Classrooms are humming again: Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan in Orissa still not showing progress
May 30th, 2007
Financial Express probes the efficacy of big spending of UPA in last three years in primary education in the hinterland of the country.Â
It says the Orissa state government has created an online database of all the 98 lakh children between the 1-14 years age group.
It continues on saying that the Orissa state government wants to use Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan to enroll all children between 6-14 years of age in schools but this attempt, many say, has failed. But nothing is hunky dory. To make matters worse, students enroll and drop out after obtaining scholarships, a problem which is acute in districts like Kalahandi. Moreover, attendance is as low as 30 to 50% in most schools and the school dropout rate is as high as 50%, according to various estimates.
The government must choose alternative way like establishing primary school in every village which has more than 250 populations in hinterland such as KBK (where many villages are located in deep forest).Â
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