BENGALURU : Pranitha V, a pre-university student went back to her hometown in Nagaland from Bengaluru, in April after educational institutions closed due to the pandemic, but the 17-year-old may never return to college.
Her father lost his job and she now needs to find a job. “I have to support my family. My Bengaluru college dreams are just that now—a dream," said the first-generation learner.The National Education Policy 2020 unveiled last month calls for an appropriate mechanism for “tracking students" who may have dropped out due to various circumstances.
But educationists say tracking out-of-school children in India is a daunting task. The 2.5 lakh gram panchayats tasked with tracking dropouts under the Right to Education Act do not.