Basic education department sends wrong data to govt on kids out of school

Agra | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

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AGRA: The basic education department had sent a wrong report to the state government concerning out-of-school children in Agra district . The matter came to the fore after directorate, basic education released a district-wise list of the out-of-school children.To increase enrollments in state government-run primary schools, the basic education department had launched a special programme, “Sharda- School Har Din Ayein”. I am trying to figure out how a report of 284 children was sent to the state government. A survey conducted by the department had found that more than 1,500 students were not enrolled in any primary schools in 15 blocks of the district. They have been instructed to take personal interest in their enrolment in the new academic session.BSA Anand Prakash Sharma said, “There are more than 1,500 out-of-school children in the district..