Children at 47 homeless night shelters across Delhi may get a chance at receiving formal education with the government planning an admission drive for children between the ages of six and 14 years.
These night shelters are located in the areas of Kalkaji, Munirka, Kilokari, Dwarka, Sarai Kale Khan and Raja Garden. An official associated with the project said this was the first time such a drive was being conducted.
“These shelter homes are especially for families, children, women, drug addicts, and disabled persons, which is why these shelter homes were selected,” said a senior education department official.
Under a survey conducted by Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan last December, at least 11,306 children in Delhi—aged between 6 to 14—were identified as “out-of-school children”—they had either dropped out of school or were never enrolled in one.
Read more of this in a report by Kainat Sarfaraz published in Hindustan Times...
