MEERUT: The Uttar Pradesh government has released Rs 6.81 crore– as a first installment – for the ‘out of school’ students who are undergoing special classes so as to bring them on par with other school going children. These 20,198 students will be given Rs 4500 each during their stay in the school.These ‘out of school’ children are those kids who have never been to school or forced to drop their studies midway due to some circumstances. These children were identified across the state after a house-to-house survey was done by the education department “Under the Right to Education Act, 2009, it is mandatory to provide education to children in the age group of 6-14 years. In this backdrop, out of school students were identified and enrolled in the schools. To provide these out of school children education, the government has released the first installment of the total funds i.e. Rs 6.81 crore. This is the 75% of the total funds and the remaining 25% will be released depending on the actual number of students who turn up to school,” read the order issued by state project director Vedpati Mishra.The order further states that these students will be gauged for their education level and will be given admission in different classes depending on their levels. Once the special training of the kids is completed, they will start studying in the same classes with their counterparts.According to the order, maximum number of out of school students was reported from Mirzapur (1,511).

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