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The 2014 Education Report shows that only 66.6% of students studying in Grades 3 to 5 could read Grade 1 texts, ﻿while only 58.7% have basic computational skills in government schools. There is also a lack of opportunities for students belonging to socially and economically deprived communities. These children face widespread discrimination on lines of caste, religion, gender, and class identities in general. This stunts their social, emotional and educational growth. 
 Having identified the weakest link, Diksha, through its Knowledge Hub for Education and Learning, works primarily with displaced children between the ages of 5 - 18. These are primarily first generation learners whose parents are primarily daily-wage earners unable to provide access to steady or quality education to their children. In addition to addressing the gap of numeracy and literacy, the children are given access to tech tools; taught how to use computer programmes and use the internet. 
 <ol><li>A)round 300 marginalized children get direct benefits from this activity. These children are better placed to access opportunities that will allow them to contribute better to their society. Primarily, focusing on the girls' education and their access to technology , confidence and builds their creativity so that they are able to voice their aspirations meaningfully alongside their male peers. In the long run, this results in an overall community transformation.</li><li>Partnered with the American Embassy for English Access MicroScholarship programme for 50 students in Patna </li><li>4 children from Diksha participated in an event organized by UNICEF and CSEI in order to raise the voice against all the odds a youth has to go through also become a part of Patna Youth Forum.</li><li>Sonu Kumar got selected for Bachelors in Economics in Banaras Hindu University.</li><li>Vishal Kumar cleared the 6 round of test and interview and got selected for 1 year course of computer sciences at NavGurukul</li><li>Two of our students Khushi Rani and Khushboo Rani were able to perform well and clear their polytechnic examinations.</li><li>Priyanka Kumari an alumna of Diksha KHEL center recently joined Bihar Police. </li><li>Prince Kumar and Aryan Sahu, two of our students got selected as 75 creative minds of tomorrow at 52nd international film festival of India held in Goa.</li></ol>

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The pandemic has affected the mental growth and education of children, especially the girl child. Diksha Foundation seeks to reestablish the connection between students and their education by supporting 300 students in Patna and Nalanda. ₹500 is the cost of providing books to 5 children. More importantly, the organisation is giving these 300 students access to online classes and video recordings by providing them with internet packs at the total cost of ₹2,500.Many children have lost their connections with schools for various reasons especially due to prolonged closure of schools and lack of knowledge to use ICT as a medium of education. In a recent ASER Report (2020), less than 50% teachers admitted to receiving training or brief on student engagement during school closures. This furthered the issues of school dropouts and early child marriages of girls. Online learning, as indicated by the numbers, is not becoming a reality due to infrastructural problems such as lack of access to an electronic gadget or internet connectivity. Apart from this, children have also lost their interests due to lack of access to resource materials such as books, stationery etc.Girl children are being forced to marry because of financial constraints on their parents as many of them lost their livelihoods during the lockdown. The reason for early child marriages have been varied including return of male family members from their work, societal pressure etc. According to the National Family Health Survey, Bihar accounts for 11% of all child marriages in India for girls. These girl children are now struggling with pregnancy, low levels of education and nutrition. 
 Diksha Foundation, through this project, seeks to reestablish the connection between students and learning of 300 students directly by taking the following measures:-<ul><li>Strengthen Access to Study Material -  We are planning to ensure door step delivery of library books, work books, stationery etc to our students in order to ensure their accessibility to resource materials</li><li>Online Teaching -  We plan to introduce conference line teaching with our students with provisions of video as well as audio lectures</li><li>Video Recordings - These video recording of classes of different topics will be made available to our students in order to ensure their learning </li><li>Mobile/Data Plan - This will allow students  with smartphones to join the classes as many students come from marginalised sections of the society</li><li>Blended Learning -  Further, as the COVID cases take a downward direction and the government eases out on the lockdown rules, we plan on introducing blended learning through which the students will be able to join classes through ICT as well as in the traditional method. </li><li>Teacher Resources- Tablets and smartphones to teachers with data plans</li><li>Sessions beyond academic courses- Mental health, meditation and decision making skills to reduce early child marriage .</li></ul>We will design our course content by including core subjects such as Math, English, Hindi and Computer along with life skills content such as mental health, meditation and decision making skills as provided in the module of My Life, Mere Faisley developed by Pravah. 
 <ul><li>Reduction in school drop out rates</li><li>Reduction in child marriages</li><li>Continued access to learning material will help in retaining knowledge</li><li>Better mental growth of children </li></ul>

