Piyush Bhusari, TNN | Jul 27, 2015, 12.56AM IST
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KOLHAPUR: As many as 189 children from the district, who were identified as 'out-of-school' during the July 4 survey, have been enrolled back in schools. According the district primary education officials, they are tracking the admission status of the remaining children.
The officials said the admission status of the children studying in madrassas is still unclear. The state government's notification had clearly stated that once the students are identified as out-of-school, they should be admitted within a week.
The district primary education department had identified 493 out-of-school children in the district of which 232 were from madrssas. The officials said 189 are non-madrassa students. They are hoping to receive the data on the remaining 72 students from a few of the talukas this week.
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Subhash Chaugule, district primary education officer, told TOI that the admission status of the children from two-three talukas is awaited. We are awaiting the final report, he said.
"We have asked for the admission status report from the taluka-level officers concerned. The report is likely to be generated this week. The admission process is underway and we are likely to bring all the identified students in the mainstream education soon," he said.
Chaugule said the department is yet to receive any clarification on the students identified in madrassas.
According to the state government's circular dated May 20, the identified children should get Aadhaar cards within eight days.
When asked about the status of Aadhaar cards for the children, the officer said preference is being given to the students from anganwadis. Once the process is over, the students from primary classes will be issued Aadhaar cards.
The survey was embroiled in controversy after the state government decision to term students of madrassas as out-of-school. The district administration had appointed as many as 7,161 survey officers for the event, along with 383 zonal officers and 22 control room officers across the district for the survey.
The school education department had collaborated with the departments of public health, revenue, labour, women and child welfare, minority affairs, tribal development and social welfare as well as municipal authorities to ensure that all aspects are covered.
The squads were asked to look after marketplaces, slums, bus stops, railway stations and traffic signals among other places and start registering details of these children. Once registered, every child was marked on the finger with indelible