Education

We work to achieve the goal of universal, inclusive and quality elementary education.

We work to achieve the goal of universal, inclusive and quality elementary education. We campaign for the educational rights of the most marginalised communities, with emphasis on the girl child.

Our focus has been on ensuring the proper implementation of the RTE Act. This has combined working with communities for monitoring the delivery of quality education on the ground, engagement with teachers, elected peoples' representatives and bringing together existing education networks for a synergy of forces.

Oxfam India is a founding member of the National RTE Forum, the largest alliance on education in the country constituting civil society organisations and agencies working people's access to quality, universal and inclusive elementary education.

Stories of Change

Stories that inspire us.
Education

20 Nov, 2019

Odisha

Swantana has big dreams to achieve

Household responsibilities forced Swantana* to drop out of school and stay at home for nearly five years.
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Education

01 Jul, 2020

Uttar Pradesh

Bypassing The Digital Divide

Mithilesh Kumar Tripathi had two things weighing on his mind — one was the pandemic and the other was school education.
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Education

03 Sep, 2020

Odisha

Community ownership helps improve education in a village school

The only Upper Primary School in Bagdafa village, a tribal area, in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district had 176 students but only four classrooms and four teachers.
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Education

12 Oct, 2020

Uttar Pradesh

Breaking Barriers of Disability to Educate Children

Devkali is an active member of School Management Committee (SMC) of Primary School Terahimafi in Banda district.
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Education

23 Sep, 2021

Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh

Mohalla Classes to Tide through the Pandemic

Seventeen year old Kavita Jaiswal has been teaching children in her neighbourhood in Kallu Ka Purwa hamlet in the Raebareli town area since June 2020. She runs what is called a mohalla sc...
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Education

05 Oct, 2021

Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh

Suman Devi: Inspiring Mohalla Classes in Raebareli

In the last 18 months, when schools were closed, teachers were roped in for Covid duty.
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Mobilising Forest Dwelling Communities to Claim Individual and Community Forest Rights

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