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Madhya Pradesh
to launch tribal kids' school enrolment
May 06, 2008, Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government is soon to launch an
action programme for enrolment of tribal children in schools.
The tribal welfare department's 'School Chalo Abhiyan' for 2008-09
envisages conducting a campaign to motivate tribal parents to send their
children to school.
Besides, school dropouts and children not enrolled in schools would be
identified. Special care would be taken to ensure that no child in the
tribal areas is left out of school up to class 11.
"Directives have been issued to ensure implementation of the action plan
for the campaign that aims at ensuring enrolment of cent percent
children of school-going age, bringing the dropout rate to the minimum
level and gradually bringing it to zero, increasing the literacy rate
and to enhance awareness of tribals about education," tribal development
commissioner Jaideep Govind told IANS.
Habitations having higher number of non-enrolled and dropout children
would be identified and efforts would be made to bring them to schools,
he said. "A committee comprising male and female teachers, presidents of
Parents Teachers Assoaciations (PTAs) and panchayat representatives
would be constituted for the purpose," he added.
To make the tribal community aware of the programme, public
announcements would be made and leaflets would be distributed among
them.
The department plans to organize a 'Praveshotsav' (enrolment festival)
July 1 - the first day of new academic session.
Six robbers nabbed in Madhya Pradesh
May 06, 2008, Bhopal: Ten people including six robbers of the gang of
slain Dhirendra Singh were arrested Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh, police
said.
"The police, on a tip-off about the presence of the robbers, laid a
siege in the forests adjoining Panna district headquarters late Monday
night and nabbed four people carrying food for the outlaws," Panna
Police Superintendent Abhay Singh told IANS on phone.
"They include village sarpanch Kallu and panchayat secretary Kamlesh,"
he said.
"On the basis of the clue about the whereabouts of the robbers, the
police surrounded them and asked them to surrender. But the robbers
fired at the cops in a bid to escape. However, the police also fired in
defence and forced the robbers to surrender early in the morning," Singh
said.
The arrested robbers were members of the gang of Dhirendra Singh, who
was killed in an encounter in Chhattarpur district Friday last. The
arrested men include Gabbur and Bhaiya Kanchi who carried a reward of
Rs.15,000 each on their heads.
Dhirendra Singh was active mainly in Panna and Chhattarpur districts in
the Bundelkhand region of the state.
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