By Ramesh Kasondra | Founder & President
In Gram Vikas Trust’s project area of Bharuch district in India, more than 85 per cent girls enrolled in primary schools drop out by standard 5th and 7th. Although primary education is free in the government run schools, transportation costs deter rural families from sending girls to school. These families seek a suitable alternative solution to make education a reality for their girl children.
“I want to become a Computer engineer”. This was the aspiration of Ms. Kaushika Gohil. Gram Vikas Trust started "Support Education to Children Through schaolarship programe" program in support of children who wished to continue their higher education. Under this program, children get financial support to continue higher education. Gram Vikas Trust has provided scholarship of cost to 1500 of children. Scholarship program helps them to pay fees and get educational aids and continue high school. After high school, they also entered graduate program. Gram Vikas Trust also organizes five day residential programme called "Jivan Utkarsh Shibir”, which provide career development counselling for these girls. In one of the workshops, a Ms. Kaushika Gohil said, "Without Scholarship, I would have dropped out of the school and would have become wage labourer in fishing activity. I want to become a computer engineer”. High schools education brought aspiration in these young girls as well as in their parents.
By Jignesh Christi | Project Leader
By Jignesh Christi | Project Leader
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