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Why kids are dropping out from school?The Action Needed

Recently, there was an article in TOI mentioning that there has been a increase in the school drop outs for kids in India.

The reasons are simple, the majority of the kids still go to the government schools and the conditions of these schools are not favorable for studies. The environment is not very friendly and cleanliness and hygiene takes a back seat.
Many of these school run under the state government does not even have proper toilets which has been one of the main reasons for kids dropping out from school specially girls.

Many of the drop outs kids are those who have been admitted to the school by some NGOs under RTE but did not follow up with them. These kids may not leave because of the hygiene but due to some other reasons such as their parents were not strict, lack of transportation, feeling of inferiority compared to other kids in the same school, lack of resources etc. Hence NGOs should not only admit the kids to school but also monitor them at least for some period of time.

It sounds strange that the school authorities are not able to improve the standards of the toilets even when the number of toilets are very less or due to some reasons they think it is not important.

Now how can you and me as an individual/group can help in this cause. Let's visit one government school which is nearest to our place and analyze the situation. Taking help from a known NGO will help as the visit will look more purposeful and school authorities will take you more seriously. Make a group of 5-6 youngsters and then visit to give more impact, see the toilet's condition and if you think that you as a citizen of India should help in this cause then go for it. Try to raise some money, put the case forward to some powerful politician or organization or social groups and improve the toilet condition to some extent.

Narendra Modi requested corporate to help in this cause and within mins, companies were ready to spend Rs.200 crores for this initiative to improve toilets in government schools. But if we as a small group plan to improve condition of toilets in at least one school, I guess we can contribute to reduce this number of school drop outs. This will in turn bring more prosperity to our nation.

Please do think and see if you can plan for this. For any guidance or how to plan for it, please reply to me.

The change is inevitable. 

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