Activities & Impact

Overview

• OUR TEAM

  • Managed and operated by volunteers and 14 teachers
  • The School has a student teacher ratio of 1:20 (compared to 1:31 in private schools and 1:37 in public schools)
  • Enroll children in the age group of 3 to 15 and runs classes from pre-nursery to Class Ten.
• SCHOOL LOCATION

  • Located on/ in close proximity to Yamuna river bed which is the living quarters of its demographics.
  • Other school options are located in urban colonies and require negotiating traffic and spending scarce resources on transportation.
  • Both these factors act as deterrents for parents to send their children to schools especially a girl child.
  • By bringing education to their doorstep Pragati is bringing an attitudinal change towards the need for education and open a window of opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and low self-esteem. To provide basic education and personal development to poor children.
  • To provide them with exposure to professional opportunities outside their farming communities.
  • To inspire students to develop and pursue bigger dreams of professional growth.
  • To create a financially sustainable model and associate it with an NGO or a corporate funding source.

• GOAL & FUTURE STRATEGY

  Our Immediate Goals

  • To ensure that children complete their studies up to class XII especially the girl child.
  • On completion provide them with skills training to find gainful employment.
  • Simultaneously change their social attitudes towards girls and marriage.
• FUTURE STRATEGY

  • To enroll them into professional courses and they becoming role models for the coming generations.
  • Help each student realize their true potential.
  • Inculcate values which will make them model citizens of the country.
• SCHOOL FACILITIES

  • Classes: pre-nursery to 8th based on NCERT course curriculum
  • Children are registered in National Institute of Open School (NIOS) for secondary and senior secondary examination
  • Computer laboratory with 10 computers
  • Science laboratory with all necessary instruments and equipments up to class X
  • Library facility with a wide variety of books ranging from Indian folk tales to Encyclopedia
  • Use of Information Technology for learning through IPads and computers
  • Enrolled with learning Portals and English conversation courses