BBMP to turn buses into schools for dropouts
In light of the pandemic resulting in an increasing number of school dropouts, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to conduct bridge courses to bring them back into schools. The civic agency will allot 10 buses from the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) to use them as mobile school buses.
Each bus is being procured at a cost of Rs 4 lakh. The BMTC will modify the scrapped, unused buses before handing them over to BBMP. The buses will be equipped with a mat for children to sit, a white board and a chair for the attender. The BBMP will also provide food to these children. Nagendra Nayak. Assistant Commissioner, Education, BBMP said, “These buses are mobile school buses to prepare children to attend classes from the coming academic year.”
He said that “Many children have dropped out and many others have not even been to a school. The mobile buses will act as a confidence-building space. Children will be made to adjust to a school-like atmosphere so that when they go back to school, they do not feel out of place and do not drop out. We will ensure that they catch up with their lessons so that they are able to cope with their peers.”
The BBMP aims to start these services from February, after conducting a survey of identifying the children. It is preparing a report of locations where the number of such children is high, what they are occupied with like begging, hawking and labour sites.
BBMP to turn buses into schools for dropouts
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