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.
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