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Out-of-school children
According to the 2001 census, 8.5 crore children are out of school in India. However, latest figures from the Human Resource Development Ministry put the number at 80 lakh. This disparity is because the government has been trying to divide the children into two sections.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, every year around 65,000 children fall victim to trafficking. Only 10% of such cases are registered with the police. Officially, therefore, only 6,500 children are trafficking victims. Besides this, around 1.20 crore children are involved in child labour (2001 census), keeping them out of school.
One of the sections into which the government has tried to divide out-of-school children is those who have never enrolled in school. But here the question arises: if these children have never been enrolled in school how have they been counted? By which agency? And what was the methodology adopted?
The second section includes children who have dropped out of school. Children who do not attend school for three months are considered to have dropped out. In some states the period is 15 days; in others it's one month.
Taking these two sections together, the total number of out-of-school children is around 80 lakh. Nevertheless, the disparity between the figures of the two departments -- a drop from around 8 crore to 80 lakh -- is nothing short of magic! And even if the 80 lakh figure is correct, it's still a huge number and the children are not out of school because of choice. To believe that the RTE Act will magically put all such kids into classrooms would be naïve.
Some states have claimed that there has been a jump of 120% in school admissions. This has to be taken with a pinch of salt. The 2011 census will make the picture clearer.
A recent survey under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme in Rajasthan found that 12 lakh children were out of school. Of these, 7.13 lakh children were girls and the rest were boys. Other states must carry out similar studies.
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