UP Governor Directs 100% Enrolment For Ages 6-10 In Schools And Urgent Action On School Dropouts

Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel emphasised the urgent need to bring down dropout rates among schoolchildren and to ensure the timely enrolment of all children aged 6 to 10 years across the state. The UP Governor also directed officials to launch a week-long special drive in every village to ensure 100% enrolment in the primary education system.

Anandiben Patel directed the officials during a high-level review meeting held at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow with senior officials from the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Women and Child Development.

The meeting agenda was to review the status of government upper primary schools, enrollment drives in Anganwadi centres and primary schools, improving the gender ratio in schools, and strategies to prevent school dropouts.

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The governor directed that all children in classes 1 to 5 must be enrolled on time in every district. She also told officials to take immediate and effective measures to reduce dropout rates.

The governor also instructed officials to compile data on enrollment and dropout rates from each district and monitor progress regularly.

A review was also held of the Raj Bhavan Upper Primary School’s current status and plans for its upgradation.

On the declining gender ratio in the state, Patel called for strict monitoring of deliveries in private hospitals and mandatory availability of childbirth-related data from these institutions.

She also directed Anganwadi officials to enrol all the eligible children compulsorily at the centres and assured them of adequate nutrition, health checkups, vaccinations, and early education.