Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), an independent survey was commissioned in July-August 2005 which brought out that 1.34 crore children were out of school in the 6-14 years age group. This figure has reduced to 75.97 lakhs in March, 2007 as per State Government Reports. The State-wise details are in Annexure.
Since, the remaining out of school children constitute "the most difficult to access group", context specific interventions for children who are "hard to reach", such as bridge courses, learning centres with flexible timings, seasonal hostels, home based education, mobile schools, have been taken up under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme. The Government of India has undertaken orientation and capacity building workshops with States/UTs with illustrative case studies of good practices, to encourage State/districts to implement such context specific interventions.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shri M.A.A Fatmi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Source:http://pib.nic.in,11-03-08
