NEW DELHI: The Delhi Directorate of Education has formed 246 teams to identify Out-of-School Children (OoSC) during the winter vacation and facilitate their enrolment in schools.
In a circular dated December 18, Samagra Shiksha, a society under the education department, announced an extensive survey from January 1 to January 15. The survey will focus on identifying OoSC, including children with special needs (CwSN) and those with disabilities, for enrollment in nearby schools.
The survey will be conducted district-wise by Samagra Shiksha-Delhi teams led by District Urban Resource Centre Coordinators (DURCCs), district coordinators, and the Inclusive Education Branch (IEB). The survey will cover children in the age groups of below six years and 6 to 19 years. It will be conducted daily between 9 am and 1 pm.
The survey teams are required to submit daily records to the DURCCs, which will then be mailed to the OoSC Cell at Samagra Shiksha headquarters by 5 pm. A complete report, signed by the Coordination Team and countersigned by the DURCC, must be submitted to Samagra Shiksha headquarters by January 15, the circular mentioned.
The department stated that children identified during the survey, including CwSN, will be admitted to schools by January 31. A final report on their enrolment will be submitted by February 7.
District coordinators have been directed to rope in the services of attendants and others are utilised for door-to-door verification of out-of-school CwSN and the implementation of home-based education (HBE) during the winter vacation, it read.
However, attendants and others working in special schools, hostels, and resource centres will be exempted from participating in the survey, the circular stated. It added that details of the newly identified OoSC must be uploaded on the Prabandh portal for the 2025-26 academic session by January 15.