Yupia, Oct 3: Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Cheechung Chukhu called for data mapping of various girl  child  welfare schemes in Education, Women & Child Development and Health department to get an overview of the implementation  of the schemes and its reach to the beneficiaries in the last mile.
He said this while launching the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign for Papum Pare district from Yupia on Tuesday.
"This excercise will provide us a ready reference and facilitate necessary interventions wherever the indicators such enrollment  and dropout rates in the schools, registrations under Dulari Kanya, Vidya scheme etc are low," he added.
DC Chukhu also called for intensified IEC activities on government initiatives to improve the girl child sex ratio and exhorted the health, WCD, Education and Panchayati Raj departments for convergence on IEC related activities.
Deputy Director ICDS Aroty Tayeng while highlighting the objectives of the campaign informed that the campaign seeks to prevent 'gender based sex selection; ensure survival and protection of the girl child and to ensure education for the girl child.'
She further informed that the District Task Force for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao with DC as chairman will monitor the implementation of the scheme at the circle level.
DMO Dr. Komlin Perme and DDSE T.T.Tara highlighted the girl child oriented schemes under Health and Education department respectively.
DDSE Tara also informed that Papum Pare with four Netaji  Subhash  Chandra Bose  Aawasiya Vidyalaya girls residential schools, one each at Yupia, Nonpu, Sagalee and Mengio has improved girls enrollment in schools.
PD cum DPDO Bengia Yakar, representative from DLSA  also attended the meeting.

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