Creating awareness: A rally on value of education being taken out in Cuddalore on Friday.
CUDDALORE:
Collector P. Seetharaman flagged off an awareness rally here on “free and compulsory education for children” on Friday. Around 2,000 students from 16 schools participated.
The rally began at Thirupadiripuliyur and culminated at the Anna Stadium here, where the students took an oath. Mr. Seetharaman said that the rally was aimed at creating awareness of the ‘Right of children to free and compulsory education Act,' which stipulated that all children in the 6-14 age group should be put in school. Last year, as many as 1,398 ‘out of school children' were identified in the district and linked to the mainstream through various modes. These children were identified through assessments made by the block resource teacher educators, numbering 212, deployed in villages. The children were being classified into three categories — dropouts, those who never enrolled and those who migrated. Dropouts were mainly owing to poverty, aversion to studies, family problem, etc.
While generally the dropout rate and ‘never enrolled' status were higher among girls in other districts, in Cuddalore, boys outnumbered girls. Mr. Seetharaman said that this was mainly owing to the feeling that boys should help their parents in earning for the family. He said that the dropout situation seemed to be a recurring phenomenon and this year, as many as 1,548 ‘out of school children' had been identified. However, awareness of the need for education was on the rise owing to publicity, peer pressure and the urge to improve the standard of living, he added.
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