Region Demographics

•  This region is a drought prone area with very low literacy, high child labor and high migration rates
•  Girl child education is very low due to early marriages

Project Description

This project aims to promote literacy through non-formal education centers and by strengthening govt. schools
The ILP support stared from June 2002 for the project Jeevan Deep to run 8 NFE and Motivational centres in 10 villages to bring back working children to school. The Children were working either to look after livestock or involved in domestic chores . Nearly 1900 children have been rehabilitated over the last 4 years.

Project Roadmap

•  Mobilise community to take up the responsibility to build better school environment and gradually manage 'the quality education for all' programme in the villages.
•  Added 12 more villages to the existing 10 villages taking the total to 22 villages in 6 gram Panchayaths belonging to two blocks namely Shrinagar and Silora. The idea here is to strengthen SDMCs and involve SHGs to universalise the primary education. Also the members of Village Education Committees, formed under the earlier NFE programme, were also helped to get membership in SDMCs so that they can continue to work for cause of education.

Financials

2007 Funding: $5,800

Accomplishments

•  364 child laborers were rehabilitated through 8 NFE Centers, and ensured enrollment and retention of another 670 children
•  22 villages are covered under the school improvement program and formed 22 village education committees
•  72 SHGs promoted with 1200 members