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Bharat Education Foundation has partnered with Diksha Foundation to roll-out Bharat Education Scholarship for economically underprivileged high school students in Bihar, who aspire to attend college. Bharat Education Foundation has a mission to unlock the potential of underprivileged students in India by providing comprehensive scholarships that cover higher education, living expenses &amp; subsidy to the families of such students.To learn more about Bharat Education Foundation, please visit BharatEducation.info/ and to learn more about Diksha Foundation please visit <a href="http://dikshafoundation.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">dikshafoundation.org/</a> THE PROBLEM- Many high school (senior secondary school) students from underprivileged backgrounds in India do not pursue undergraduate (college) education because their parents cannot afford it, or worse still, the family needs to rely on wages from its children’s labor to run the household. This forces the children to seek pre-mature employment in the informal economy (eg. daily wage laborers in construction, rickshaw pullers, drivers and household help).These children, once employed in the informal economy, can rarely exit, and decades later, they in turn cannot afford higher education for their own kids. Thus begins a vicious cycle that is hard to break, and keeps generations of such families in abject poverty. While myriad scholarships for underprivileged students are available in various forms, students are still reluctant to attend college, as they know that their families need financial support from their labor, leaving them with no choice but to join the informal economy. Such decision making is forced also by lack of role models and career guidance. Sample field research interview snapshots, conducted in conjunction with Diksha Foundation at their center in Patna, Bihar.<ul><li>Education ongoing but not sure if they can make it to college</li><li>Lack of role models in extended family and social circle</li><li>Low visibility into professional careers</li><li>Aspirational but despair setting in</li><li>Expect most likely outcome to do something similar as parents – joining the informal economy</li><li>Family living under Rs. 15,000 per month income</li><li>Precedent already or expectation by family to support financially now (part time) or soon (leaving education)</li><li>Parents would like their children to study but don’t think they will be able to support.</li></ul> 
 THE SOLUTION- We hope to fix the route cause of the problem – the lifetime value of the student attending college should be greater than providing a source of income to the family in the short term. We will unlock this by providing the family a financial subsidy, in addition to paying for the college education, room &amp; board, travel expenses for the student. We will fund the family &amp; the student for the entirety of the college education time frame typically 3 – 4 years.Our endeavor is also to ensure that the student can find suitable employment opportunities in the organized sector, in a professional setting so that she has a path towards sustainable employment and a shot at bringing her family out of poverty. 
 SCHOLARSHIP-Our program has been kicked off in Bihar (one of the poorest states of India) with a dismal record of education continuity. The enrollment rates for Bihar start lagging versus rest of the country by senior secondary school and drops quite significantly by college, especially compared to urban states such as Delhi (14% versus 45%) but even versus the India average (25%). We plan to expand this program to other states over the next few years.Bharat Education Scholarship (and family financial support) grant details:<ul><li>Scholarship for up to Rs. 6 Lakhs per year, will cover full costs for attending a nationally reputed college that would culminate in a Bachelors degree in 3 – 4 years:</li><li>College fees, cost of boarding or lodging for the student</li><li>Other student college attendance expenses including travel costs</li><li>Up to Rs. 1,20,000 per year grant for the family</li><li>Active mentoring of the student to ensure retention &amp; launch professional career post-graduation</li></ul>THE ASK-We are targeting to fund at least 2 students &amp; their families in the next academic year for 3-4 years, to be able to attend a top 100 university / college / engineering institute in India, as part of this pilot and need to raise INR 50,00,000 (US $60,000). Any excess funds will be used to sponsor more students. Your help in achieving our goal will help families break the vicious cycle of poverty through education. The urgency of the problem calls for immediate action.

Bharat Education Fellowship 2023 - An Initiative by Bharat Education Foundation and Diksha Foundation

Diksha Foundation offers holistic education to children and youth from socially and economically marginalized communities in India. Since 2010, Diksha’s movement has been towards creating “transformative learning spaces for children”. Our idea of education is not confined to literacy alone, we focus on the holistic education of children by looking at the social, creative, and moral development of each student. Holistic education stresses on the overall development of an individual which includes core academics, emotional development, social skills with civic understanding, critical thinking skills, conflict resolution skills, personality development, and knowledge about self. While seeking to educate the whole person the basic three R’s of Relationships, Responsibility, and Reverence for all life, are taken into consideration. We believe that education is a journey of self-discovery, self-love, and self-esteem and that it is a process of change from within, a change in one’s habits and worldviews and one’s relationships and responsibilities with the community.Last year our world was caught off guard when a deadly pandemic struck in the form of COVID - 19. Throughout last year we have tried to strengthen our community with safety and personal hygiene, COVID-19 awareness and necessarry precautions we need to take in order to safeguard the community. The pandemic did not only present itself as a major health risk but also threatened the livelihoods of people. The worst hit sector due to the lockdown to resist the virus, was the unorganized sector throughout the world. In Patna, Bihar most of our students families lost their livelihoods for several months due to continued lockdown. Ins such situation, Diksha Foundation tried to reach out to our students through telephone. We offered them tele counseling to help through the lockdown. We initisated the Annapurna campaign through which we provided ration kits to the families of our students. The ration kit contained all the necessary items that were required to sustain a family for the month. We continue the campaign under the name of Aushadhi - Annapurna Campaign which has been extended to cover medical kits, oxygen necessities along with ration kits of the COVID -19 patients.So far we have been able to distribute these kits to over 1500 families in Patna and Hilsa so far. In further attempts, we have extended our KHEL facilities to ensure our students are never away from learning. Our libraries are open so that students could issue books for reading.

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