Aiming at bringing underprivileged children in its education fold, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation will launch an over fortnight-long enrolment campaign for them, starting tomorrow, the SDMC today said.
The campaign 'Neev' will include such children aged between 6 and 14, who will be enrolled in the SDMC's schools.
The children will be identified through a door-to-door survey in the areas under the SDMC's jurisdiction, Chairman of Education Committee, Ashish Sood said.
Under this campaign, teachers of the SDMC schools will take initiatives for the admission of children in nearby schools and they will also ensure that these children attend school regularly, Sood said in a statement today.
No document will be required for the admission and the campaign will end on June 30, he said.
For this drive, teachers of SDMC schools and volunteers from the NGOs attached with the schools of SDMC will carry this survey and they will carry with them the admission forms for on spot admission of the children nearest to their residence, who are not going to any formal school.
The survey will be conducted by approximately 5,500 schools teachers of SDMC and approximately 300 volunteers from the NGOs during the entire campaign.
The main emphasis of the survey will be for the girl child, the children of the construction workers and children with special needs, he said.
The emphasis would also be given in the catchment areas like unauthorised colonies, urbanised villages, JJ colonies, slum areas and re-settlement colonies.
Apart from the teachers and the volunteers, the local MPs, MLAs, mayor, SDMC's councillors, commissioner and other senior leaders would also take part in the campaign.
According to Sood, as per the census approximately 1.5 lakh children are still not going for the formal system of education.
