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Prof. Jayashankar ‘Badi Bata’

Programme- Education is a Right

very one of us is aware of the bright future. The primary objective
fact that education is key to of the programme is to locate stu-
Ebecoming self-reliant. dents of primary, upper primary,
Through education, one can not high school, and KGBVs who are of
only live a decent life but also be- school age and enrol them in the ap-
come informed and effective enough propriate classes as per their age.
to contribute to the overall growth Subsequently, the Department of
of the nation.Education is not some- School Education, Telangana, began
thing that is limited to reading text- to strengthen the government
books and presenting the content in schools with required infrastruc-
exams. The vastness of education ture, and basic amenities. Most im-
encompasses a lot of factors that can portantly and worthy to talk about
help to grow professionally in a spe- is the delivery of instruction in Eng-
cific field like science, mathematics, lish medium. Breaking down the
history, arts, sports, etc, and make gender bias, the programme empha-
us good individuals with morale, sizes the education of girl children.
morals and ethics. Initial Steps:
One’ssocio-economic conditions
shouldn’t be an impediment to ob- District collectors organized dis-
taining education. All children, re- trict level convergence meetings in
gardless of their financial circum- collaboration with district and man-
stances, should receive education. dal level officers and public repre-
With a vision of providing quality sentatives that include Honorable wadi centers into class 1 of primary school children and enroll them in
education to children and ensuring Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and schools. Self Help Groups, school schools/ Bhavitha Centres.
that no child is left behind, the gov- Zilla Parishad Chairpersons. They management committees, mandal A Badi Bata Desk was formed at
ernment of Telangana kicked off the drafted an action plan for effective education officers and headmasters district, mandal and school levels in-
flagship Prof. Jayashankar ‘Badi implementation of ‘Badi Bata’ pro- actively participated in identifying cluding KGBVs and URS to report
Bata’ programme from 3June 2022 gramme to be conducted from drop-outs and enrolling them into the number of students registered
to 30June 2022. 3June 2022 to 30 June, 2022. schools. They also developed strate- on daily basis. A Task Force Com-
This prestigious programme is Women Development & Child gies to sustain the attendance of mittee wasalso set up at the Mandal
aimed at ensuring children of all Welfare Department at District and children.An action plan was pre- Level with the Tehsildar, Mandal
ages come to school and receive Mandal levels took the duty of en- pared to identify the children with Development Officer, Mandal Edu-
quality education for building their rolling eligible children from Angan- special needs (CwSN) &out-of- cation Officer, Assistant Labour Of-

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