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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas overlap with tribal and forest areas where distance and terrain are an issue. Incidents of damage/ closing of schools have been reported and Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh have also reported difficulties in construction of permanent structures. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha today.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that in order to address access and retention of children in the 6-14 years age group in the LWE districts, 10,551 primary schools, 13,715 upper primary schools, 1,04,959 additional classrooms, 51,600 girls’ toilets and 8,121 toilets have been sanctioned in these districts under SSA.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that in 2012-13 special training for mainstreaming 6,59,668 out-of-school children into regular schools have been sanctioned for LWE districts and 889 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are functional in these districts where 36.61% of the total intake are ST girls.
These interventions have inter-alia resulted in an increase in enrolment in LWE districts from 2,16,98,119 in 2005-06 to 2,53,85,043 in 2011-12.
As per School Education Statistics (SES) brought out by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, drop out rates in the States with Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts have been showing a decreasing trend in many areas since inception of SSA. However, in a few areas, the progress is not satisfactory.
Rs.1002901 lakh i.e. 17% of the total funds sanctioned under SSA for the year 2011-12 went to the 82 LWE affected districts while for the year 2012-13, Rs. 1150503.60 lakhs i.e. 16% of the total funds sanctioned under SSA went to these districts.
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