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The Karnataka government has drafted a plan to stem school dropouts. Under this visionary scheme to be implemented soon, teachers at all state government schools will be instructed to maintain individual education plans for each student they teach.
The main motive of this project is to encourage dropouts to join schools. The number of dropouts has soared in the state. Data available with the State education department shows that 59.61 per cent of students studying in 1 to 10th standard dropped out of schools during 2003-04. However, their numbers came down to 55. 67 per cent in 2004-05.
The districts located in the north eastern part of Karnataka reported the highest school dropout rates. According to 2001 census, 10.53 lakh students in the age group between 6 and 14 had dropped out of schools. The survey report of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) claimed that in the academic year 2009-10, about 1,08,542 children aged between 7 and 13 years gave up their studies. The state education department and scholars are alarmed by the high dropout rates. They want to bring this to an end and hence this scheme is being unrolled. However, some intellectuals are not happy with the way the government is tackling the whole issue.
The education expert and head of Karnataka Research and Development in primary education, Dr. S.N. Hunachagi, said: 'Dropout rate is alarmingly high. The government wants us to believe that it is decreasing, but that is not the case. The education department should unroll projects to address the issue. Till now the department has done no ground work. Most of the projects are only on papers. That is why results have been poor.'
However, some senior officials don't agree with Hunachagi. They argue that this time the government is serious in handling the issue. Teachers have also been asked to study students' socioeconomic background, including their cast, mother tongue, religion, family income and occupation, number of siblings' etc. But the full status of the project is hazy. 'Right now we are discussing the project. If anything concrete happens we will come out with details,' said K.R. Shashidhar, Commissioner for Public Instruction department.
It is yet not known whether teachers burdened with extra works like surveys and other departmental and governmental works as elections and census will be able to carry out this arduous task. Will they be able to maintain individual records of every student?
'It is not that much difficult to do as we are already maintaining records of every student. We know our students individually and sometimes we do meet their parents to discuss students' educational performances. Yes, we have to work hard and do overtime work to maintain and update each student's record. We may find it hard at the beginning but we will get used to it. If this project will help decrease the dropout rates we are ready to spend some more time on it,' says Ramaswamy, Head master, government lower primary school Chamadihalli, Karnataka.
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The Karnataka government has drafted a plan to stem school dropouts. Under this visionary scheme to be implemented soon, teachers at all state government schools will be instructed to maintain individual education plans for each student they teach.
The main motive of this project is to encourage dropouts to join schools. The number of dropouts has soared in the state. Data available with the State education department shows that 59.61 per cent of students studying in 1 to 10th standard dropped out of schools during 2003-04. However, their numbers came down to 55. 67 per cent in 2004-05.
The districts located in the north eastern part of Karnataka reported the highest school dropout rates. According to 2001 census, 10.53 lakh students in the age group between 6 and 14 had dropped out of schools. The survey report of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) claimed that in the academic year 2009-10, about 1,08,542 children aged between 7 and 13 years gave up their studies. The state education department and scholars are alarmed by the high dropout rates. They want to bring this to an end and hence this scheme is being unrolled. However, some intellectuals are not happy with the way the government is tackling the whole issue.
The education expert and head of Karnataka Research and Development in primary education, Dr. S.N. Hunachagi, said: 'Dropout rate is alarmingly high. The government wants us to believe that it is decreasing, but that is not the case. The education department should unroll projects to address the issue. Till now the department has done no ground work. Most of the projects are only on papers. That is why results have been poor.'
However, some senior officials don't agree with Hunachagi. They argue that this time the government is serious in handling the issue. Teachers have also been asked to study students' socioeconomic background, including their cast, mother tongue, religion, family income and occupation, number of siblings' etc. But the full status of the project is hazy. 'Right now we are discussing the project. If anything concrete happens we will come out with details,' said K.R. Shashidhar, Commissioner for Public Instruction department.
It is yet not known whether teachers burdened with extra works like surveys and other departmental and governmental works as elections and census will be able to carry out this arduous task. Will they be able to maintain individual records of every student?
'It is not that much difficult to do as we are already maintaining records of every student. We know our students individually and sometimes we do meet their parents to discuss students' educational performances. Yes, we have to work hard and do overtime work to maintain and update each student's record. We may find it hard at the beginning but we will get used to it. If this project will help decrease the dropout rates we are ready to spend some more time on it,' says Ramaswamy, Head master, government lower primary school Chamadihalli, Karnataka.
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