Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma has been appointed as member of Sub-Committee of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) constituted to devise a pathway for re-engaging out of school children.
The Sub-Committee would submit its report to the Central Government within one year.
Sharma on Friday said that the Committee would identify various reasons for non- enrolment of children in schools, their low attendance and also reasons contributing to school dropout. Besides, it would suggest preventive measures that could be carried out to stop dropping out of children from schools as well as such strategies that would help in re-engaging out of school children, said the Minister.
The Minister said that the 63rd meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education was held under the Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani on August 19 this year, wherein it has been decided to constitute a sub-committee of CABE to devise pathway for re-engaging out of the school children.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha has been appointed as the chairman of the sub-committee.
Sharma said that the Committee would also review current practices or interventions being followed in the states or union territories (UTs) regarding enrolment of children in schools and mainstreaming them in age appropriate classes and compile the best practices followed by states or UTs.
Apart from this, the Committee would review the impact of interventions made by the Government like opening of residential schools or hostels for children and special training for age-appropriate enrolment of out of school children in special training centres, said he.
The sub-committee would also suggest strategies or interventions for out of school children which are relevant and connected to their lives with opportunities for decision making, enhancing their self esteem and creative self- expression. Besides, it would recommend the kind of training teachers or educational bureaucracy or public representatives are required to undergo in order to effectively engage with out of school children.
The sub-committee would hold consultations with all the State Governments, UTs and stakeholders such as Ministries of Women and Child Development, labour, Tribal Affairs, Social and Empowerment, Minority Affairs, etc, added the Minister.