Girl Child Education Programme

Project Title

IIMPACT-Disha Girl Child Education Programme

Objectives

• Increase access and encourage enrolment to basic primary education through community mobilisation for all girl children not in school
• Provide high quality relevant education through learning centres
• Encourage and enable each girl to become an independent thinker and self-learner
• Make learning joyful
• Help transform the community

Activities

• Providing education to the girls in age group of 6 to 10 years
• Organising community management committee meetings at the village level to involve the community in the learning of the girls
• Conducting teachers’ training on quarterly basis to enhance capacity of teachers so they could deliver their duties efficiently
• Conducting girls’ assessment on quarterly basis to assess the learning progress of the girls
• Conducting teachers’ assessment on quarterly to assess the knowledge base of the teachers and to find out their weak areas in teaching.
• Organising study circles for teachers to address their weak areas according to subject

Expected Outcome

• Improved learning of 2,550 girls as per the learning outcome sheet
• All the girls have developed their personality
• The teachers have enhanced their capacity in subject knowledge and other curricular activities.

Target Groups

Girls of age group 6 to 14 years

Coverage

85 learning centres in two states – 42 in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand and 43 in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh

Funder

IIMPACT