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2005 Society for all round
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Primary
Education Program |
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| Project
Name: |
Development
of an effective, sustainable quality
education system for selected villages
in Deeg & Kaman Blocks (Rajasthan) |
| Project
Area: |
27 villages in Deeg,
Nagar and Kaman Blocks, Bharatpur District,
Rajasthan (Mewat) |
| Funding
Agencies: |
European Commission
through the Aga Khan Foundation &
Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust |
| Project
Duration: |
2001 to 2007 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To enhance the level
of education in the Mewat region among
disadvantaged groups with a special
focus on girls and women. |
| Objectives: |
Developing and disseminating
a child-centred, gender sensitive and
innovative education model in the context
of disadvantaged communities for mainstreaming
in govt. schools. |
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Strengthening the
capacities of stakeholders (Both men
and women) to make informed decision
regarding the planning and management
of quality education within the broad
framework of human rights and democratic
principles. |
| Strategies: |
Run Quality Education
Centres in project area to enrol non-starters
and prepare them for entrance to formal
schools |
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Provide inputs, support
and training to government schools and
teachers in project area to improve
quality of education in formal schools. |
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Build community based
organizations to facilitate positive
social change in the area of education.
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Build a strong network
of stakeholders (Community, Panchayat,
Education officials, School teachers,
Religious Leaders, Parents, NGOs) to
share learning and coordinate their
education-related activities. |
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Build capacity of
all stakeholders and institutions to
ensure sustainability of changes initiated
by the program. |
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Conduct and disseminate
research to increase visibility and
influence policy implementation at the
local level and shape it at the state
and national levels.
Develop a strong participatory monitoring
and evaluating system to improve program
implementation. |
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Run Quality Education
Centres in project area to enrol non-starters
and prepare them for entrance to formal
schools |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Direct beneficiaries:
10,000 residents of villages where QECs
operate. This number includes 456 QEC
students (of whom 66% are female and
95% are Meo Muslim), 38 QEC teachers
from project villages, 1,169 government
school children, and 15 government schoolteachers.
Indirect beneficiaries: 2,643 students
and 36 teachers from government schools
associated with the Cluster Resource
Centre based in Koh village |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Village communities,
Community Based Organizations, Panchayat
Samiti, Zilla Parishad, District Primary
Education Program (DPEP), District Institute
for Education & Training (DIET)
and school teachers |
| Networking: |
PESLE Partners (Bodh
Shiksha Samiti, AKES-I, and Dr. Reddy’s
Foundation), NIEPA, NCERT, Center Institute
of Education (Delhi University), Jesus
Mary College (Delhi University), State
Resource Centre-Jamia Milia Islamia,
Diganter (Jaipur), Eklavya (Bhopal),
Urmul Trust (Bikaner), and BRAC (Bangladesh),
DCCW and Tudor India |
| Monitoring: |
Management Information
System to track and measure the progress
of the project |
| Program
Review: |
The European Commission
will conduct participatory mid-term
and end term reviews and the Aga Khan
Foundation will conduct monitoring visits
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| Publications: |
Newsletter “Batto-Batto
Mein”; curriculum and teacher
manual for classes 1-2, Approach Papers,
Guladasta, Titli, Kamyabi Ka Safar,
Gender Manual for Primary classes |
| Media
Coverage: |
DD1, Kiran, A story
about SARD’s quality education
initiative in Mewat and the role of
Community Based Organizations; Rojana
News Channel, A story about lack of
employment opportunities and robbery
in Gadi Mewat; Rojana News Channel,
A story about SARD’s quality education
and health intervention in Mewat; Rojana
News Channel, A story about SARD’s
efforts to enroll girls in its Quality
