New Delhi: When the third wave soared put the focus on the impact of the pandemic of children’s education, the findings of the Parliament Committee highlighted how the Covid crisis had influenced their girls in disproportionate, especially their education.
The Women’s Empowerment Committee, in his report was presented during the parliamentary winter session in December, called on urgent measures to prevent girls from poor families, impact on the closure of the school and lack of digital access, from dropout.
In specific questions about the influence of pandemic on the registration and retention of girls in schools, especially from the groups of socially and economically in schools, the Ministry of Education was put forward before the panel that “the closing of the school in India affected 320 million children registered from 320 million children Pre-primer to tertiary education level.
It has been estimated that this, around 158 million are female students “.
Submission and recommendations are part of the report “Empowerment of Women Through Education with a Special Reference for ‘Beari Bachao Scheme – Beti Padhao'”.
The committee has observed that in the post-pandemic scenario, the probability of more teenage girls coming out of school permanently to help with household tasks and childcare because of their family’s economic difficulties are very high.
Panels have recommended incentive participation that can help more girls continue their school and learning with steps such as targeted scholarships, conditional cash transfers, bicycle provision, access to smart phones and dormitory facilities.
Panel 31, led by BJP MP Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, observed that in accordance with the district information system data for education (UDISE) for 2018-19, the gross registration ratio of girls decreased from 96.72 in the base class and in the middle class and up to 50, 84 in a higher secondary class.
It also shows that the dropout ratio for 2019-20 is 15.1.
“The Committee understands that the registration and retention of girls in rural areas is still a big challenge despite having a number of efforts under RTE, Samagra Siksha etc.
Furthermore, lack of digital access to learning, poor school background, school closure, school closure and facilities Hostel for girls, the uncertainty of the reopening of the school raises a serious challenge in women’s retention at school, “said the report.
It suggests urgent and integrated efforts to mobilize the return of female students to school and maintain their regular presence.
The panel praised the steps near the middle asking for every country to map ‘out of school’ through a household survey and prepare guidelines to reach the last daughter to resolve the problem.
Panel parl suggested the urgent steps to prevent the disposal of poor girls from school posting a pandemic
