Indian Express 22.06.2010
Enrollment drive soon in urban schools
Express News Service Tags : enrollment drive Posted: Tue Jun 22 2010, 06:43 hrs
Ahmedabad: After the completion of the eighth statewide annual school enrollment campaign in rural areas, called ‘Shala Praveshotsav’, on June 19, the state government will initiate ‘Swarnim Gujarat Shala Praveshotsav’ and ‘Kanya Kelavni’ campaigns in urban areas during June 24-26.In all, 5,26,044 children in the 5-plus age group were enrolled in standard one in the primary schools during the campaign from June 17 to 19. They included 2,52,66 girls and 273,378 girls. In addition, 5,092 children were readmitted after they had left school for some reason or the other.
The campaign was launched eight years back, along with ‘Kanya Kelavni’ drive to enroll girl children and ‘Gunotsav’ to help weak students to improve their performance.
During the campaign, the state administration led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Education Minister Ramanlal Vora and Minister of State for Education Jaysinh Chauhan, covered some villages in the remotest parts of the state.
The drive also resulted in enrollment of 305,908 children, including 158,277 girls and 147,631 boys, in the pre-school playgroup called ‘Anganwadi-Balmandir’.
Also, as an instance of public-private participation, individuals and institutions donated Rs 8.95 crore to the ‘Kanya Kelavni’ Fund, while ‘Vidya Laxmi’ Bonds were distributed among 77,313 girls.