Education Centres, A journey to success-
movie on all the programme activities
of SARD |
| Achievements: |
Established 18 Quality
Education Centres in 14 villages, which
have served 80% of all formerly out-of-school
children (609 in total) of whom 66%
are girls |
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Mainstreamed more
than 400 QEC children to local government
schools in classes I-V |
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Increased community
demand for quality education and increased
involvement of parents in the education
of their children |
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Mobilized resources
from village communities, grams panchayats
and the panchayat samiti to construct
6 Quality Education Centres and provide
accommodations for 9 more |
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Developed a culture
and gender sensitive curriculum in Hindi,
Maths and Environmental Science for
classes I-V that has been validated
experts associated with premiere educational
institutions (e.g. NIEPA, CIE and Jamia
Milia Islamia University) |
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Built a cadre of
38 local teachers who teach in SARD’s
Quality Education Centres and serve
as resource persons in training events
organized various government agencies,
such as the DPEP and DIET |
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Built the pedagogical
capacities of teachers from 11 outreach
schools (9 government and 2 private)
in Deeg Block, which serve 1,200 students |
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Selected by DPEP
to provide training and on-site support
to teachers affiliated with 3 Cluster
Resource Centres covering 75 schools
in Deeg, Nagar and Kama Block serving
around 7000 students |
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Mobilized text books
from the Panchayat Pradhan for all the
students enrolled in SARD’s Quality
Education Centres |
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DPEP and DIET invited
SARD to sit on their advisory committees
in Bharatpur District |
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Integrated
Health, Micro-Finance and Education
Program |
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| Project
Name: |
Program
for the rehabilitation of mineworkers
who have been affected by silicosis
and their families |
| Project
Area: |
10 villages in Bhansi
Paharpur Panchayat, Roopwas Block, Bharatpur
District, Rajasthan |
| Funding
Agencies: |
Concern India Foundation
and NABARD |
| Project
Duration: |
1999 to 2004 and
2004 to 2005 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To diagnose &
treat silicosis affected workers and
provide widows of stone quarry workers
with source of income |
| Objectives: |
To regularize and
extend the Government’s DOTS/RNTCP
scheme for silicosis affected mineworkers
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To form SHGs and
link them up with local bank through
NABARD scheme (e.g. animal husbandry,
horticulture and agriculture etc.) |
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To develop linkages
with government departments to provide
SHGs with training in rural economic
activities |
| Strategies: |
Organize awareness
generation campaign and health camps
with the District Tuberculosis Office
to promote prophylactic behaviors, conduct
sputum tests and disseminate information
regarding diagnosis and treatment for
silicosis and tubercular silicosis |
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Distribute medicine
provided by the government to silicosis
affected individuals through local volunteers
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Organize widows and
other women living below the poverty
line in Self-Help Groups and link them
up with financial institutions and government
schemes |
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Conduct workshops
and trainings for Self-Help Group members
in the areas of agriculture, animal
husbandry and horticulture |
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Provide non-formal
education to children of widows with
the aim of mainstreaming them to local
formal schools |
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Conduct quarterly
interface meetings with stakeholders |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Approximately 13,000
residents of project villages, including
400 mineworkers, 350 widows & BPL
women and 105 female children of widows |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Mine workers and
their families, contractors and sub-contractors,
the Directorate of Health Services (Govt.
