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Supplementary Schools for First Generation Learners

Donor

Aide et Action

Theme

Community & Capacity Building

Location

The Nilgiris district

Year

1986–2010

Creating village based supplementary schools so SC and ST children could access education close to home.

RDO launched supplementary schools in SC and ST hamlets to bring education closer to children facing distance, poverty and human wildlife conflict barriers. The schools operated before and after regular school hours, with residential teachers, nutrition support, uniforms, warm clothing, footwear and textbooks. The programme helped break cycles of illiteracy and connected RDO deeply with village communities through wider development work.

Key Outcomes

85,000 first generation children educated through 55 village based supplementary schools.

Beneficiaries

85,000 children and their parents

Power in Numbers

85,000

children educated

55

supplementary schools

24 years

programme duration

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