Monday, 5 September 2011

A school on wheels to educate the poor

A school has been set up on the wheels to reach out to underprivileged children who have no access to education. These mobile learning centers are aimed at providing education to needy children who have no means of attending school. The mobile schools will have trained teachers, counselors and vocational instructors on board.
An initiative by Save the Children with support from Aviva Insurance, the first such bus with teachers and learning material on board was flagged off on Monday by Sister Cyril, principal of Loreto School, Sealdah. The organisations involved in this project aim to reach out to 3000 out-of-school children within two years and also target to mainstream 1,000 underprivileged children into formal education.
"In India, Kolkata is home to the second largest number of children living and working on the streets. This concept was born to reach out to street children and child labourers who have no access to education," said Thomas Chandy, CEO, Save the Children
Named Aviva Mobile Learning Centre, two buses will travel to places like railway stations or streets/slums where there is a high concentration of underprivileged children and set schools there. Apart from providing education in accordance with their age, these centres will also set up a strong referral system to ensure appropriate care for children at risk and need protection, and link them with skill development programs.
"At Aviva, we recognize that Education is Insurance for a better future. We envisage a better, stronger, more educated India. For this, there is a need to enrich underprivileged children who are the building blocks of our country's future

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