Badi Bata To Commence from June 3 in Telangana
Hyderabad: Prof. Jayashankar Badi Bata, the special enrolment drive of children in government schools of Telangana will be taken up by the School Education department between June 3 and June 17.
Prof Jayashankar Badi Bata will identify children in all the habitations and enroll them in the nearest schools. The initiative is also aimed at increasing the enrollment of children in government schools and providing quality education.
Some of the other objectives of the Badi Bata initiative include strengthening Government schools with the support of community participation, identification of 5 years-old children from the nearby Anganwadi centers and joining them in government schools, updating Village Education Register, enrolling children who have completed the 5th class in Upper Primary School/ High School and enrollment of children who have completed 7th, 8th in High School to ensure 100 percent transition of children.
As part of the Badi Bata initiative, the enrollment drive will be held between June 3 and June 9 followed by the Mana Ooru Mana Badi/ Mana Basti Mana Badi program on June 12, Foundation Literacy and Numeracy (Tholimettu) on June 13, Samoohika Aksharabhyasam on June 14, enrollment of children with special needs and out of school children on June 15, conducting awareness on the instruction of English medium in schools on June 16 and programs on the theme Girl Education and Career Guidance will be taken-up on June 17.