Overview

PRAYAS of the best efforts is to bring back the drop outs and children of underprivileged community into main stream education with the following measures:-

Learning centers for dropout/laggard : 3 learning centers under the system are running that are situated in two places one in the Howrah Corporation and two centres at Shyampur – I Blocks of Howrah district with an enrolment of 105 students.

Objectives:

  • To popularizing education among people by making them aware.
  • To reduce the incident of child labour in high concentration areas through improved enforcement, rehabilitating and more integrated provisions of services.
  • To provide the light of education among the children.
  • To strengthen their mental ability for coping up with the society where they live in.
  • To bring back them in the mainstream of the society.
  • To nurture the emotional, intellectual and behavioural aspect of the children to propel them for a better future in their life for the time to come.
  • To involve them in the socio-cultural aspects of the society.

Activities:

  • Enrolled no. of 75 students became successful and passed in the examination then admitted in the main stream education.
  • Meetings with the parents are held at a regular basis.
  • Action taken for enrolment of the children in the Govt. Schools .
Primary Education Program for School Going Underprivileged children:

Objectives:

  • Enable the children of poor backward community for getting primary education.

Activities:

  • 10 education centers are being continued at six villages of Shyampur – I , II blocks, Howrah and Falakata block of Alipurduar district.
  • The centers are running for three hours a day
  • Parents meeting normally hold once in a month.
  • The teachers’ training is conducted once in a year.
Secondary Education Program for School Going Underprivileged students:

Objectives:

  • To make opportunity of continuation of education from elementary to secondary PRAYAS is trying to play a role of catalyst.

Activities:

  • Six coaching centers are being continued at six villages of Shyampur – I , II blocks, Howrah and Falakata block of Alipurduar district.
  • Six centers are running for three hours a day.
  • Parents meeting normally hold thrice in a month.
  • Awareness building to counter trafficking.
  • The teachers’ training is conducted once in a year.