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Every time we take ride in a Tiger Park/Elephant park we look at the animals, trees, water bodies, ecosystem's and are in awe! We try to read more about these to understand as well!
Can you imagine that thousands of families live in and around these forest, national park ecosystems?
Khatun is a 7 year old girl who loves to hold the national flag and sing the national anthem as she enjoys her visit to the school. She aims to learn to read and write. Thousands of girls like her inhabit these ecosystems.We at Samanta Foundation have been working on strengthening the school systems in these areas for girls and boys to be able to study.
These children from tribal pastoral nomadic rural and forest dwelling communities stand a chance to complete primary schooling if you join hands with us.
In India with over 1.5 million schools and 250 million students, the school education system is one of the largest in the world. With 84.71% of the 1.5 million schools in India being rural, remote, tribal schools, the limited quality of education and lack of access to educational resources continue to remain a huge challenge.
In Uttarakhand, more than 65% of the state is geographically under forest cover. A host of populations ranging from Forest dwelling, Tribal, Rural, Pastoral Nomadic, STs/SCs inhabit these regions. There are schools categorized as - Forest, Tribal, Government schools, NRSTs et - to provision for elementary education for children. Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Corbett Reserve are the two national parks inhabiting wildlife and human populace in close vicinity.
Bahadrabad block is the biggest block under the aegis of Rajaji Tiger reserve comprising Pastoral nomadic, STs/SCs/OBCs, minority communities as more than 50% of total population. Out of every 10 children, 3 belong to the SC/ST community. 5 out of 10 children are living in ST villages. 88% of the total population is categorized as rural.
As per Uttarakhand government, 90% of the elementary education government schools are categorized as rural in the block. The performance grading index released by the government states that Uttarakhand stands in Akanshi -2 with a score range of 461-520 out of a maximum score of 1000. It ranks low on the domains of learning outcomes and quality of education in India. Bahadrabad block stands in the bottom 5 in the State for performance of students in school. The NAS district level data for proficiency among students subject wise stands at - English 39% - Maths 41% - Science 37% - Social Science 38% - MIL 40%.
As per the Samanta community survey, across a sample size of 372 HHs, out of 1004 children in the age group of 3-18 more than 50% of children are out of school. The sex ratio (as per census) stands at 880 per 1000 females in Uttarakhand which is on the lower side compared to national estimates. Percentage of girls who are out of school is almost double that for boys. Only 7 girls have reached higher education among all the HHS surveyed as compared to 30 boys. Young role models engaged in a livelihood due to education are missing. Instead we have girls and boys who undergo early marriage and engage disguised employment through family linked livelihood.
Out of the total HHs surveyed 20% have a person who has completed more than class VIII in the family. Only 18% of HHs have a person who is engaged in a job in an external facility like driver, dairy worker etc.
We at Samanta believe that the root of all the above-mentioned problems in the schools is lack of quality education. Samanta Fellowship led by the youth exists to create a contextual and enabled learning experience for children. Solving this will help create a generation of children who will complete K-12 education and be equipped to lead self and community towards a new world. The youth facilitating the change would be role models for the community and children leading all to a better world.
Can you imagine that thousands of families live in and around these forest, national park ecosystems?
Khatun is a 7 year old girl who loves to hold the national flag and sing the national anthem as she enjoys her visit to the school. She aims to learn to read and write. Thousands of girls like her inhabit these ecosystems.We at Samanta Foundation have been working on strengthening the school systems in these areas for girls and boys to be able to study.
These children from tribal pastoral nomadic rural and forest dwelling communities stand a chance to complete primary schooling if you join hands with us.
In India with over 1.5 million schools and 250 million students, the school education system is one of the largest in the world. With 84.71% of the 1.5 million schools in India being rural, remote, tribal schools, the limited quality of education and lack of access to educational resources continue to remain a huge challenge.
In Uttarakhand, more than 65% of the state is geographically under forest cover. A host of populations ranging from Forest dwelling, Tribal, Rural, Pastoral Nomadic, STs/SCs inhabit these regions. There are schools categorized as - Forest, Tribal, Government schools, NRSTs et - to provision for elementary education for children. Rajaji Tiger Reserve and Corbett Reserve are the two national parks inhabiting wildlife and human populace in close vicinity.
Bahadrabad block is the biggest block under the aegis of Rajaji Tiger reserve comprising Pastoral nomadic, STs/SCs/OBCs, minority communities as more than 50% of total population. Out of every 10 children, 3 belong to the SC/ST community. 5 out of 10 children are living in ST villages. 88% of the total population is categorized as rural.
As per Uttarakhand government, 90% of the elementary education government schools are categorized as rural in the block. The performance grading index released by the government states that Uttarakhand stands in Akanshi -2 with a score range of 461-520 out of a maximum score of 1000. It ranks low on the domains of learning outcomes and quality of education in India. Bahadrabad block stands in the bottom 5 in the State for performance of students in school. The NAS district level data for proficiency among students subject wise stands at - English 39% - Maths 41% - Science 37% - Social Science 38% - MIL 40%.
As per the Samanta community survey, across a sample size of 372 HHs, out of 1004 children in the age group of 3-18 more than 50% of children are out of school. The sex ratio (as per census) stands at 880 per 1000 females in Uttarakhand which is on the lower side compared to national estimates. Percentage of girls who are out of school is almost double that for boys. Only 7 girls have reached higher education among all the HHS surveyed as compared to 30 boys. Young role models engaged in a livelihood due to education are missing. Instead we have girls and boys who undergo early marriage and engage disguised employment through family linked livelihood.
Out of the total HHs surveyed 20% have a person who has completed more than class VIII in the family. Only 18% of HHs have a person who is engaged in a job in an external facility like driver, dairy worker etc.
We at Samanta believe that the root of all the above-mentioned problems in the schools is lack of quality education. Samanta Fellowship led by the youth exists to create a contextual and enabled learning experience for children. Solving this will help create a generation of children who will complete K-12 education and be equipped to lead self and community towards a new world. The youth facilitating the change would be role models for the community and children leading all to a better world.
