MYSORE: SarvaShikshaAbhiyan's web-based Child Tracking System
(CTS) to monitor the progress of students, who once dropped out of
school, is proving to be good tool to improve their schooling.
The system, put in place in the district in June last year, has helped
the department of public instruction keep track of the drop-outs and
bring them back to schools.
Earlier, the information was
documented in paper. But now, the related information is put into the
system for online tracking. The database of drop-outs, who are brought back to school,
and those on potential drop-outs, is updated by clusters in every taluk
of the district. The drop-outs' details, complete with their name,
parents' name, date of birth and photo, is uploaded.
Speaking
to TOI, an assistant project co-ordinator said that there were chances
of duplication of information earlier. "But not now, once they are
brought back to school, their attendance and other information is
monitored based on the inputs given by the schools to their respective
clusters."
According to a survey of education department, 1,763
children were found out of the school in the beginning of 2012-13. Out
of them, 1,244 have been brought back and admitted to Chinnara Tangudana
and other residential schools, where there being given special
training.
DDPI B K Basavaraj said that the system has helped
them keep track of each drop-out. "We can give extra care on drop-outs
and make sure that they do not leave school again, and be deprived of
education," he added.
How does CTS work
There are 173 clusters in the district, with 10 schools coming under
each cluster. Each Cluster Resource Person is given unique account and
password and (s)he uploads the information of children online in SSA
website link. This can be viewed by higher authorities.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Children's health in the district gets a boost!!
MYSORE: Mysore ZP's
measures to boost children's health - by spending Rs 11.54 crore -- have
shown positive results in the district.
To ensure nutritious food to children in the district, the ZP had been providing them green sprouts, kadle kayi husli, groundnut and jaggery, milk and boiled egg. This apart, pregnant women and nursing mothers coming under the jurisdiction of anganwadis are also being provided with 0.5kg of tur dal. When the scheme was started seven months ago, there were 1,647 malnourished children in anganwadi centres, while their number has now come down to 1,510.
N R Vijay, deputy director of women and child welfare department, said: "For 1,510 malnourished children, boiled egg is given for four days and milk for six days in a week. We want to bring down the number of malnourished children."
The initiative to supplement children's diet with boiled egg or milk was started in October in last year. A special health check-up camp for malnourished children is also conducted every month. The weight of each child is checked on the fifth of every month.
Speaking about the outcome of the ZP initiative, Kalavathi, teacher at Kukkaralli anganwadi centre, said: "Children have become healthy, and have gained weight. Even the number of admissions to our centre has increased."
By December 2012, around 1.93 lakh people were benefitted. The programme aims at providing nutritious food to children and pregnant women through 2,658 centres and 169 mini-anganwadi centres in the district.
Nagaratna Ravishankar, mother of two-and-a-half-year-old Darshan R, said that she is seeing an improvement in him. "It is essential to provide nutritious food to them at this age. I'm happy that my child is getting it daily".
Under 'Bala Sanjeevini' scheme of the department, each child is entitled for Rs 35,000 for treatment and surgery
To ensure nutritious food to children in the district, the ZP had been providing them green sprouts, kadle kayi husli, groundnut and jaggery, milk and boiled egg. This apart, pregnant women and nursing mothers coming under the jurisdiction of anganwadis are also being provided with 0.5kg of tur dal. When the scheme was started seven months ago, there were 1,647 malnourished children in anganwadi centres, while their number has now come down to 1,510.
N R Vijay, deputy director of women and child welfare department, said: "For 1,510 malnourished children, boiled egg is given for four days and milk for six days in a week. We want to bring down the number of malnourished children."
The initiative to supplement children's diet with boiled egg or milk was started in October in last year. A special health check-up camp for malnourished children is also conducted every month. The weight of each child is checked on the fifth of every month.
Speaking about the outcome of the ZP initiative, Kalavathi, teacher at Kukkaralli anganwadi centre, said: "Children have become healthy, and have gained weight. Even the number of admissions to our centre has increased."
By December 2012, around 1.93 lakh people were benefitted. The programme aims at providing nutritious food to children and pregnant women through 2,658 centres and 169 mini-anganwadi centres in the district.
Nagaratna Ravishankar, mother of two-and-a-half-year-old Darshan R, said that she is seeing an improvement in him. "It is essential to provide nutritious food to them at this age. I'm happy that my child is getting it daily".
