Webinar on Equitable and Inclusive Education and Curtailing Dropout Rates
On March 12, 2021, Humana People to People India (HPPI) in collaboration with the Nexus of Good (NoG) Foundation organised a webinar focusing on Chapter 6 of the National Education Policy 2020 – Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All and Chapter 3 – Curtailing Dropout Rates and Ensuring Universal Access to Education at All Levels. Moderated by HPPI CEO, Mr. Snorre Westgaard, the webinar saw the presence of keynote speaker Shri Vijay Kiran Anand (IAS), Director General School Education, Uttar Pradesh, Mr Anil Swarup (IAS) from NoG and representatives from state education volunteers, non-profit organisations and civil bodies.
In his keynote address, Vijay Kiran Anand, IAS, Director General of School Education in Uttar Pradesh, drew attention to the huge drop-out rate amongst minorities, and backward and scheduled communities. Among specially-abled children it was found to be around 30% with a low transition rate from primary to upper secondary.
In one of the sessions moderated by Priti Grover from HPPI, representatives from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh spoke about out-of-school children (OOSC) and dropouts, especially among girls. Mrs Rajwant Kaur, Associate Consultant / Programme in Charge OOSC in Haryana, talked about efforts made in Haryana for universal access to education. The state government, in partnership with HPPIin 2016, started several bridge courses to eliminate the drop-out rates due to difference in learning levels in students. During the pandemic, the state carried out another survey to include children of returning migrants and ran Special Training Centres to educate them.
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The NoG Foundation is a movement started by Mr. Anil Swarup to identify appreciate and replicate the good work done by civil society and non-profit organisations in the fields of education, community development, environment, livelihood and skills etc. This webinar is part of a series of webinars discussing the 2020 National Education Policy. To watch the series, please visit: