<p>The Department of Public Instruction has decided to open makeshift tent schools in the city for the children of construction workers.</p>.<p>The high court has filed a suo motu public interest petition on the children dropping out from school.</p>.<p>Following the direction by the court, the government submitted an action taken report before a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz on bringing back children out of school to the mainstream.</p>.<p>"According to section 'A' of Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012, a training programme was conducted for district level officers to ensure the duties and responsibilities. A survey by the government on August 18 found 16,853 school dropouts and of these 3,828 were readmitted to schools," the report revealed.</p>.<p>"The survey found 415 school dropouts in Bengaluru and of them 193 were readmitted to the schools during 2019-20," the report added.</p>
<p>The Department of Public Instruction has decided to open makeshift tent schools in the city for the children of construction workers.</p>.<p>The high court has filed a suo motu public interest petition on the children dropping out from school.</p>.<p>Following the direction by the court, the government submitted an action taken report before a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz on bringing back children out of school to the mainstream.</p>.<p>"According to section 'A' of Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012, a training programme was conducted for district level officers to ensure the duties and responsibilities. A survey by the government on August 18 found 16,853 school dropouts and of these 3,828 were readmitted to schools," the report revealed.</p>.<p>"The survey found 415 school dropouts in Bengaluru and of them 193 were readmitted to the schools during 2019-20," the report added.</p>
