India, March 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In a significant step towards realising the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 and strengthening the foundations of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, as articulated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Government of India, is set to launch a nationwide drive to identify and enrol out-of-school and dropout children.
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 sets a target of achieving 100% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) from pre-school to secondary level by 2030. However, according to the annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24, nearly 2 crore children aged 14-18 years are not attending s...