Children are suffering because of inequality and discrimination in our education system
Reset the system now!
Children are suffering because of inequality and discrimination in our education system
How your donation to Oxfam India will help:
- We are training volunteers to conduct offline classes for children who don’t have access to internet and mobiles/laptops as part of our COVID-19 response.
- We track out-of-school children and help them enrol in age appropriate classes.
- We provide support in strengthening school infrastructure. For example construction of toilets and hand washing areas, and repairing roofs and walls.
- We counsel parents, youth, and teachers to not discriminate among children on the basis of gender and caste, and ensure girls are not forced into early marriages.
how donors like you brought change
In 2019-20 Oxfam India reached out to 32.31 lakh people
Oxfam India is helping children continue learning
Oxfam India tried some innovative methods to ensure classes where not disrupted and children continued learning in our focus areas in Uttar Pradesh.
We engaged School Management Committee members and parents through tele conferencing and identified volunteers in different villages. With help from school teachers, volunteers were trained to conduct offline classes while following COVID-19 related safety measures. 33 teachers helped train 80 volunteers.
The volunteers follow a set routine. They teach at the same time every day and conduct recreational activities such as toy making and storytelling sessions, and play games to keep the children engaged.
“This is interesting and very useful otherwise we would have fallen behind on our studies. Plus this also helps us to meet with our classmates,” says Shivani Patel of class 7. We have engaged 500 children till now, who would have otherwise been forced into child labour or early marriage.
Your donation will help us address the inequality in our existing education system and make long-term changes.
Why should we reset our education system?
Inequality is rising and is particularly apparent in our education system which has almost been taken over by private institutions. Due to limited government funding in public schools and subsequently low quality, many parents believe that private schools offer better education. However, private schools continue to make profits by charging high fees, thus discriminating against children from poorer households who cannot afford to pay.
A daily wage earner, Dashrath enrolled his daughters in a private school in the hope of good education. They were admitted through the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota, yet the school charged Rs. 500 as admission fees for each child.
Since education moved online, his daughters have not been able to continue their classes. The family of five has only one basic phone with no internet connection. The Rs. 5000 which the government provides annually to EWS students was also not given. Thus, leaving many children, like Dashrath’s, at the risk of dropping and being pushed into child labour.
Findings of Oxfam India rapid surveys across Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
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