Children joining special schools under Child Labor Project
August 24th, 2007
The following is from a PIB release.
The number of children who have been withdrawn from hazardous jobs and have been admitted to special schools under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme has more than doubled during the last three years. Their number has increased from 1,67,825 in 2004-05 to 3,37,269 in 2006-07. These children in the age group of 9 to 14 years are provided with accelerated bridging education and other benefits like stipend, mid-day meal, vocational training, health check-ups, etc. in special schools for a maximum period of three years to enable them to join regular mainstream education system.
The state-wise details of the children enrolled in special schools under NCLP is as follows:
|
Name of the State |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
49193 |
37882 |
63056 |
|
Assam |
0 |
4750 |
4555 |
|
Bihar |
6500 |
8500 |
8500 |
|
Chhasttisgarh |
5899 |
11639 |
11002 |
|
Gujarat |
0 |
0 |
5650 |
|
Jharkhand |
5700 |
7375 |
8856 |
|
Karnataka |
7339 |
13212 |
13790 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
4091 |
17404 |
19688 |
|
Maharashtra |
2554 |
6615 |
8649 |
|
Orissa |
34679 |
83557 |
33212 |
|
Punjab |
4571 |
4657 |
4308 |
|
Rajasthan |
8706 |
19545 |
39601 |
|
Tamilnadu |
16764 |
17540 |
16522 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
8563 |
34171 |
71479 |
|
West Bengal |
13266 |
17095 |
28401 |
|
Total |
167825 |
283943 |
337269 |
Similarly, the number of children enrolled in special schools under the Indo-US (INDUS) Project has also seen an increase during the last three years as follows:
|
Name of the State |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
7500 |
8528 |
8619 |
|
Maharashtra |
5472 |
7756 |
8080 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
14784 |
16085 |
18355 |
|
Tamilnadu |
7661 |
8584 |
6410 |
|
Delhi |
0 |
0 |
1550 |
|
Total |
34855 |
40953 |
43014 |
Entry Filed under: Colleges,K-12,Special K-12 Schools