Education:

Save, Strengthen and Transform Govt Schools in to genuine neighbourhood Schools. 

The Journey of Right Track was initially started for elementary inclusive education with the children of deprived community, i.e. street & working children, engaged in all form of child labours and mainstreamed them in to formal schools under public education system.  At present, 6 Community Schools at different locations of North 24 Pargana 2  Community Schools in Maheshtala, Souith 24 Parganas districts while 2 Residential Schools in Kolkata City are ruing.    

Strategies for Education; –

  • Facilitating running of madrasa and schools in targeted areas involving minority and underprivileged children
  • Ensuring pre-school education for children between 3 to 6 years by making ICDS Functional
  • Ensure quality education of all children between 6 to 14 years under formal Education system (public education) as per provisions made under The Right of Children to Free &Compulsory Education Act, 2009,
  • Ensure participation of girl child in education system
  • Ensure Mid-Day Meal and infrastructure in Govt. aided schools,
  • Reinforcing positive attitude among children towards education
  • Strengthening Ward Education Committee / Village Education Committee, in Govt aided Schools and pressurize for formation of School Management Committee as per the RTE Act.2009,
  • Strengthening Committee, i.e. Mother/parents Teachers’ Association for school monitoring &Development and Child Cabinet in schools for monitoring of Class Management, 
  • Coalition / networking with Civil Society Organization on ensuring quality education in Public Education System and compliance with RTE Act 2009
  • Providing support to orphan children both in rural and urban communities.

Achievement in last 10 years:

For improving child friendly learning environment in 25 govt. schools, 25 facilitators were deployed and initiated different activities like facilitating special classes, capacitating child cabinets etc. and introducing different support services like wall painting, suggestion box, gardening and library. At the same time, it also attempted to ensure community participation and encouragement of parents towards taking interests for the development of their children. 

The followings are the achievement with the efforts of Right Track education team members throughout last 10 years;

  • Facilitating the functionality and smooth running of 5 madrasas covering minority and underprivileged children 
  • 29,900 children have been mainstreamed into madrasas and schools through school preparedness program and distributed educational aid.
  • 22,570 girls have completed their school education who were enrolled after successful completion of bridge course
  • 29 madrasas and schools have been formed as Child Friendly Schools in South, South – West Kolkata and Maheshtala Municipality, 24, Parganas (S).
  • Consistent efforts made 10 KMC wards and 2 housing apartment child labour free through its child labour intervention.
  • Nurturing for overall development of 200 marginalized, deprived, child labour and orphans through two Residential Schools supported by Sarva Shiskha Mission-Kolkata
  • Providing support to 769 orphan children in Minakhan Block of North 24 Parganas.
  • Provide Scholarship to 11 Students for higher studies,