Education to Poor Rural Indian Child(One year)

As the parents of children from less privileged families are less literate/ practically illiterate, they do not give importance to education and hence they do not send the children to school at their own and prefer to take them to the fields along with them for work which generates more money and they get help from them while working in the fields. In such a situation the parents need counseling and they are to be told the importance of education for future of their children, so as to develop them as a responsible citizen of the country and become independent in living without a liability on the family. This will not only develop the children but their future generations also. The education is to be provided on less expense or no expenses depending upon the affordability by the family. When such convincing situation is created the parents will agree to send their children to school for education and will understand the importance of the same. This will secure the future of the children and the family as a whole and generations to come.

To eradicate illiteracy and bring literacy it is important that adult education we brought in practice. PES worked in this direction and hold Adult Education classes in rural India for rural population. The parents of children both male female attend such programs and they are told the Importance and benefits of education. More of the advantages of value added education, how it is beneficial for the development of the children side by side earn some money by doing skilled work at home which is possible by giving additional training along with the education in the school such as:

1. Tailoring Training
2. Handicrafts
3. Computer Education
4. Music & Sports Training

The result of conducting Adult Education programs and counseling helped in increasing the strength of students in BDP School Barauli, Block Baldev, District Mathura, UP India in the range of 25% to 30% in various classes. The details of the enrollment of students in various classes for the academic session 2014-15 are given below.

A girl “Radha” from the under privileged family persuaded to come to school and got excellence reward for the merits she achieved during education at school. This girl was sitting at home and was a dropped out students from the school could not continue the studies because of financials problem in the family. She was bright in studies after passing out from the school went for higher studies and completed her education from Agra university Agra U.P. India. She completed her education by earning from tuitions and stitching the clothes of villagers. She was appointed as a teacher in B.D.P. school from where she passed class 8^th. She was good in teaching and students were very happy with her and were motivated to see her self-built up carrier. Radha is one of the examples of girls who have passed out from B.D.P. students.

The major problem in the rural areas is that the people are poor and living under BPL, they preferred to take their children to the fields where they are working to earn extra daily wages. From this practice their children suffers and remain deprived of education and their carrier is blocked. By Adult Education program the importance and necessity of education for the future of their children was counseled to them by carrying out different programs and they were persuaded to send to their children to school and put them on a right track for their development which makes them self reliant, independent in their living, a responsible citizen of the country who in turn becomes partner in contribution for the development of the country.

• Increased Students Strength in Session 2014-15 (DOC)
• Computer Education for less privileged children (DOC)
• Tailoring Training for less privileged Girls (DOC)

We enrolled 250 Students 145 (48%) Boys and 105 (42%) Girls for the Academic Session 2013-14 from the under privileged rural population.

Formal Education

Value added Formal (Nursery to Class 8th) with computer education & Informal education (Tailoring training, Handy Crafts) was imparted. Normally the students who were given this education belongs to the poor families whose parents are living under below poverty line and professionally either doing the labor jobs or working in the fields and whose income is low and is not sufficient for their living and therefore they do not send their children for education and instead take them to work with them in the fields to earn the extra income. To avoid this formal and Informal education was given to them. With formal education the students were prepared for higher education or service and with Informal education they were trained to earn extra income to add to their families for better living.

To give the exposure various extracurricular activities such as Music (Vocal and Instrumental), Games and other social activities, educational tours were arranged during the year. Cultural programs were organized in the school on prominent days like Independence and Republic Day of the country which help them to develop the team spirit and a habit of working together to show their performance in front of the public. The education tours were arranged to visit historical places like Agra (Taj Mahal) which help them to plan, organize and learn from the tours conducted.

Since the children were from the poor families and could not afford the winter clothing, normally the attendance in the winter is low and children suffer from cold. To protect them, winter dresses were distributed free of cost to all the children by a prominent donor Mr. Kamal Aggarwal from Lion's club Janakpuri West, Delhi, India. This motivated the children to come to school regularly and was very happy and enthusiastic.

In the end of the session the class 8th students were given a farewell as to celebrate their passing out ceremony by the school students of grade 7th and school staff. This has created their attachments to the school and a memorable event and a pride to study in the school for all the past years.

Measurable performance of Formal Education:

1. Out of the total enrollment 94% got formal education and promoted to the next grade of higher education and 14 Nos. (6%) i.e. 5 Boys 9 Girls dropped out during the academic session because of family compulsions either parents have been transferred or joined another school.
2. Total 236 Boys (140) Girls (96) were upgraded to the next class as all of them have achieved the required level of education as per the grade.

Informal Education

22 Girls studying from 5th to 8th grade were trained for tailoring training, handy crafts and the other activities and therefore a skill was generated to do the tailoring and other related jobs. By using this skill they stitched the clothes of villagers and their neighbours and earn the money which added to their family income. With this the family status of living was improved. This work was performed after school hours at their homes and they need not to go to fields for labor jobs for earning extra money. After the completion of the training period a certificate is provided to the participants as a proof that they are qualified for the skilled jobs of tailoring and handicrafts and they can seek jobs in any of the small scale industries stitching cloths for export jobs or doing handicrafts for the local supply.

A girl student Ms. Sarita aged 15 years of B.D. Paliwal School studying in class 8th was from a very poor family. She completed training in tailoring course in the Informal tailoring training program of the school and after the completion of the course started stitching clothes beyond school hours for rural population on chargeable basis and earns money which she contributed to her family and ultimately the family got a support from her earnings and improved their living. She also continued her higher studies. Many such girls getting such training in the Informal training program and are expected to do well, we wish them all success.

 We want to thank all the donors - individuals - corporates and employees who are working with the corporates, members of the society who have contributed and with their continuous support we have  been able to achieve the targets, mission and objectives set by us for the benefit of rural poor Indian children without which it would not had been possible. We assure they will be continuing the support in future also which will motivate us working more vigorously.

• Formal Measurable Academic Record 2013-14 (DOC)
• Informal measurable record 13-14 (DOC)