Education Mobile Bus to offer kids free ride on learning curve in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will be starting the first-ever Education Mobile Bus from November 15 to reach out to kids who have never been to school. It will start off initially as a pilot project for six months until April 30, 2009. The extension of the project will be decided later.The project is a collaboration of the AMC, City Primary Education Committee (CPEC) and Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) under the guidelines of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
AMC has identified 140 children aged between six and 14 from the Gomtipur and Rajpur wards in the city, who have never been to school.
“We got the approval for this pilot project from our standing committee last week, and with the help of AMTS and CPEC. We will begin around November 15,” said Lagdhir Desai, Administrative Officer, School Board, AMC. He further said, “In this education bus, apart from education we will be providing health kits to the kids. As promised by IP Gautam, Municipal Commissioner, we will be getting one AMTS bus free of charge. The salary of driver and fuel expenses will be borne by AMTS.”
Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), six teachers will be appointed on a pay of Rs 1,500 per month, Desai said. These teachers have already been given 60 days training for the purpose. “After the successful completion of this project, these children will be transferred to AMC schools. Every student will appear in an examination and later absorbed in schools on the basis of the scores they obtain,” said Desai. After getting feedback from the teachers and evaluating the performance of the kids, the project will be taken to the next level and more wards and children will be identified, said Desai, who expressed hope that the project will be a success.
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