Literacy India

This project aims at encouraging children for a non-formal preparatory education. These children are otherwise likely to be engaged in child labor or other menial labor at a very early age and can never expect to go to a school due to poverty and traditional attitudes. Volunteers from Literacy India talk and counsel parents to let their children attend our schools. The essence of the curriculum is to generate and sustain children's interest in education and their keenness to continue to attend school.

Literacy India, following on experimental educational approach captures the interest of these children through classroom contacts, excursions, and inspirational interaction with well-known personalities. This is superimposed with extra-curricular programs, which span a wider socio-cultural horizon, which transforms into a learning process in itself.

Vidyapeeth began with the nursery classes and now is a full-fledged school up to Class-V. Vidyapeethaims at encouraging children for a non-formal preparatory education. Vidyapeeth situated at Village Chauma, Gurgaon, successfully completed five years in April 2005. During this period the number of children increased from 70 to 450.

STRATEGY

Talk to parents and encourage them to enroll their wards in the schools.
Identify the right mental level of the students and enroll them in the right class.
Special care is taken with respect to age and class.
Teachers are identified from the local community to enable greater bonding between students and the teachers.
Through out their years in Vidyapeeth, efforts are put to identify hidden talent in each student by exposing them to various extra curricular activities.
Extra ordinary students are identified for further schooling in government and private schools.

OUTPUT

Vidyapeeth currently enrolls 485 students from under-privileged class.
They are provided with uniform, books and stationery
Currently Teacher to student ratio is 1:25
We plan to take the strength to 550 in next 1 year.

SUCCESS STORIES

Name : Urmila
Class : V
Age: 11 Years

Urmila came to us in 2001. Her parents are migrants of Nepal . Her mother is a maid and father is a driver.

Urmila came to us in 2001. Her parents are migrants of Nepal . Her mother is a maid and father is a driver.In starting Urmila was a common student but she was having interest in the studies. Slowly she began to participate in the theatre, drawing and sports . She has great interest in theatre . Her acting skill has been appreciated in the staging of Hamari Kahani and Pinti Ka Sabun . She has also acted in a children film named “Blue Umbrella” directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. In spite of her involvement in Films and theatre she is good in studies and this year she has scored 84.8% mark in her final exam. She is a well-behaved child. Her dream is to be an actress in Hindi Film industry.

Soma came to Literacy India in 2004. Her parents are migrants from West Bengal involved in menial labour. She joined LI in the basic literacy program in the evening and later main streamed to Vidyapeeth.She has keen interest in studies too.

For few months she missed school as her parents took her back to the native place thereby she lost out in her studies yet despite that after coming back she rejoined and doing extremely well in her class . She is amongst of the best student of her class.

Name : Soma
Class : I A
Age: 10 Years

Name : Saroj
Class : I A
Age: 9 Years

Saroj came to Literacy India in 2004. Her parents are migrants of West Bengal. Before joining Literacy India Vidyapeeth she has never been to any school. Her Father is a cycle rickshaw puller and mother is a maid. Due to scarcity of money her parents didn’t sent her school. First she has joined in our basic literacy programme in the evening. She is good in studies and her handwriting is very good. Now she is a regular student and she is amongst the best students of her class.

Rajiv an outstanding boy joined our Literacy India program in year 2004. His parents are Migrants from Bihar and are working as industrial labour in a factory of Gurgoan. Our teachers worked hard to main stream in to formal studies and he showed tremendous interest and improvement An effort has been made by the teachers during this summer vacations to give him triple promotion by giving him extra classes. His performance is continues to be same in his Class. He scored 97% marks in the last final exams. He got prizes in Deeya decorating competition and in annual sports in 100 meter race. His aim in life is just to be a good human being with civilized living.

Name : Rajiv
Class : IV
Age: 13 Years

SPONSOR Vidyapeeth

Currently Vidyapeeth takes care of 475 students with an annual budget of INR 1,425,000/-

Support one Child for a year for INR 3000
Support a class of 25 students for a year by donating INR 75000
Sponsor Vidyapeeth with all its student for a year by donating INR 13, 50,000

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