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New Indian Express
18 hours ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Gadag leads Karnataka's fight against school dropouts with door-to-door campaign
GADAG: Karnataka has a problem with learning. The state's school dropout rate in secondary education is 22%, way higher than the national average of 14%, according to statistics available for 2023-24. The dropout rate was 1.7% in primary education and 2.7% in upper primary education. Despite constitutional provisions such as Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009, improving the situation is a huge challenge. Now Gadag is living up to that challenge with an admirable initiative, led by Minister for Law and Tourism and Gadag MLA, HK Patil. The town is looking for its missing children. Gadag Deputy Director's Office, Gadag Area Education Officer's Office and Siddalinga Nagar Government High School have jointly organised a campaign 'Come, Come to School, for a Bright Future' from June first week. The aim of the campaign is to bring back school dropouts. Many officials in both urban and rural areas are now looking for students in farms and working sites to convince their parents and children themselves to come back to schools. 'Come, Come to School, for a Bright Future' is a process-driven project. First, the officials and teachers conducted a survey and prepared a list of dropped out students. Then they mapped them as per area, village and wards. Block Education Officers (BEO) roped in Cluster Resource Persons, teachers and headmasters and started visiting houses of dropped out students. They then persuaded the parents to send their wards back to school and convinced them about the fruits of education. Till Saturday, their efforts have brought back 14 students in Gadag town, 11 students in Ron town and eight in Gadag Rural area to schools. The state education department has not yet collated the data since it is only the beginning of the campaign. The students are thrilled to come back to school. Twelve-year-old Chittaranjan (name changed) said: 'We are thankful to the school and the education department for conducting a survey and bringing us back to school. Many students of our age are now coming back after watching us. Consecutive droughts, floods and Covid waves forced many children to quit school. We are happy that this new campaign will bring back many of us back to their schools.'
Hans India
2 days ago
- Hans India
Anti-social elements warned of strict action
Asifabad: SP Patil Kantilal Subhash said that strict action will be taken against anti-social activities in the district. He suggested that the police should work to control crimes. A meeting was held with police officers at the district police office on Friday. Speaking on this occasion, the SP said that the police should be constantly available to the people and give priority to public safety by solving people's problems. He ordered to take steps to control cyber crimes and prohibited drugs. He suggested that policing should be done in a way that reassures the people and strict action should be taken in matters of peace and security. He ordered to take legal action against those who disturb peace and security and those who obstruct police duties. He asked to take strict measures to prevent any undesirable incidents during tomorrow's Bakrid festival. ASP Chittaranjan, Kagaznagar DSP Ramanujam, Special Branch, Task Force Inspector Rana Pratap and others participated in this meeting.
