Balwadis
(Pre-School Centres)
Environmental
Education in Schools
Gram
Pustakalaya (Village Libraries)
Sandhya
Kendra (Evening Centres)
Computer
Literacy
Kishori Shikshan
(Adolescent Education)
Women’s
literacy and education
Preventive Health Care and Education
Gram Shikshan Kendra (Community Learning Centres) |
Women’s literacy and
education |
The
programme aimed at educating 600 women over
three years, starting in 2011. However, the
target of reaching out to 600 women was
exceeded by the second year of
implementation and the programme eventually
reached out to nearly 1600 women. Out of
these, 1289 women became literate (validated
by formal assessment and evaluation). This
target could be achieved because demand for
literacy had come from the women themselves.
Hence, mobilization was not an issue.
Without wasting any time in campaigning for
literacy, the programme directly ventured
into running the centres with full community
support.
The curriculum was developed in consultation
with our partner organizations and
experienced field workers. Understanding the
nature of demand for literacy has been the
most challenging issue because it was
considered a critical factor in determining
the structure of the curriculum. Language,
awareness and demand for literacy as
perceived by women, time they could spare to
attend, patterns of existing knowledge and
past experiences in literacy campaigns run
by other organizations were some other
considerations during the process of
designing materials on adult female
literacy.
A set of three workbooks have been designed
to meet the specific needs of different
categories of illiterate and semi-literate
women, to ensure that every woman benefits
from the programme. A pre-primer for
illiterate women was also developed. The
pre-primer is very popular in villages. The
literacy programme was followed up by a
post-literacy campaign. |
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