Meerut: With the School Chalo Abhiyan (an initiative to enroll as many students as possible in primary and upper primary schools) failing to show considerable results in Uttar Pradesh as enrolment of students in as many as 50 districts out of the total 75 districts have dropped in comparison with last year. Taking cognizance, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan authorities have instructed for the identification of out-of-school children, aiming to improve the enrolment of the students in schools.“Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, it is the right of children in the age group of 6-14 years to gain education. However, many students still remain uneducated. In this backdrop, a household survey should be conducted in rural and urban areas such that no student in the age bracket of 6-14 years remains out of school,” read the order issued by Vedpati Mishra, state project director.The out-of-school students are being identified so as to ensure 100% student enrolment and to see that no child in the age group of 6-14 years remains out of school.The worst performing district is Sitapur, which enrolled 3.83 lakh students in 2017-18, but settled at 3.53 lakh students in 2018-19, creating a gap of 30,108 students. Following Sitapur is Pratapgarh, which recorded a difference of 21,761 students. Bareilly recorded a difference of 19,788 students and Gonda recorded a gap of 19,489.“The identification of out-of-school students should be done by means of a household survey such that the drive continues till August 25 and no student is left out of school,” read Mishra’s order.In 2017-18, as many as 1.54 crore students were enrolled in primary and upper primary schools. However, in 2018-19 until August 1, just 1.51 crore students have been enrolled, seeing a dip of 3.20 lakh students in comparison with previous year.

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