With an aim to make every schoolchild eligible for various schemes such as free uniform distribution and midday meals, the central government has brought over 19.5 crore kids under one database. Out of them, eight crore children have also been linked to Aadhar.
Ministry of Human Resource Development had asked all states to share their data so that genuine information of all students is available, and the children are able to avail benefits from the government. It will also help the government keep a tab on the dropouts.
According to sources in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, all the states except West Bengal, have already shared their data with the central government. Despite reminders in the past, West Bengal has refused to do it, the ministry is now planning to send another reminder to the state government.
The data for students from Class 1 to 12, which includes their basic information like date of birth, school enrollment number has been collected by various states and shared with the central government. Even as West Bengal has collected the data, they have refused to share it with the ministry, sources in HRD ministry said.
"The plan to connect all the children across states through a single platform and monitor schemes in the state will be affected if we do not get cooperation from all states. We are planning to send a reminder to the West Bengal government to provide data related to children," a senior official in the ministry said.
States like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh have provided all the data needed by the government. The data, which is being collected through Student Database Management Information system (SDMIS), will be used for uniform and books distribution, providing transport facilities, hostel accommodation and midday meals for students.
According to sources, the government is planning to finish the job of data collection as soon as possible and is also taking the help of NEUPA and have organized camps at district levels. As per the nominations of last year, the government needs to collect information about 25 crore children.
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