Bring National Average Of Out-Of-School Kids Down From 76L To 45L Bihar and West Bengal, always the subject of ridicule among policy planners, have created a record of sorts by contributing the maximum in bringing down the national figure of out-ofschool children in the agegroup of 6-14 from 75.97 lakh in March last year to 45.05 lakh in March this year. What lends further credence to the efforts of these states is that the maximum number of children who have started going back to school are Muslims, SCs and STs.

Dist one of most educationally backward regions in country with literacy rates as low as 1.76 pc The Haryana government has chalked out a programme to check the drop-out rate and improve educational level in Mewat district, one of the most educationally backward regions in the country.

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Employment generation initiatives like food-for-work programme seem to have had a positive impact. The fifth Economic Census report, released on Thursday, said there has been a decent increase of 2.78% in the rate of employment generation in the country during 1998-2005, as compared to the rate of 1.75% during 1990-98.

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CROSSING OVER: A little girl in Rajasthan goes to a state school supported by Mahindra & Mahindra