64% of schools in Karnataka have playgrounds, betters the national average
Author(s): City Air NewsBangalore, July 22, 2019: The grass is greener for them. They are the children of Karnataka and according to the latest District Information System for Education (DISE) report, 64% schools in the state have a playground...
The report
further suggests that 60 percent of North Bangalore and 69 percent of South
Bangalore schools have `playgrounds. In 2009-10 when the Right to Education
(RTE) ACT came into being, only 54% of the elementary schools in the country
had access to playground facility. This has been steadily increasing, and
currently stands at 64% against the 60% of schools in the country which have
access to playground facility (DISE 2015-16).
Though
the report shows an increase the rate of it is has been rather slow.
|
Percentage
of schools with playground (Elementary Education) – DISE DATA |
|||
|
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
Karnataka |
63 |
63 |
64 |
64 |
India |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
Child Rights
and You (CRY), one of the leading NGOs working for children believes that it is
critical for play to be part of a child’s daily regimen, as it helps build
confidence, a sense of identity, problem solving skills, and overall, helps
navigate life. This is even truer for marginalised children where everyday
reality can be harsh.
CRY will be
organizing an event ‘Shankara
Buildpro Soccer for Child Rights’ to champion the cause of education through
sports. The event allows for corporate teams to come and
share the field with youth from a project area, and in doing so, upholding
the cause. It is a day where a playground becomes the epicentre for change.
“In our
experience in the domain of child rights, we have multiple examples of drop-out
children going back to school, taking up sports and subsequently succeed in
both the fields. The incentive of a playground cannot be overlooked as it
motivates a child to go to school. Through the event, we want to sensitise
people that sports can truly be a meaningful way to make an impact in the life
of children and playground should be a non-negotiable entity in their life,”
said Suma Ravi, Regional Director (South), CRY