The Education department has intensified its survey of out-of-school children and those hwo were never enrolled across the state.
The department has found that 64,003 children were out of school for the 202223 academic year. For this reason, the department decided to conduct an extensive survey till January 5.
All steps will be taken regarding activities to be carried out in the district, taluk cluster, school, and residential areas for children to get enrolled.
The district has found 375 children who never joined any school and 216 children who took transfer certificates before COVID-19 and did not get admission in any school in the district. The department has formed teams to find out about these children.
According to the SATS statistics, more children were found to be out of school.
The state education department will get a clearer picture about the children, said Samagar Shikshan Karnataka assistant project coordinator and nodal officer Prakash Bhutali.