EDUCATION PROJECT

EARLY EDUCATION

Though the children of India have gained the constitutional right to education, pre-schoolers are still to be included in the free education programme. Experience shows that slum toddlers do not lead a privileged life in the arms of caring parents. They are often left to their own device and even used as child labour. Some are physically abused, tied to charpoys while their mothers go to work. Others are left to uncaring elders and learn aggressive behaviour and bad language. By the time they reach school, they are unsocial, difficult children who find it extremely difficult to adjust to a set pattern and routine. Our early intervention programme is above all aimed at giving toddlers and pre-schoolers the right to babyhood in a safe environment. Access to toys, games and other stimulating activities enable the child to develop required skills. Social skills have to be learnt at an early stage. Our early intervention programme lays emphasis on teaching toddlers how to play together, share and take the first step towards living together.
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PRIMARY EDUCATION

High drop out rates in municipal and government schools, and extremely poor performance of children prompted us to start our after school education support programme. Our main objective is to enhance school performance, contain drop out rates and ensure access to secondary school. Children coming from urban slums are unable to cope with their studies. This is often due to poor teaching conditions within the school, and lack of help from home as parents are often illiterate. Moreover children have no place to study, no access to books or tutors. The primary programme is by far the most important one as it is in these classes that most children drop out.
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SECONDARY OUTREACH

The journey continues, from containing dropout rates the task is now to aim at getting high marks. Every student is taught to give up studying by rote and to learn to comprehend and understand. Access to varied teaching material is encouraged. Moreover the phobia for mathematics and English is gently removed, and the importance to master all subjects slowly imparted. Adolescents from underprivileged backgrounds have extremely poor self esteem and a wide range of creative activities are encouraged to develop self confidence and self-perception. This includes sports, theatre and debates. Peer group interface on social pressures is also encouraged. Over 300 children have successfully cleared their class X Boards and over 200 have passed their class XII. Many of our students have secured top positions in their respective schools.

At present we run secondary progarmmes in okhla, Khader, Govindpuri and Giri Nagar. Three of our alumni are now teachers at Project Why