Ranchi: A door-to-door survey would be conducted across Ranchi district from Nov 20 to Jan 10, 2027 to update the ‘Shishu Panji’ (child register) so as to track the school enrolment status of children, aged between three and 18 years.Acting on the directions of the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC), the exercise seeks to identify out-of-school children, including dropouts and those never enrolled, to ensure their admission in the upcoming academic session.The drive’s first phase, habitation mapping, was originally scheduled to conclude by Nov 10 to pave the way for the household survey. But the mapping work faced delays owing to recent school holidays and festivities.District superintendent of education (DSE) Badal Raj said, “Habitation mapping is now expected to end by Nov 19, clearing the decks for the door-to-door enumeration the following day. The teachers involved in the survey have been trained. Weekly meetings will be conducted to check the progress of the survey.”The entire enumeration process will be executed digitally via JEPC’s ‘DAHAR 2.0’ (Digital Application for Holistic Action Plan and Review for Out of School) portal.