Under 'Bala Sanjeevini' scheme of the department, each child is entitled for Rs 35,000 for treatment and surgery
Good Going Girls
MYSORE: Over the years,
the drop-out rate of schoolgirls in 11-14 age group has declined in
Karnataka, while it has increased at the national level.
According to Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a survey conducted by NGO Pratham in rural areas, the rate was 8% in 2006, while it came down to 3.8% in 2012. In Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the proportion of out-of-school girls has increased from 8.9% and 9.7% to over 11%.
N R Vijay, deputy director of women and child welfare department, said: "Even illiterate parents want their child to get education. With Sarva Shiksa Abhiyan, distribution of bicycles and mid-day meal, there has been a rise in the number of admissions."
Notably, the enrolment of children in 6-14 age group has improved from 97.2% in 2011 to 98.1% in 2012. At the national level, the rate is over 96%. Enrolment in private schools is also steadily rising in the country. Since 2009, the figure in rural areas has risen to 10%. In Karnataka, it has increased from 20% in 2011 to 21.91% in 2012.
Vijay pointed out that there is an increase in the enrollment of children in private schools, because parents prefer private schools. "They have a wrong notion that child gets better education only in private schools," he added.
But according to the findings of ASER, government school children in class V who can read class II textbooks has increased to 47.2 pc while it has decreased to 54.6 pc in private schools.
Barring Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, every other major state has shown signs of substantial drop in arithmetic learning skills. In Karnataka, children in Class V who can solve division problems has increased from 19.6% (2011) to 19.9% (2012).
In Karnataka, 49% of children in Class VIII can read simple sentences in English. In India, only 47% can read English sentences, and 60% of them could translate it to their mother tongue.
The survey also reveals that the ability to solve arithmetic problems has increased among students who attended private tuitions than those who did not. The number of children attending private tuitions has increased to 29% in Karnataka.
Moreover, the facilities at schools have improved over time. The pupil-teacher ratio in the state is 83.2% as per RTE norms. The number of useable toilets for girl students in school has increased to 54% in 2012. In the country, 80% of the schools visited have separate provision for girls' toilet.
Pratham (Mysore) CEO A Sheshadri said that the report, a citizens' audit, will be submitted to Planning Commission for further assessment and to bring improvements.
According to Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a survey conducted by NGO Pratham in rural areas, the rate was 8% in 2006, while it came down to 3.8% in 2012. In Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the proportion of out-of-school girls has increased from 8.9% and 9.7% to over 11%.
N R Vijay, deputy director of women and child welfare department, said: "Even illiterate parents want their child to get education. With Sarva Shiksa Abhiyan, distribution of bicycles and mid-day meal, there has been a rise in the number of admissions."
Notably, the enrolment of children in 6-14 age group has improved from 97.2% in 2011 to 98.1% in 2012. At the national level, the rate is over 96%. Enrolment in private schools is also steadily rising in the country. Since 2009, the figure in rural areas has risen to 10%. In Karnataka, it has increased from 20% in 2011 to 21.91% in 2012.
Vijay pointed out that there is an increase in the enrollment of children in private schools, because parents prefer private schools. "They have a wrong notion that child gets better education only in private schools," he added.
But according to the findings of ASER, government school children in class V who can read class II textbooks has increased to 47.2 pc while it has decreased to 54.6 pc in private schools.
Barring Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, every other major state has shown signs of substantial drop in arithmetic learning skills. In Karnataka, children in Class V who can solve division problems has increased from 19.6% (2011) to 19.9% (2012).
In Karnataka, 49% of children in Class VIII can read simple sentences in English. In India, only 47% can read English sentences, and 60% of them could translate it to their mother tongue.
The survey also reveals that the ability to solve arithmetic problems has increased among students who attended private tuitions than those who did not. The number of children attending private tuitions has increased to 29% in Karnataka.
Moreover, the facilities at schools have improved over time. The pupil-teacher ratio in the state is 83.2% as per RTE norms. The number of useable toilets for girl students in school has increased to 54% in 2012. In the country, 80% of the schools visited have separate provision for girls' toilet.
Pratham (Mysore) CEO A Sheshadri said that the report, a citizens' audit, will be submitted to Planning Commission for further assessment and to bring improvements.
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