Lok Sabha Question No. 2061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Education for Children of Migrant Workers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2061 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Education for Children of Migrant Workers

2061. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken to ensure continuity of education of children of the migrant workers, as their shifting from a place of work is not connected with the academic calendar and in such cases dropouts of their children from schools is natural; (b) the measures or guidelines issued to schools for smooth migration of such students from one school to another at different places; (c) the responsibility of employers for the children of migrant workers; (d) the drop out rates of such children; and
2. (e) the measures taken to bring these unprivileged children under Right to Education?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  to(e): Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools come under the purview of the respective State and UT Governments. In order to  mitigate  the  impact  of  challenges  thrown  by  the  COVID-19  pandemic  for  migrant children  and  for  preventing  drop  outs,  lower  enrolments  and  loss  of  learning,  this department  has  issued  guidelines  for  identification,  smooth  admission  process  and continued education of migrant children on 13.07.2020, inter-alia, requesting the States to  identify  and  enroll  all  children  without  any  procedural  formalities  and  maintain  a database of children so admitted. Further, students of residential school should also be provided temporary admission in schools nearby their homes, as they may not go back to their residential schools during COVID19. Also,  to  ensure  that  children  have  access  to  education  with  quality  and  equity and to minimize the impact of the pandemic on school education in the country, Ministry of  Education  has  shared  guidelines  dated  7th  January,  2021  with  all  States  which,

among  others,  include  identification  of  out  of  school  children  from  age  6-18  years, enrolment drives and awareness generation, student support while schools are closed, continued  Education  for  children  with  Special  Needs  (CWSN),  student  support  on school reopening and Teacher capacity building.

This Department has also developed an online module for compiling the data of Out  of  School  Children  (OoSC)  identified  by  each  State/UT  and  their  mapping  with Special  Training  Centres  (STC)  on  the  PRABANDH  Portal  (http://samagrashiksha.in). The concerned State/UT validates the child wise information of the identified OoSC and STC uploaded by the concerned Block Resource Centre of the State for monitoring the progress of mainstreaming of OoSC.

The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009, mandates  the  appropriate  Government  to  provide  free  and  compulsory  elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. Under RTE Act special training is also provided for OoSC to enable their mainstreaming in a school.

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