Survey finds 11,000 children between 6 and 14 aren’t in school

Survey finds 11,000 children between 6 and 14 aren’t in school

News:

Survey under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has identified 11,306 out-of-school children between the ages of 6 and 14 in the capital.

Important News:

• According to the latest U-DISE statistics from 2016-17, the number of children enrolled in school education in Delhi between classes I and VIII was 26,19,409.
• Total number of out-of-school children in the age category 6-10 is 8,404, and in the category 11-14 is 2,902.
• The number of boys identified as being out of school is higher than girls.
• The district-wise break-up shows that the highest number of out-of-school children (1,981) were in Northwest. This covers areas such as Jahangirpuri, Bhalswa, Azadpur, Narela, Bawana and Holambi Kalan.
• Districts with high numbers have a sizeable number of resettlement colonies, and a large population pressure on a limited number of schools.

Steps Taken:

• Arrangement for special Training Centres to provide bridge courses.
• Aadhaar based enrolment is being carried out for identified children to better monitoring.

About Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

• The Union Budget, 2018-19, has proposed to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12 under the scheme.
• The Scheme will be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme by the Department through a single State Implementation Society (SIS) at the State/UT leve
• It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).

The major objectives of the Scheme

• Quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students
• Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education
• Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education
• Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions
• Promoting Vocationalisation of education
• Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009