NGO’s fight challenges to educate all

India is a country with more than one billion people, and just one-third of them can read. The increasingly growing size of the population, shortages of teachers, books, and basic facilities, and insufficient public funds to cover education costs are some of the nation’s toughest challenges. According to a study, more than 30% of educational funds are allocated towards higher education, leaving the primary education in India in sway. Several Non-governmental Organisations have been working at the sheer grass root levels to extend education to underprivileged children in India.

India is fourth among the top 10 nations with the highest numbers of out-of-children in primary level. Furthermore, the rate of school dropouts amongst students is very high. One of the main reasons behind this is poverty. The developmental education for underprivileged children is perceived as a high-priced luxury, and this negative outlook continues with every new generation.

A disproportionate number of total out-of-school children in India are girls. Denial of equal opportunities of children is a serious social issue that has arisen out of caste, class and gender differences. The practice of child labour in India and resistance to sending girls to school in several parts of the country remain as genuine concerns. The current trend could lead to millions of underprivileged children probably not to set foot in a classroom ever.

The aim of developmental education for underprivileged children imparted should be to bring changes not only in the amount of knowledge gained but also in the abilities to do so, to think and to acquire habits, skills and attitude which characteristic an individual who is socially accepted and adjusted.

The term universalisation must include universal enrollment, universal retention and universal achievement of an acceptable level of reading; writing and arithmetic. Non-governmental Organisations believe that quality education is the key to overcoming poverty in a single generation. And the same is fundamental in creating a future for human security, community development and progress of the nation. It is an enormous challenge. It is also an immense opportunity.

Since independence, NGOs have been trying hard to strengthen the existing education system and network in the country so that more and more children get opportunities to go to school and remain there.

Education has the power to obliterate all evils from society. Non-governmental Organisations are at a constant endeavor to reach out to as many underprivileged children as much as possible and not only to provide them with a loving home but also good quality education that enables them to become contributing members of the society.

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