GOVERNMENT WILL EXPAND NIOS OUTREACH TO BRING BACK OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN, TARGET FULL ENROLMENT BY 2030

Union education ministry will launch a nationwide drive to identify and enrol out-of-school and dropout children through the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), as part of efforts to achieve 100% gross enrolment ratio (GER) from pre-school to secondary level by 2030.

Data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24 shows nearly 2 crore children in the 14-18 age group are not attending school. Around 11% of children in Classes III to VIII remain out of school, while over 50 lakh students fail board examinations each year.

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