Project Nanhe Kalam

Primary rural education is suffering a major lag because of several issues. It is not only affecting the present society but the whole future of the community in question. Students are not getting ample opportunities, atmosphere and courage to succeed in life. It is very important for the society to formulate a system to envisage the hidden latent from primary rural students. It is important, not only to provide them quality education but also an atmosphere where they can get energised or motivated to build dreams. They are to be provided with a place where dreams can be turned into reality.

Self Reliant India is an organisation focussed to bring self reliance to each sector and community in the nation. We believe education can be the best weapon to develop self reliance. With aims intact, we started Project Nanhe Kalam, wherein students of primary rural government schools are coached for entrance exam of Navodhya schools. Navodhya Schools are a huge success and need no introduction. Induction of our students into these schools will provide them with an atmosphere to think out of the box and turn out as role models for their villages. Most importantly, the teaching staff mainly consists of graduate youth who are preparing for government competitive exams. This way, even youths develop teaching ability.

Our work is affecting not only the students and the teachers, but the entire community. We have run this project for almost a year, and the results are overwhelmingly good. There was a selection of 20 students from SRI. The percentage of students getting selected to Navodhya (Rewari), who come from rural government schools, rose by 20% to 25% of the overall selections. This change has bought a ray of hope to villagers and communities are getting attracted to this program.