Eye on checking student dropout, Bihar govt launches Daksh Mission
Daksh classes were run successfully between 3.30 pm and 4.15 pm in over 60,000-plus schools across the state. An estimated five lakh teachers taught over 25 lakh students. The state government has not set any timeline for the special classes.
The idea behind the move is to reduce school dropout rates. An estimted 40 lakh students in age group of 6-14 have either dropped out of primary schools or have not gone to schools.
Bihar government Friday launched its ambitious scheme to minimise school dropout. The scheme, called Mission Daksh (Dynamic Approach for Knowledge and Skill) aims at offering special Hindi, Mathematics and English classes to weak students of classes 3-8 across the state. A teacher will teach only five students, who cannot read and write Hindi and English fluently and are not good at basic Mathematics.
Daksh classes were run successfully between 3.30 pm and 4.15 pm in over 60,000-plus schools across the state. An estimated five lakh teachers taught over 25 lakh students. The state government has not set any timeline for the special classes. The idea behind the move is to reduce school dropout rates. An estimted 40 lakh students in age group of 6-14 have either dropped out of primary schools or have not gone to schools.
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Santosh Singh is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express since June 2008. He covers Bihar with main focus on politics, society and governance. Investigative and explanatory stories are also his forte. Singh has 25 years of experience in print journalism covering Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.
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