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The National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme initiated by Government of India in 1988, to rehabilitate working children is a major Central Sector Scheme for the rehabilitation of child labour. The scheme is to identify and to withdraw children engaged in hazardous occupations and then put into special schools in order to enable them to be mainstreamed into formal schooling system. The special schools provide non-formal / bridge education, mid day meal, stipend at the rate of Rs 150 per child per month, and health care. The Udhampur District is also running such schools approximately eleven in number located at different villages spread over the whole district and as per the spirit of the scheme, the children of labour class are pursuing their studies. Before the onset of this scheme, the future of such children was hanging in dark but their admissions in such schools have ushered a ray of hope for them and their parents and we practically find some kind of satisfaction upon their faces. A similar school in this chain is operating in ‘Dugduga Basti’ Jakheni Udhampur, where 37 children of the ‘Dugduga’ community are pursuing their studies. This community being follower of ‘Shani Devta’ is totally dependent on collection of ‘mustard oil’ which people offer to ‘Shani Devta’ on Saturday only. The children of this community are poorest of poor and can never dream of schooling, but NCLP scheme has done it for them. As a good will gesture and welfare measure under ‘Civil Action Programme’, the Police Headquarters sanctioned approximately five lakh rupees for the students of all the schools running in the district apart from amount provided by Deputy Commissioner Udhampur out of Red Cross fund. A simple but impressive function was organised by the Director of the Project, for the children of ‘Dugduga Basti’ School Jakheni, in which distribution of uniform kits to 37 students of the school by DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range Surinder Gupta in presence of District Police administration, ex-police officers, ex-Deputy Director School Education, officer from Red Cross, civil society members and parents of the children, speaks of the concern of Police Department and civil society towards the uplift of down trodden community in facilitating their children by way of education. This was also an occasion to give a message to other voluntary organisations to come forward in carrying forward the mission of taking education to every poor child and to make India an educated India. A service to mankind is service to God.
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National Child Labour Project Scheme, Government of India, rehabilitaion, working children, Central Sector Scheme, hazardous occupations, bridge education, Udhampur District, labour class
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