NFE (Non Formal Education)

Overview

We identify communities, like migrant worker's children, street children, slum dwellers' children and try to establish classes as quickly as possible for them. The aim is to get them to the level where they can enroll in regular school. For children left to fend for themselves on the streets and who have no opportunity of schooling, these classes help to raise their self-esteem and demonstrate the practical difference that literacy can make on their lives.

These classes make them literate. Our definition of literacy is being able to read a newspaper. Whether it makes any practical difference in their life or not is debatable but it breaks the cycle of illiteracy, lays foundation for literacy, schooling and education of future generations of that individual.

Facilities

The majority of classes for out-of-school children are held in temporary spaces close to the group's location. Classes for adolescent girls whose parents are reluctant to send them out are conducted in the immediate neighborhood, in the house of a teacher, a local woman or even one of the girl's houses. NFE locations in Pune: Map

Activities

We design and carry out the activities based on the group's requirement by:

• Using the school curriculum as a guideline, focusing on language, mathematics and general science to get children up to school level
• Conducting various formal and informal tests (often in a fun environment) to gauge the progress of each child
• Showing how children can use counting/literacy skills to help in their daily activities (the children often work to supplement their family income)
• Organizing community events and educational trips (for instance to the zoo, local hospital or police station)
• Interacting with parents and helping raise awareness about the importance of their chidren's education

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