ओडिसा के 30% बच्चे क्लास नहीं अटेंड कर रहे ?

30% students in Odisha not attending schools 

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Education Dept. fears they may have lost interest in studies or shifted places

16/05/2022 

After the loss of two back-to-back academic sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, about 30% students are now found not attending schools in primary, secondary and higher secondary classes in Odisha.

The disturbing trend came to the fore when the State government reopened schools after normalcy was restored and started checking attendance sheets.

“On an analysis of the daily attendance figure provided by the District Education Officers,

🍅 it is seen that about 70% students are attending the classes. 

🍅attendance in Classes I to V in case of districts like Malkangiri, Boudh, Gajapati, Sambalpur and Nuapada is less than the State average,”

 said Bishnupada Sethi, School and Mass Education (SME) Secretary.

🍅 students not attending classes despite the government making provisions for midday meal and implementing learning recovery plan.

In order to compensate the learning loss, the

 🍅State government has curtailed summer vacation and rescheduled school timings from 6.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. 

🍅The programme is being tracked from block level.

“Similarly, in case of attendance for ClassesVI to VIII

 the performance of districts like Malkangiri, Boudh, Sambalpur, Nuapada is also less than the State average,” says the analysis.

As per the SME Department, in the secondary wing, the performance of districts

like Gajapati, Balangir, Bargarh, Sonepur, Nuapada, Cuttack, Khordha, Koraput, Ganjam, Boudh, Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Sambalpur is behind the State average.

The overall attendance in higher secondary classes 

is abysmally low in Gajapati, Sonepur, Baragarh, Kandhamal and Nuapada which is a matter of concern.

Reason

🍅“It may so happen that these students might have dropped out

 🍅or moved out along with their parents or

🍅 lost interest in academic activities, which needs to be studied,” said Mr. Sethi.

🍅It is observed that many students passing out from Class VIII are not taking readmission in Class IX.

Counting

If the 30% absentees are extrapolated, the number of students not coming to schools could be in the range of 20 lakh.

The Education Department has asked field functionaries to conduct a micro-level survey at the school-level to find out the students who are not coming to school.

Source the hindu