Support Girl Child Education

A girl child is the most vulnerable group affected by COVID 19 pandemic. In normal situations also girls are denied their basic rights of survival and development. COVID 19 has left many marginalized families with no option but to stop the education of girls due to loss of livelihood. The economic profile of these families has deteriorated to the extreme. Sparsha's focus of the last 18 years has been on promoting the right of education for marginalized children with a special focus on girl child education.

Our baseline studies show that almost 50% of girls drop out in the age group of 10 to 18 years due to the following reasons:

• Lack of motivation of parents in girl child education due to traditions and customs related to child marriage, menstruation, safety, and security.
• Restricted by the parents to take care of their household and younger siblings.
• Poor financial conditions and low priority to girl child’s education.
• Protection from the scavengers of society.
• Lack of availability of schools in the nearby vicinity.

Sparsha works extensively with parents and the community at large to create awareness on girl child education through various activities and has seen a positive impact. 

The project goal is to encourage and promote girl-child education in the age group of 6 to 18 years through various strategic interventions and programs.

Objectives:

• Prevent dropouts among girl child students in the age group of 6 to 14 years and ensure them to continue their secondary education (up to std. 10)
• Provide sponsorship to selected girl students in the age group of 15 to 18 years for their higher education post 10th std.
• Provide opportunities for academic and non-academic excellence to girls.
• Provide personality development and Develop leadership development opportunities through structured training and exposures.

• Over a period of 3 years, Sparsha expects that at least 30 girls will be able to avail sponsorship for professional courses.
• Zero drop out among girl child students in the age group of 6 to 14 years.
• Development of role models in the community who could work as torch-bearers with Sparsha to spread awareness on girl child education.