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| Education for Tribal, Scheduled Caste and other non-school going Children |
Prof. Amartya Sen, Noble Laureate, has rightly emphasised the need for universal primary education as sine quo non for all round development of the people of a third world country like ours. |
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Rally organised by LAMP in the World Social Forum, Mumbai 2004, demanding protection of Rights
of Street and Working Children. |
| LAMP has been successfully running education programme ( 36 Centres ) for tribal, schedule castes and other non-school going marginalized children, which is sponsored by the Govt. of India, and other development agencies, in the extremely backward villages of Bangriposi Block, District Mayurbhanj, Orissa, in nine leprosy-sufferers colonies of Burdwan district and in six Commercial Sex Workers colonies of Kolkata, 24 Pgs(South) and Hooghly district, in the West Bengal State and slums/squatters of the Kolkata city. Some of these children are also child labourers. In each of the education center, one teacher for 25 students is selected mainly from the villages/slums, and has been appointed. All of them were given intensive in-service training, arranged by the Government authorities. For day-to-day monitoring of the education programme, village/slum level education committees have been formed. |
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Education Centre for non-school going tribal children
in Asonbani, Mayurbhanj, Orissa |
| The children virtually learn through playing. games, sports and other recreational activities like songs, dramas and short excursions, which are also arranged. The learners are also encouraged to get familiar with the local flora and fauna and also their environment. Instructions on personal hygiene and sanitation are also given. They take keen interest in their lessons. |
An assessment of the progress, made with the participation of the village/slum level education committees, shows that 87% of the learners have successfully completed the class tests. |
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"Shri Shanti Ghatak, Minister In-Charge, Department of Labour, Government of West Bengal
is inaugurating the “National Convention of the Rights of the Children”with
Smt. Amita Kapoor, Chairperson, CRY, New Delhi |
| As a necessary corollary to this education programme LAMP has also been taking some positive steps towards elimination of child labour and promotion of self-reliance among women, specially the mothers of the learners under the Micro Finance and Livelihood Development Programme, through formation of Self-Help Groups.They are also encouraged to ensure preservation of local environment, which is inseparable from their lifestyle . |
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| Mr. Malay Dewanji, Hony. General Secretary, LAMP, delivering inaugural speech in the workshop on Rights of street and working children at World Social Forum, Mumbai 2004 |
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