Satya Bharti Learning Centre Program

Satya Bharti Learning Centre Program was started in 2013, to identify and mainstream Out of School Children in the rural areas at the primary level, by offering remedial/bridge courses in collaboration with the government. As part of the program, children in remote villages, who had never been to school or dropped-out children were identified and admitted to government schools. Remedial education to these children was provided to bridge the learning gaps in order that they are absorbed in age-appropriate grades.

Effective partnerships were established with the governments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Partnering with the ‘Humana People to People’ network in Madhya Pradesh added great value to the program. This program had been running in close collaboration with Educate a Child (EAC), a global program of the Education Above All Foundation; launched by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar. The objective was to catalyze efforts to significantly reduce the number of Out-of-School Children (OOSC) worldwide at the primary school level.

The learning centres proved to be of immense value. They offered continual support to the government in enrolling and retaining OOSC, within the government schools. The centres also engaged with the community and parents to enable their active participation in the program. The program targeted the major aspects of low attendance, lack of enrolment, discontinuation and measures were taken to tackle these issues and create a sustainable model of learning centres that could attract students. Despite these centres mainly being located in the remote rural areas, these became successful with the support of community partners and local youth as Education Volunteers who were trained intensively.

Satya Bharti Learning Centre Program has been integrated with the Satya Bharti Quality Support Program since the year 2018.