Udupi: District officials take steps to enrol underprivileged children in schools

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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (UM)

Udupi, Jul 8: In an effort to bring underprivileged children into schools, the district officials led by zilla panchayat CEO Prabhakar Sharma on Monday July 8 paid a suprise visit to Nittur and Beedinagudde areas and conducted inspection.

Sharma was accompanied by officials of the labour department, women and child welfare department, the education department and the social welfare department.

During the visit, the officials interacted with the area residents, chiefly made of labourers, and explained to them the facilities provided by the government to school going children.

A few residents complained that lack of facilities had prevented them from sending their children to school. "There is no conveyance facility and only one auto rickshaw is available, because of which only a few can go to school. Also, in some of the anganvadis, food is not served properly or regularly," they said.

In reponse, Sharma said that their problems will be looked into and appropriate measures will be taken to solve them.

Speaking to reporters, Prabhakar Sharma said that the officials found three school dropouts, and that arrangements will be made to get them back into school.

"The government has provided several facilities like hostel and mid-day meals to children to encourage them to go to school. These were explained to the residents so that more children get enrolled," he said.

In the coming days, the officials will visit other places in the district to identify dropouts and children who have been deprived of education. Efforts will be made to bring maximum number of children into schools, he added.

Ravi Kumar R, Ramachandra H, Prabhakar Achar and other officials were present.