools and students as education level rises, noting that nearly 73 per cent students drop out before finishing higher secondary. ‘Maharashtra Should Have Taken This Stand Years Ago’: MNS Leader Amit Thackeray Reacts To Tamil Nadu’s NEET Abolition Resolution The recommendation is part of the Tenth Report…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}