Bellary District, - PRC

Type of pre-school attendedType of schoolAnganwadi centreBalwadi/Early Child Development CentreOther government pre-schoolPrivate nursery or pre-schoolPer centBoys682426Per centGirls7522209Per centTotal722323Among children aged 5-14 years, only 73 per cent currently attendschool. School attendance is higher in urban areas than in ruralareas (81 per cent compared with 70 per cent) and among malechildren than among female children (79 per cent compared with67 per cent). The single most important factor differentiatingschool attendance appeared to be household literacy – whether thehousehold has any literate member or not. The children ofhouseholds with all literate members are twice as likely to attendschool as the children of households with no literate member (98per cent compared with 49 per cent). Children who are engaged inany type of work are less likely to attend school than children whoare not working. For instance, only 2 per cent of children who workfor someone other than the family member attend school comparedwith 23 per cent of children who are engaged in family work, and54 per cent of those engaged in household chores. On the otherhand, 92 per cent of children who are not engaged in any type ofwork attend school.Percent ever-attended and currently attendingschool among children aged 5-14 years94798467877094Male Female Rural UrbanEver-attendedCurrently attending81The majority of childrenwho do attend school (58per cent), attend schoolsmanaged by rural localbodies such as thePanchayat; one-sixthattend private schools andone-fourth attend schoolsmanaged by urban localbodies. The percentage ofchildren attending privateschools is much higher inurban than in rural areas(25 per cent and 11 percent, respectively). Thegender differentials are not observed in the type of school childrenattend.Eleven per cent of children aged 5-14 are never enrolled in schooland another 16 per cent have dropped out of the school. Theproportion of out-of-school children in the district (27 per cent) ishigher than that of the state (20 per cent) identified by MICS 2000.E 5 , 5 • E 5 )E 5 0 . E 5 C (!% • 8 , 5 ), 5 0 . , 5 (!% C (!% • * E 5 , 5 )3 . 0• 8 E 5 B ) !C 0%")%$ $%0 ) C !C 07 # )$# ( $0