India, Jan. 25 -- The education department has identified 2,381 out-of-school children in the district and is preparing to enrol them in its annual nine-month bridge course aimed at reintegrating such children into the formal education system, officials said.

According to data released under Samagra Shiksha, Gurugram accounted for the highest number of out-of-school children at 1,789, followed by Sohna (291), Pataudi (156) and Farrukhnagar (145).

Officials said the bridge course programme was launched by the state government's education department in 2016 and is conducted every year in May or June. The admission process for the identified children is currently underway.

Assistant project coordinator Dinesh Kumar said the children ident...