of Rajas than), District Tuberculosis
Office, National Agricultural Bank for
Rural Development (NABARD); Alwar-Bharatpur
Grameen Aanchalik Bank (Bharatpur);
Department of Rural Development Agency
(DRDA); and Departments of Horticulture,
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal
Husbandry |
| Networking: |
Community Medicine
Department of Mahatma Gandhi Medical
Institute (Maharastra); Sawai Man Singh
Hospital (Jaipur); World Health Organization
(WHO); Voluntary Health Association
(Rajasthan); Ibtada (Alwar); Department
of Preventive and Social Medicine at
Lady Harding Medical College (Delhi) |
| Monitoring: |
Management Information
System to track and measure the progress
of the project |
| Program
Review: |
Upon program completion
and external review of the program will
be made |
| Media
Coverage: |
DD1, Kiran, A gift
pass on scheme that SARD initiated for
Self-Help Group members in Bhansi Paharpur;
DD1, Kiran, SARD’s DOTS initiative
for mineworkers in Bhansi Paharpur;
Rojana News Channel, The initiatives
of Self-Help Groups that SARD formed
in Bhansi Paharpur; Rojana News Channel,
Mineworkers and silicosis in Bhansi
Paharpur |
| Achievements: |
Organized 40 Self-Help
Groups (10-15 people per group) who
have taken out a total of nearly Rs
8,00,000/ in loans of which they have
repaid Rs. 6,50,000/- to date |
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85% of SHG members
use bank services independently of their
SHG and husband; whereas only 20% of
women in the project villages had ever
dealt with a bank prior to SARD’s
intervention |
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12 widows benefited
from widows Old Age Pension scheme after
SARD’s intervention |
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SARD was selected
by the Department of Health (Rajasthan)
to distribute free medicines within
its project area under the DOTS scheme |
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12 local youth have been trained under
the DOTS scheme to deliver medicine
to affected people |
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50 people with silicosis
are receiving regular medicine under
DOTS scheme |
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105 girls were enrolled
in 4 Non-Formal Education Centres run
by SARD. 50 of these girls were mainstreamed
to government schools |
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32 SHG members received
a goat through a gift pass on scheme
orchestrated by SARD |
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| Project
Name: |
Village
Libraries |
| Project
Area: |
9 villages in Deeg
Block, Bharatpur District, Rajasthan
(Mewat) & 4 villages in Bhansi Paharpur
Panchayat, Roopwas Block, Bharatpur
District, Rajasthan |
| Funding
Agencies: |
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation |
| Project
Duration: |
2000 to 2005 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To inculcate good
reading habits in youngsters (especially
first generation learners) and provide
adults with access to news, reference
materials and information about government
schemes |
| Strategies: |
Form library committees
and train local volunteers as librarians |
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Rotate library inventories
to increase the materials available
to the residents of any single village |
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Establish linkages
between libraries and SARD’s quality
and non-formal education initiatives
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Charge annual membership
fees (to be determined by library committees)
to encourage responsible library practices
and promote sustainability of library |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Library members,
including parents and children |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Schoolchildren, literate
adults, teachers, community based organizations
and library committees |
| Networking: |
Nehru Yuvak Kendra,
DPEP |
| Monitoring: |
Progress reports
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| Achievements: |
603 adults and children
have library memberships |
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PROGRAM TO ENRICH PRIMARY EDUCATION
SOUTH WEST DELHI |
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| Project
Name: |
Program
to Enrich Primary Education (PEPE) |
| Project
Area: |
30 colonies in South
West Delhi |
| Funding
Agencies: |
REACH India |
| Project
Duration: |
1 October 2004 to
31 August 2007 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To improve access
to quality basic education for vulnerable
children, especially girls, SC/ST children
and children with special needs, who
live in resettlement colonies in the
Southwest District of New Delhi |
| Objectives: |
To increase student
enrolment, retention and completion
rates in formal schools, NIOS and alternative
education centres; To establish a child-friendly
learning environment and pedagogy that
is characterized by the principles of
equity, equality, quality; To build
the capacity of to bring about school
based reforms in all government primary
schools and alternative education centres.
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| Strategies: |
Bridge schools, Education
Guarantee Centers and community mobilization
will ensure that out-of-school children
aged 6-14 will be enrolled in formal
schools, including NIOS. Remedial courses
will increase retention by providing
children with extra academic support.
Balwadis will also contribute to better
retention by preparing pre-schoolers
for entrance to formal school.
Capacity building of teachers and other
stakeholders as well as the development
of TLM and modules will increase retention
and completion rates by ensuring that
children receive a quality education.
