Shiksha Na Ruke: Education support for poor children Covid-19 pandemic

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One of the most affected victims of the pandemic are children who now have no access to schools. While a lot of children have the means for online classes, underprivileged children are still deprived of learning as they have no access to computers or smart phones. These children already have had difficult journeys, having fought the shackles of poverty, child labour, and much more to finally reach school. But the pandemic has reversed their years of struggle.

For lakhs of such children, education has come to a halt. They can't afford smart phones, can't count on support of parents for home learning. Shiksha Na Ruke is a Smile Foundation initiative that is providing underprivileged children access to continuous learning. Despite everything, they have not given up on education, they continue to dream. Join hands with us to help these little dreamers continue their education.

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Key Interventions under Shiksha Na Ruke

TOOLS FOR EDUCATION

Provision of smartphones and tablets for the deprived children

ALTERNATE LEARNING MEDIUMS

Curating educational content for radio, television, door to door visits

TEACHERS TRAINING

Training teachers for the dynamic digital learning environment

COUNSELLING FOR PARENTS

Regular counselling of parents to ensure the child’s participation

ENSURING MENTAL WELL BEING

Regular helpline services and one-on-one mentoring sessions for children to keep them engaged

49,274 children enrolled

201 Mission Education centres

22 states across India

MY SHIKSHA STORY

Vasantha Lakshmi Bhakthrahalli, Karnataka

"My parents are daily wagers. When the lockdown started for some time we managed, but after that there were many problems. Even arranging food became difficult. But my parents still used all their savings to buy a new phone for my studies. Now I study through Google classroom and Google meet. I hope that this new way of life will be good for everyone."

Sangram Jana, Sunderban, West Bengal

"English is my favourite subject – I love to read books and stories and poems. I study in Class 3. Nowadays, I study at home. My father is a farmer, he works very hard for our while family. In lockdown, he could not go to work and he was very upset. I don’t like to see him upset. He is happy when I study and talk to him in English. He cannot understand but he smiles."

Nazrana Sheikh, Mumbai, Maharashtra

"I loved going to school. I have so many friends, we used to play and also study. But school is closed now. I don’t have phone so cannot talk to my friends also. Now our teacher comes and teaches us here (slum where she lives). Only 5 students are there in class, it is not as much fun. But at least I can meet my teacher, she is my friend too. She says everything will be okay soon."

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