Edu dept focuses on school dropouts

The education department in Karnataka is conducting a survey of out-of-school children and those who were never enrolled in school across the state. The department found that 64003 children were out of school for the 2022-23 academic year for this reason, and decided to conduct an extensive survey until January 5. All steps will be taken to get these children enrolled in school, including conducting surveys in district taluk clusters and residential areas. The department has found 375 children who never joined any school and 216 children who took transfer certificates before Covid19 and did not get admission in any school in the district. The department has formed teams to find out about these children. A source said that the Samagra Shikshan Karnataka's Yojana Director asked for the survey.