Finally, the development of a gender
module, special capacity building workshops
and diagnostic camps for children with
physical disabilities will combine to
reduce gender and social inequalities
in elementary education. |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Families and Children
of the 30 resettlement colonies |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
School teachers;
community welfare associations; District
& state Education related officials. |
| Networking: |
NIOS, NIEPA, TINNARI,
NCERT SCERT, Central Institute of Education
(Delhi University), JMI-SRC and Jesus
& Mary College, Bodh Shiksha Samiti,
Diganter, and Eklavya, Bal Bhavan, Katha,
Bachpan, and Gyan Vigyan Jatha, UNESCO
and UNICEF, Delhi Council of Child Welfare
(DCCW), Jan Shikshan Sansthan |
| Monitoring: |
Management Information
System to track and measure the progress
of the project |
| Program
Review: |
REACH India participatory
mid-term and end term reviews |
| Achievements/on
going Activities |
Cluster Offices set
up
Community Mobilisation & Interaction |
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Networking with MCD,
SSA & Local School Officials |
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Learning Centres
set up |
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200 Out of School
children identified.
Two Rigorous Training for the Programme
Staff and Teachers. |
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SRI GOPAL PAPER MILL, BALLARPUR INDUSTRIES
LTD. (BILT), YAMUNANAGAR, HARYANA |
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| Project
Name: |
Sampark |
| Project
Area: |
Sri Gopal Paper Mill
and 6 neighbouring locations (4 urban
slums and 2 villages) in Yamunanagar
District, Haryana |
| Funding
Agencies: |
Ballarpur Industries
Ltd. |
| Project
Duration: |
February 2004-2007 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To enable the Company,
Ballarpur Industries Limited, Unit:
Shri Gopal Paper Mill, Yamunanagar to
fulfil its social responsibilities by
partnering with SARD whereby a tangible
and long lasting positive changes are
made to the lives of the concerned neighbouring
communities and thus enhancing the image
of the Company |
| Objectives: |
To improve the company’s
image in the Sri Gopal Paper Mill’s
catchment area |
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To increase the well-being
of Sri Gopal Paper Mill employees (permanent
& contract), their families, suppliers
and distributors |
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To undertake development
initiatives in areas of health, vocational
training & income generation to
assist the most disadvantaged of community
members |
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To plan strategic
engagement with marginalized business
partners to improve business practices |
| Strategies: |
Meet regularly with
local leaders (e.g. government officials,
business people, and community representatives)
to coordinate activities and share information
Mobilize communities and build community
based institutions (e.g. Self-Help Groups
and Youth Groups)
Build capacities of stakeholders in
areas of health, income generation and
education through workshops, melas and
exposure visits
Involve employees in CSR activities
to increase ownership of CSR program |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
1,899 Sri Gopal Mill
permanent employees & their families;
657 Sri Gopal Mill contract labourers;
2 transport companies and their truckers;
farmers, women and youth residing in
2 villages and 4 urban slums. |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Government Departments
(e.g. NABARD, DC, DRDA, DUDA, Public
Health, Agriculture, Horticulture, NACO,
and Jan Shikshan Nilayam); NGOs (e.g.
Partners in Change); Industries and
business associations (e.g. Saraswati
Sugar Mills, Hero Honda, CII, PHD Chamber
of Commerce); Resource Agencies (e.g.
ILO, Global Health Initiative-WEF, WHO
and UNDP) |
| Networking: |
NIOS, NIEPA, TINNARI,
NCERT SCERT, Central Institute of Education
(Delhi University), JMI-SRC and Jesus
& Mary College, Bodh Shiksha Samiti,
Diganter, and Eklavya, Bal Bhavan, Katha,
Bachpan, and Gyan Vigyan Jatha, UNESCO
and UNICEF, Delhi Council of Child Welfare
(DCCW), Jan Shikshan Sansthan |
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Integrated Development Project SRF,
Bhiwadi, Haryana |
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| Project
Name: |
Integrated
Development project, Bhiwadi, Haryana |
| Project
Area: |
4 villages surrounding
the SRF Factory |
| Funding
Agencies: |
SRF |
| Project
Duration: |
2005 to 2006 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To address the educational
needs of the community by ensuring quality
education and thereby contribute to
the overall development of the Children |
| Objectives: |
To understand and
develop initiatives in areas of Health,
Vocational training & Income generation
to assist the most disadvantaged for
community members. |
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To facilitate alliance
building between NGOs, Private and Public
sectors organizations to advocate and
lobby to facilitate the creation of
a community specific action plan for
young people in the context of HIV/AIDS
and contribute to policy development
at District, State and National level.s |
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Ensure overall development
of primary school children in village
primary schools by extending to them
innovative and joyful learning curriculum |
| Strategies: |
SARD would Form apolitical
Community Based Organizations and constitute
Self Help Groups and Youth Groups in
the village to the development of the
village related issues and facilitate
the process of community mobilization,
awareness generation, resource mobilization
etc.
