EDUCATION

Mahita is working towards bringing working children, school dropouts, especially girls and never-enrolled children back into mainstream schools. It partners with government, private sector, CBOs, NGOs and children. The program aims at eradicating child labour and increasing school enrolment and reteniton, especially amongst the most marginalised and vulnerable in the community, The education program also focuses on promoting child-focused, gender-sensitive and friendly learning environments.

Nearly 25000 plus children are benefitted so far through the initiative of Mahita in education, health and nutrition projects. It is also working with children from migrant construction labour colonies and faciliates the ECCD education as well as providing the nutritional food to the children from 3-6 years as well started learning centres for the age group of 6-14 years in the work sites. About 132 Gram Panchayaths became child labour free though Mahita’s work in Telangana. Nearly 80 schools were equipped with infrastructure, 54 Anganwadis strengthened through various interventions.

Promotion fo the secondary education for girls is one of the core interventions of the organisation. Linking the underprivileged dropout girl children to distance education as well as ensuring their completion of 10th class examination is one of the successful interventions in urban slums of Hyderabad. On the same lines, improving the learning levels of girl children who are attending the government schools through digital learning process is another innovative approach by Mahita.