Survey finds 643 school dropouts in Chamrajanagar district | Mysuru News – Times of India

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MYSURU: As many as 634 children between the ages of 6 and 14 have remained out of school. This alarming fact came to light during a survey conducted on school dropouts by the education department in Chamarajanagar district.
Migration and the death of parents have been identified as the primary causes of dropouts.
In the district, which is identified as a back ward region, poverty, distance from schools, and parents’ attitudes towards their children’s education are also determinants of children’s failure to attend school.
The majority of the dropouts engaged in household work and assisted with farm activities as many of their parents were migrant labourers. A few dropouts appeared to be disinterested in studying.
Of the 634 dropouts, a majority of them were boys – 403 and the remaining 231 were girls. Most of them are at higher primary school level. The highest number of 252 dropouts was found in Chamarajanagar taluk and city, followed by Gundlupet -135, Hanur -128, Kollegal – 70 and Yelandur – 49. The survey was conducted between December 3 and January 5 of this year in 21 education clusters.
The survey was conducted by assistant teachers under the guidance of their headmasters in their education clusters.
Parents counselled
STOI was told by Chamarajanagar deputy director of public instruction Manjunath that the department has made all efforts to bring back the dropouts to the school education system by ensuring their admissions to the nearest school, enrolling them in residential institutions, providing them with hostel facilities, and drawing their migrant parents’ attention to the importance of education.
C Mahadeva, Chamarajanagar Soliga Tribal Welfare Association vice president and social activist told STOI: “Though the government provides free and compulsory education for all children between six and 14 years old, uniforms, textbooks, even milk and mid-day meals, admissions to the nearest school, even making all other arrangements, the government must increase efforts like counseling school dropouts as well as their parents to send their wards to school to end the dropout rate.”

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