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RTE: Focus on out-of-school kids by Tarannum Manjul

Taking the first step towards implementation of the Right to Education in Uttar Pradesh, the state government will identify the ‘out-of-school’ children across 72 districts in the state.

The Education department, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), will launch in August a door-to-door survey to identify the ‘out-of-school’ children in the age group of 6 and 14 years of age.

In rural areas, the process will also include an undertaking by gram pradhans and principals of primary school on the reasons for children not enrolling in the schools. After the survey, the department will initiate the process to enroll all the identified children in eh schools near their homes.

In one of the largest exercises being undertaken in the state for preparing database of the children not enrolled in the schools, the district authorities have already been issued instructions in this regard by the project office of SSA.

To be conducted by teaches of primary and upper-primary schools and Shiksha mitras, the survey will be conducted in rural areas from August 1 to15 and in urban areas from August 8 to 15.

The compilation of the report of the survey will be completed by August 25 and sent to state headquarters by August 30. In first week of September, the second round of the survey will be carried out in urban areas to include those children whose families have migrated to the areas.

“The district officials, including the Basic Shiksha Adhikaris and Assistant Basic Shiksha Adhikaris, have already been given instructions about the project. They are also given the details of the questionnaire through which they would be conducting the survey. Some of them have even visited Allahabad where a model project had been initiated in urban areas with support from UNICEF, ” a senior SSA official said.

The major focus during the survey will be on social, economic and geographical factors forcing the children to remain away from schools.

Brijesh Mishra, Basic Shiksha Adhikari of Allahabad district, said, “Poverty may be a major reason for children dropping out of school, but social reasons like caste bias are also important factors, especially in rural areas. Often, parents are forced to withdraw their wards from schools because they are situated in an area dominated by the upper caste. For girl students, the primary reason for not going or dropping out from a school is the distance. We have been able to look at all these factors and find solutions. More than 500 children have already been enrolled in schools and this survey will help us find more such children.”

District coordinator of the project at Jhansi, Devendra Kushwaha, said migration during distress months is one of the reason for children dropping out of schools in the district.