Functioning of bridge schools for non-starter/drop
out mainly girls and capacity building
of government school teachers
Setting up of an village library cum
information centres (with a possible
support from Rajiv Gandhi Foundation)
to act as the nodal centre for SARD’s
information Education Communication-
(IEC) initiatives
SARD would be forming a Project Steering
Committee and will organize an interface
meeting with concerned stakeholders
to establish mutual know-how and effective
service delivery on quarterly basis
distribution of IEC material provided
by DSACS and UNSCO
Meeting regularly with local leaders
(e.g. government officials, business
people and community representatives)
to coordinate activities and share information
Building capacities of stakeholders
in areas of Health, income generation,
Natural resource management and Education |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Selected beneficiary
from neighbouring village communities
(Jhiwana and Khujuriwas; Sri Ram Fibres
management.& SARD |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Leading industries
and business forums
Government departments (DPEP, NABARD,
Public health, agriculture, horticulture,
and Janshikshan Sansthan, Delhi
Resource Agencies (Bodh Shiksha Samiti)
Local NGOs and social service organizations |
| Networking: |
Department of Education,
University of Delhi, DPEP- Alwar, and
State Resource Centre- Jaipur |
| Monitoring: |
Surveys and reports |
| Achievements: |
Staff is in place
Need assessment of govt. school teachers
have been done
Exposure visit for local stakeholders
have been planned |
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Baran District (Kishanganj, Mangrole
& Anta Block) Rajasthan
Integrated Programme for Education,
Micro Financing & Vocational Training
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| Project
Name: |
“To
strengthen the deprive population of
Baran for self-reliance” |
| Project
Area: |
Baran district of
Rajasthan especially three blocks-Kishanganj,
Mangrol and Anta |
| Funding
Agencies: |
ITC Ltd. |
| Project
Duration: |
2005 to 2008 |
| Overall
Goal: |
To Strengthen the
deprived population of Baran district
in Rajasthan for self reliance |
| Objectives: |
To bring a qualitative
change in the lives of landless labourer
and other deprived communities in Baran
District of Rajasthan |
| Strategies: |
Run Quality Education
Centres in project area to enrol non-starters
and prepare them for entrance to formal
schools
Provide inputs, support and training
to government schools and teachers in
project area to improve quality of education
in formal schools.
Build community based organizations
to facilitate positive social change
in the area of education.
Build a strong network of stakeholders
(Community, Panchayat, Education officials,
School teachers, Religious Leaders,
Parents, NGOs) to share learning and
coordinate their education-related activities.
Build capacity of all stakeholders and
institutions to ensure sustainability
of changes initiated by the program.
Conduct and disseminate research to
increase visibility and influence policy
implementation at the local level and
shape it at the state and national levels.
Develop a strong participatory monitoring
and evaluating system to improve program
implementation.
Run Quality Education Centres in project
area to enrol non-starters and prepare
them for entrance to formal schools |
| Primary
Stakeholders: |
Landless Labourers,
Woman, youth and E Chaupal Sanchalaks |
| Other
Stakeholders: |
Village communities,
Community Based Organizations, Panchayat
Samiti, Zilla Parishad, District Primary
Education Program (DPEP) & school
teachers |
| Networking: |
NABARD, SSA_DPEP,
Agriculture, horticulture and animal
husbandry department |
| Monitoring: |
Management Information
System to track and measure the progress
of the project |
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