This Public School in Karnataka Achieves 100% Student Attendance, Here’s How

Sending children to school and maintaining a respectable attendance level, particularly in rural regions, is the toughest difficulty for teachers and wards in an academic setting. Teachers and professors can speak for this truth since it is more difficult to educate children in rural areas than to bring them to school.

A government school in the tiny town of Naregal in Karnataka has, however, discovered a remedy for this serious problem.

A class full of pupils was a major occurrence for a government school in Naregal, a town in the Gadag region of Karnataka.But today, every class from first through seventh is full. 307 students attend this institution, including 182 females and 125 boys.

This was only made feasible if the school figured out how to capitalize on the pupils’ sweet craving. The school made the decision to provide youngsters with sweets with midday meals during Sravan Maasa (Month of Saawan) in 2021 in order to entice them to attend the sessions. This outstanding program is known at the school as Amrit Bhojana.

Since it being the holiday season, the town’s residents joyfully contributed when the school asked for their assistance in gathering various types of candies for the kids.

All of the students who were tardy in class eventually turned up each day.

Along with Laddu and Pysum, the list also includes Obbattu, Huggi, Jalebi, and Mysuru Pak.

“A smart strategy to increase attendance is to provide sweets with midday meals. Today, the outcomes are there in front of us. It is a worthwhile and practical project. Government schools face intense competition from their private competitors. Simply said, the sweets raised this school’s grade. Other schools might adopt this model, according to Chandru M., a local of Naregal.

The government subsidy does not cover this extra monthly expenditure of Rs 2000. However, benefactors have been kind throughout, and children still get to enjoy mouthwatering treats as they eagerly anticipate going to school each day.

“After the attendance problem was resolved with the help of our sponsors, instructors focused on the quality of instruction. As a result, kids’ overall development has significantly improved. They don’t want to miss a lesson, and we make sure they get the most out of their time there, says B B Kuri, the school’s headmaster.