Glaring discrepancies discovered in out-of-school children survey in BBMP area
The Hindu
Names of parents of over 2,000 children listed as ‘Lokesh’ and ‘Sheela’
The survey of children not enrolled in schools in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits is a litany of glaring and embarrassing errors. For instance, the same mobile number has been given as a reference for 717 children. The parents’ names for 2,330 children are mentioned as ‘Lokesh’ and ‘Sheela’. And as many as 731 children in the survey are above the age limit.
These are just a few of the irregularities in the list of Out-of-School Children (OOSC) in BBMP areas unearthed by the Samagra Shikshana Karnataka (SSK) which handles all programmes pertaining to school education in the State. The survey was conducted by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and the Urban Development departments.