Child Development Committee By Dr Rekha Shetty Program

Child Development Committee By Dr. Rekha Shetty

Program for Getting Children from Out of Schools and Enjoy their Right to Education With M Venkatarangaiya Foundation (MVF)

Context and Background There are many children who remain out of school in contemporary India. Worst affected are poor children who belong to the scheduled caste and schedule tribe communities, girls, and those from areas of neglect and backwardness in both rural and urban contexts.

MVF’s Background MV Foundation started its work on abolition of child labour since 1991 in the districts of Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda in the state of Andhra Pradesh covering over 1500 villages. MVF has monitored (enrolment and retention) more than 17, 000 children in various states both directly and indirectly over the past two decades.

PROPOSAL The aim of this model is to bring a total of 20, 000 school children to school. Sno. State Block No of G P No of Children 1 Telangana 2 20 2000 2 Bihar 7 179 12000 3 Madhya Pradesh 6 125 4500 4 Maharashtra 1 15 1500 Grand Total 16 339 20000

Project Objectives To ensure that all out of school children which includes school dropouts and child labour are enrolled in schools and enjoy their right to education

Project Strategy In the areas of neglect and backwardness MVF adopts an area based approach maximizing community participation through extensive mobilization programmes and campaigns.

PROJECT OUTCOMES A Survey of all children in the 20 GPs would have been conducted. 2000 out of school children who are at risk and school drop outs are enrolled and retained in schools.

40% of Gram Panchayats will be prepared to keep an agenda of child rights in their regular review meetings. All School Management Committees (SMCs) get trained in the project area SMCs in 50% of the schools get activated in the project area. Child committees established in schools.

ROLE OF ROTARY CLUBS All training conducted by MVF will be in collaboration with Rotary Clubs who will identify Resource Persons for the same. Rotary Clubs will participate in the Quarterly Programme Review meetings along with MVF senior staff, Project Co-ordinators, Mandal in charges and some select Rotary Community Workers, members of gram panchayats, SMCs, CRPF, school teachers , officials and so on.

In such meetings Rotary Clubs would also enlist the support that is required in terms of supplies like physical infrastructure- toilets, books, play material- as well as issues that have to be flagged at the District and State level. Rotary will assist in liaison with the government of the Telangana State to bring unresolved issues to their notice and enlist the governments support and action.

Rotary Club members will participate in Public Meetings, Rallies etc. and also make field visits as and when possible. Rotary Clubs will also plan and enable implementation of co-curricular activities in schools such as quiz, elocution competition, sports, and cultural programs and even attend some of the events when invited.

Rotary Clubs will invite MVF to make presentation on their activities in their Club meetings held at their respective district/State level to inform and give an exposure to all the members of the Rotary Club on the program

Programme budget Year Telangana Bihar Madhya Pradesh Mahar ashtra Total Amount@ Rs. 2000/per child 1 650 3000 1000 5150 10, 300, 000 2 700 5000 2000 500 8200 16, 400, 000 3 650 4000 1500 6650 13, 300, 000 Total 2000 12000 4500 1500 20, 000 40, 000

Existing Projects on Child Development

RIDistrict 2980 Salem A special school in the district of Salem, for exclusively for upliftment of children with specific Learning Disabilities, Learning Difficulties, slow learners, ADHD and ADD children.

Project Heliux Helikx open school and learning Center, Salem is running successfully for the past 14 years is now functioning in Its own premises at Pagalpatti, Salem. , with residential facility.

RI District 3291 Kolkata To support the education of poor children in rural areas along with Nistha, organization in West Bengal. Education to the sex workers children along with the NGO Apneap

RI District 3190 Bangalore Education for Children of Migrant Labour to provide a basic schooling to bridge the gap at first and then computer aided support to middle/ high school. This project is done by assisting children directly and also working closely with NGOs like Samridhdhi Trust, Satgunha Sangraha Trust.

ROTARY DISTRICT 3190 Meeting with NGOs

RI District 3131 Pune Rotary Distance Education Program project has been proposed to benefit rural tribal youth in the state of Maharashtra, District Pune and Raigadh, India. . It is directed towards 1 to 10 grade students in rural area where quality education is not available

RI District 3070 Jalandar, A special schools under National Child Labour Project has been set up by the Central Government. There about 27 schools has been set up by the Government in Jalandar. Rotary Clubs in Jalandar are managing 15 schools to support this noble cause.

RI District 3230 Chennai Rotary Club of Guindy have taken up this Literacy Mission to change the lives of students who are weak in their studies due to various factors, like disturbed family life, economically very weak background, lack of basic facilities, do not fare well in their studies from an early age gradually recede to the back benches