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Table 2.10 gives the government elementary education data
for Gare village.
Table 2.10: Elementary education in Gare village
District Block Village Total enrolment SC ST OBC Others
Raigarh Tamnar Gare 109 11 68 26 0
Others=Repeaters, CWSN and Muslim
Note: Discrepencies in totals exist but the data is as given in the DISE report card
Source: DISE report card, September 2008
Milupara 385 56 183 133 13
Khamhariya 81 14 35 29 0
Kodkel 127 11 89 27 0
Kosampalli 80 1 70 9 7
Sarasmal 24 0 20 4 0
Anganwadi or godown? A sahayaka manages the anganwadi in Khamhariya
village (Photo November 2009)
In Khamhariya village there are 250–300 children below 18
years of age. There is one primary school and one middle
school. Although there is an anganwadi, the people reported
that only around 10–15 children attend it regularly. This is
because the anganwadi centre is dilapidated and people said
it was too dangerous for children to sit inside as the roof
may collapse any time. When our team visited it, the centre
looked like it was being used as a godown to store bags of
cement and bricks. On record there are 28 children and four
infants less than one year, but on the day of the visit only two
children were present. According to the anganwadi worker,
there is one child with Grade III malnourishment, eight
children in Grade II and 23 in Grade I. There were nine
pregnant women and nine lactating mothers in the centre’s
list but the anganwadi worker reported that since the last 2
months there was no supplementary nutrition provided to
these women. She also stated that since 2 years she has not
been supplied any medical kits.
In Khamhariya middle school, as per the school register, there
are 52 children enrolled from three villages. This is a very
low figure considering that children come from three villages.
In Khamhariya itself there are 250–300 children below 18
years of age, which means that majority of the children are
out of school in the three villages. There are three government
teachers and two temporary teachers paid by the Jindals. The
company’s other contribution is to construct a boundary
wall for the school. The BRC informed that in Tamnar block
there are 162 primary schools, 56 middle schools and 11 high
schools. Totally there are 310 teachers but 80 per cent of
them are shikshakarmis (temporary teachers) and only 20 per
cent are regular government teachers. Table 2.11 gives data
on enrolment of children in primary and middle school in
Tamnar block.