Rotary India Literacy Mission TEACH Program 2 nd

Rotary India Literacy Mission T-E-A-C-H Program 2 nd Child Development Committee Meeting Date – 1 st August, 2015 Venue: RILM Office 145, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata - 700026

Asha Kiran……. a ray of Hope is all about bringing out of school children back to school

Out of School Children scenario in India ØThe IMRB International conducted a survey in 2014 about school children. ØSurvey focused on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA); scheme of Government of India. ØIt was found that 6, 064, 230 children in the age group of 6 to 13 years are out of school in India. • http: //ssa. nic. in/pabminutes-documents/NS. pdf

Zone wise details of out of school children aged between 6 -13 years in India Zone No. of Out of School Children CENTRAL ZONE Chhattisgarh, Madhya 2317104 Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand EAST ZONE Andaman and Nicobar 2051453 Islands, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal NORTH ZONE Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, NCT of Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan 871139

Zone wise of out of school children aged between 6 -13 years in India Zone No. of Out of School Children NORTH-EAST ZONE Assam, Arunachal 197527 Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura SOUTH ZONE (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, 321209 Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu WEST ZONE Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman 305799 and Diu, Gujarat and Maharashtra ALL INDIA 6064230

States wise of out of school children in India 107829 157813 Andhra Pradesh (RID - 3160, 3150, 3020) Assam (RID - 3240) 339239 Bihar (RID - 3250) Gujarat(RID - 3051) Haryana (RID - 3090, 3080) 1169722 Jharkhand (RID - 3250) 1612285 Karnataka (RID - 3201) Maharashtra (RID - 3132, 3030) 159308 43879 Odisha (RID - 3262) Punjab (RID - 3090) Rajasthan (RID - 3053, 3053) 57529 601863 401052 91578 140426 122139 145326 Tamil Nadu (RID - 3212) Uttar Pradesh (RID - 3110, 3120) West Bengal (RID - 3291)

Areas of Focus On that basis of numbers, interventions will be made to bring 100, 000 out of school children back to school: • 10 states / areas will be selected for interventions to bring 9, 000 out schools children back to schools of each areas I. e. total 90, 000 children. • 10 states / areas will be selected for interventions to bring 1, 000 out schools children back to schools of each areas I. e. total 10, 000 children.

Intermediary Center for Children A child sponsorship program is being launched allover India by RILM, where a person can donate Rs. 2, 100/- to send an out of school child back to school. To fulfill this target of sending 100, 000 out of school children back to schools will need a step in-between: intermediary center for children. A set / unit of 50 children in one place is minimum what’s needed to have the budget and the time span of maximum 12 months to admit them in Government Schools and monitor their progress in school after they are admitted. The collective amount for 12 months is Rs. 2, 100/- x 50 = 105, 000/-.

Implementation Strategies Local experienced NGOs will be given the responsibility of running these centers and the Mo. U for this short time project will be made between RILM and a NGO for minimum 10 centers with 50 children each, total 500 children for 12 months.