Lumbini Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya on Tuesday directed the schools to enroll the out-of-school children compulsorily.
He said that since education is the fundamental right of everyone, coordination and cooperation between the local level, parents, teachers and all stakeholders is necessary to make the campaign effective throughout the province with the aim of ensuring that not a single child is left out of school.
The school admission drive for the academic session 2082 is going on in Lumbini region. The admission campaign has been conducted with the slogan 'Ensuring all children's school participation, quality education'.
Compulsory and free education up to class 8 has been implemented in the province. According to the previous year's educational statistics, the total enrollment rate in the early childhood education classes in the province is 99.9 percent, while the net enrollment rate is 70.6 percent. The net admission rate in class 1 is 95.7 percent.
The net enrollment rate at the basic level (class 1-8) is 95.2 percent and the net enrollment rate at the secondary level (class 9-10) is 76.5 percent. The net enrollment rate at the secondary level (classes 11-12) is 37.1 percent. Similarly, the net enrollment rate at secondary level (grades 9-12) is 57.9 percent.
Chief Minister Acharya has said that the efforts of all parties are indispensable to make the campaign a success with the aim of strengthening educational progress and ensuring that no child falls out of school.
