Name of the Project: Enabling rural children to achieve appropriate grades in class education in 40 villages of Varanasi District.

 

Supported By: India Literacy Project

 

Project Duration: 1st April,2025 to 31st March,2026

 

Working Area: Baragaon Block of Varanasi

 

List of the villages/Communities

 

S.N	Gram Panchayat Name	Village Name
1	Sarava	Sarava
2	Hirapur	Mahimapur
3	Changvar	Changvar
4	Kudi	Kudi
5	Kodai	Kodai
6	kaniyar	Kaniyar
7	Haripur	Kaniyar
8	Balarampur	Balarampur
9	Pater	Gajapur
10	Rasulaha	Rasulaha
11	Bairahana	Akoda
12	Phulwariya	Phulvariya
13	Dinapur	Phulavariya
14	Madhumakhiya	Madhumakhiya
15	Tilvar	Tilvar
16	Chakchamaran	Dhodhaipur
17	Badagaon	Badagaon
18	Kharavan	Kharavan
19	Aneai	Aneai
20	Raypur	Raypur
21	Dallipur	Dallipur
22	Hamirapur	Hamirapur
23	Gangkala	Gangkala
24	Ashawari	Ashawari
25	Gangkala	Gangkala
26	Bauliya	Bauliya
27	Mahuaari	Bauliya
28	Baluaa	Baluaa
29	Harehu	Baluaa
30	Sisava	Sisava
31	Kharahriya	Kharahriya
32	Lokipur	Lokipur
33	Saipur	Saipur
34	Siyarhan	Siyarhan
35	Saripur	Saripur
36	Hasanpur	Hasanpur
37	Nimaicha	Nimaicha
38	Majhagva	Majhagva
39	Dandupur	Dandupur
40	Bigwapur	Bigwapur

 

Objectives of the Project:

●        Enhanced Education Access and Quality (6-14 years): Aims to improve learning levels and academic performance for 1500 children through 40 Village Learning Centers, enroll the out-of-school children, increase enrollment and attendance, ensure maximum retention, and support documentation for children to enroll.

●        Strengthened Early Childhood Education (3-5 years): Focuses on improving infrastructure and resources in 15 Anganwadi Centers (AWCs), enhancing the capacity of 34 Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) through training and providing Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) to all 60 AWCs to improve school readiness, engagement, and learning outcomes for children.

●        Community and Stakeholder Engagement: Includes participatory mapping to generate block-level reports, conducting baseline and endline learning assessments for children, facilitating parent-teacher interactions and PTA meetings (150 each), training SMC members, and holding  SMC meetings.

●        Child Participation and Support: Support children parliament in schools with 550 active participants, provides play/sports materials to 27 schools, and aims for 50% of enrolled children to achieve grade-appropriate learning outcomes.

 

 

Major activities :

●       Expand Village Learning Centers (VLCs): Establish 40 VLCs for supporting 1000 children in their learning level.

●       Learning Level Assessment and Planning: Conduct LLA assessments and identify the gaps of learning and developing the learning plan for VLC.

●       Training and Child-Centered Learning: Provide intensive training to 40 Vidya Sathis on child-centered teaching, TaRL methods, and individualized learning plans based on baseline assessments of 1500 children.

●       Promote Reading Culture: Establish community libraries in villages.

●       Improve Anganwadi Center (AWC) Infrastructure and Capacity: Assess 34 AWCs, train 34 Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) on pre-education and activity-based learning, and provide TLM to 20 AWCs.

●       Enhance Early Childhood Education Quality: Support joyful learning activities in all 34 AWCs, track children's progress, and advocate for accessibility.

●       Focus on School Readiness: Conduct school readiness assessments for 4-5 year olds in 40 AWCs and provide TLM support.

●       Enrollment and Retention of Out-of-School Children: Conduct participatory mapping, enrollment campaigns, provide direct support for documentation, address barriers to access, and conduct learning assessments.

●       Community Engagement and School Management: Conduct parent-teacher meetings, support PTA meetings in 40 schools, provide play materials, train SMC members in 40 villages, and support 40 children's parliaments in schools.

Beneficiaries:

●     Children        : 3385

●     Women          :  400

●     Men                : 250