Work is Being Done on the Zero Dropout Policy in Haryana

• 11 Apr 2023

Why in News?

On 9 April 2023, Haryana's School Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the zero dropout policy is being worked out to bring every child in the state through education to the mainstream of the country so that by the next year no dropout can be found in the state.

Key Points

• School Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that about 48 lakh children in the age group of 6 to 18 years are being tracked to know the status of education for the policy of zero dropouts.
• The Education Minister said that a National Education Policy has been prepared to provide education to children with values, which has been targeted to be implemented across the country by 2030 but it will be fully implemented in Haryana by 2025.
• He informed that under the Pradhan Mantri School for Rising India (PM-Shri) scheme, two schools each i.e. a total of 270 PM-Shri schools will be opened in 135 blocks of the state by next year. There will be model schools in every block and children will be given education in these schools according to the National Education Policy.
• He said that along with five S i.e. education, health, security, self-reliance and self-respect, good governance was also added in Haryana, which has yielded positive results in the last more than eight years. For the first time in the country, five and a half lakh tablets were distributed to the students of classes X to XII to connect the children of government schools with technology.
• Referring to another important cluster scheme to develop the system of education in Haryana, he said that a cluster has been formed in every four-five villages of the state, in which there will be a senior secondary school where along with the studies of all the three faculties-Arts, Science and Commerce, the skills of the children will also be developed for self-employment.
• Similarly, 150 new buses have also been purchased under the Chhapsu (Student Transport Security) scheme to make the movement of girl students to educational institutions safe and a nodal officer was also appointed in every institute for the transportation of girl students.