Asha for Education

Project Brief: Asha-Bangalore has undertaken this together with Shikshana, an organization that works with many govt. schools in Karnataka. Asha's 2 adopted schools serve the children of migrant tribal communities in Bangalore.
Project Type: Working with the Government (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Bangalore

Status: ENDED
Project Steward: Santhosh Padmanabhan
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Chandranagar and Kumaraswamy Layout govt. schools
Chandranagar and Kumaraswamy Layout
Bangalore, Karnataka
Stewarding Chapter: Bangalore

Asha and Sikshana (www.sikshana.org) have formally 'adopted' these two schools under the Karnataka School Adoption Program. The aim of this adoption is to improve the government school functioning. Participation of Asha includes:

- Appointing and supporting the salaries of additional teachers when necessary
- Organize school trips
- Providing additional teaching support through volunteers
- Work with the School Development and Management Committees to demand more for the schools from the Education Department
- Conduct periodic evaluation to ascertain the learning levels of the children
- Provide funds for physical infrastructure augmentation.