Programmes Child Rights and Child Development

Learning and Migration Program (LAMP)

Project Objective:

• Improving quality of education in areas affected by distress seasonal migration
• Improving overall school governance through active engagement of multiple stakeholders and empowered and strengthen adolescent Girls’ group.

Coverage area:

• 30 villages from Danta Block of Banaskantha district and 15 villages from Poshina Block of Sabarkantha District.

Beneficiaries:

Children (6 year to 14 years)

Program partners:

American India Foundation

Activities:

• Toreducetheextent ofchild migrationandensure thatall childrenofages 6-14years, especially girls, attend school for theentire academic year
• To create an environment in thearea that promoteseducationand encourages children, especially girls,tocontinue schooling through Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and Learning Enrichments Program (LEP)
• To strengthen school governancethrough issue-based consultation, SMC & PRI training, community participation in school Governance,particularlywithinthe purview of RTE Act,2009
• Formed and strengtheningSMCfederations in both the blocks
• Toincreasetransitionrate from elementary(Grade 8)to secondary (Grade 9), especiallythatofgirls
• Form and/or activate adolescent Girls’ groups(grades7-10)in25 villages

Program benefit:

• Leveraging technology to successfully improve learning of children under the age of 6 to 14 years in Learning Resource Centres (LRCs);
• With the help and support of Citizen Educator’s group (Youth group) and girls’ group, constantly maintained 90-95% enrolment in all 45 villages;
• Successfully reduce/retained over 80% migrant children in 45 migration affected villages, especially girls, attend school for the entire academic year;
• Successfully created an environment in the area that promotes education and encourages children, especially girls, to continue schooling through LRCs & LEP classes;
• With the effort of Citizen Educators & Girls’ group, successfully reduce more than 70% dropout of children and regularized irregular children in the schools;
• SMC and PRI members have also started actively participating in monitoring STP (Special Training Program) classes and regularity of the teachers;
• Demonstration of community-led learning audits in 10 schools and,
• Technical support to SMCs to developed School Development Plans (SDPs), in 10 schools every year.

Keywords:

Reduce Migration, AIF, Reduce dropout, Innovative Learning, Learning Resource Centre (LRC), Girls and Youth Group & SMC.