Out of school children 25% (18.

5 lakhs)
Govt. proposed to close 20,000 schools under
clusterisation process and withdrawn the same.
Finally, in the name of Positive Consolidation
merged 1,338 primary schools which had strength
below 30 into the schools within 1k.m. radius .
Schools which are having more than 80% enrollment
are recognized as Model Primary Schools. And other
1476 primary schools were closed permanently.
Govt. recognized 3,800 Model Primary Schools without
providing minimum needs T_P ratio, playground,
drinking water, toilets, ets.