ERODE: The Right to Education (RTE) Act has come to the rescue of 1,984 school dropouts in the district to get education informally.For the first time in the district, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) officials conducted a study on school dropouts in the 5-14 years age group from April to June this year. They found 1,984 school dropouts and took steps to accommodate them in different institutions in a bid to equip them to join the mainstream of education. For this, five residential bridge course (RBC) centres were started under the SSA. In addition, 43 Alternative and Innovative Education (AIE) centres were created to accommodate 740 children. The process of enrolling 599 dropouts in the centres run by the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) has also commenced. The rest could be accommodated in eight Kasthurba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools, the officials detailed.Those who got admission in the RBC centres would be allotted `900 and would also get free uniforms, stationery items and books. Two teachers and a caretaker would stay in the centre. The children who got admission to the AIE centres would get uniforms, mid-day meal and textbooks. These centres could function in regular schools itself with teacher volunteers. The teacher volunteers would get `2,500 if the number of students was less than 20 in a centre and `3,000 if it was above 20, the officials said. The dropouts enrolled in the AIE centres are day scholars, whereas in KGVB schools, both free accommodation and food would be given to the dropouts on a par with the inmates of the RBC centres.
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