The hubbub of children started in schools of the State with the beginning of new academic year from Monday. The one-month State-wide school enrolment festival, organised by the State Government, has also started from today.
According to an official press Statement issued here on Monday, during the school enrolment festival, a campaign would be launched to enroll the non-enrolled and school drop-out children of the age group of 6-14 years in appropriate classes in schools, as per their age.
On the first day of the school enrolment festival on Monday, the newly admitted children were welcomed by applying Gulal on their forehead and they have been given special food under the midday meal scheme. Sports events and cultural programmes along with the distribution of free text books have been organised in the schools.
At the school enrolment festival organised on the Government higher secondary school premises at Patna village of Baikuntpur development block in Korea district on Monday, health and family welfare and in-charge minister of Korea, Amar Agrawal welcomed 50 children by applying Tilak on them.
The minister distributed text books and bags to the students. Parliamentary secretary Bhaiyalal Rajwade, Manendragarh MlA Deepak Patel, Bharatpur MlA Phulchand Singh and other peoples’ representatives were present on the occasion. School enrolment festival has been organised in other districts of the State also.
Every year, the State Government has been organizing school enrolment festival across the State at the beginning of the new academic year, in which a campaign is launched to join children eligible for school enrolment with education. Before beginning of the festival a list is prepared after survey of children of the age group of 6 to 14 years at all the settlements and the parents are encouraged to send their children to school.