Owing to the efforts and coaching of police officials, 107 surrendered former Maoists of Malkangiri district were now appearing in the examinations for Bachelors Preparatory Course (BPP) of IGNOU this month. It was an achievement of the ‘Mission Education’ initiated by Malkangiri police in 2017 with an aim to provide free education to surrendered Maoists and their supporters living in remote pockets of this Maoist infested district. “We had managed to identify and motivate around 120 tribals mostly surrendered Maoists and school drop outs to get enrolled in the six month BPP coaching. Police officials including Mr. Meena, took classes for these surrendered Maoists at district police headquarters every weekend during past six months to get them prepared for BPP examination. Out of the 120 students 107 decided to take up the BPP examination of IGNOU in June this year.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2018 16:07 UTC