Haryana government devises a new mechanism to provide education and employment to children

• 25 Oct 2022

Why in news?

• On October 23, 2022, a spokesperson of the Haryana government said that the state government has devised a new mechanism from providing education to providing employment opportunities to children.

Imp points

• Under this, the data of citizens collected in the family identity card has been divided into 6 classes according to the age group.
• Each category has been entrusted to a department. Each department will provide benefits of all the schemes and services like education, health and employment etc. according to the age group as well as keep a complete record of them.
• The state government has prepared this mechanism to ensure all-round development and welfare of every citizen with emphasis on education, health, security, self-respect and self-reliance.
• According to the action plan, the responsibility of children up to the age of 6 years has been entrusted to the Women and Child Development Department. The department will pay special attention to the elementary education and nutrition of these children.
• Also, the department will also keep tracking of every child whether that child is going home, anganwadi or school till the age of 6 years and whether he is getting the necessary nutritious food.
• Apart from this, the state government is also constantly emphasizing on setting up crutches for the day-care of children.
• If children get good nutrition and education in the beginning, then their foundation will be strong and they will move forward in a positive direction in life.
• School education is more important than elementary education. Therefore, with the vision that no child should be deprived of education, now the School Education Department will take care of children in the age group of 6 years to 18 years.
• As per the instructions of Chief Minister Manohar Lal, the School Education Department is preparing a dropout policy to reduce the dropout rate, under which the department will provide education to every child as well as keep special tracking of the children dropping out of school, so that the dropout rate can be reduced.
• The department will have data of each child whether he is studying in school or ITI or any other institution.
• With this strategy, the state government will have complete information about each child and if for any reason a child is dropped out of the educational institution, then the government will try to bring that child back to the educational institution.
• At the same time, after getting education, there is a big problem of employment in front of the youth. The state government has now entrusted the responsibility to the departments to help the youth in this direction.
• Children in the age group of 18 years to 24 years have been entrusted with the responsibility of the Higher Education Department and the employment department has been entrusted with the responsibility of the age group above 25 years. These departments will also emphasize on the employment of the youth as well as their skill development.
• By providing skill training along with education, the department will not only make the youth employable, but will also be a coordinator in providing employment to the youth in the private sector by establishing contact with industrial units.
• For all these activities, the family identity card authority will send data to these departments every month.
• It is noteworthy that the data of 70 lakh families and 2.80 crore members of the state has been updated on the Family Identity Card portal. Verification of caste, date of birth, income of maximum families has been completed.