Educate Girls
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Founder | Safeena Husain |
| Type | Community Service |
| Focus | Girl Education |
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Area served
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Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Method | Partnership with Government Schools in Educationally Backward Districts |
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Key people
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Safeena Husain |
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Volunteers
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over 8000 |
| Website | www |
Educate Girls is a non-profit organization in India that aims to tackle issues at the root cause of gender inequality in India’s education system. Founded in 2007, the non-governmental organization has its management and outreach office in Mumbai and operations in 10 districts across Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Since 2007, Educate Girls has worked with over 12,000 government schools, and the introduction of creative learning and teaching techniques in classrooms has consistently shown increased learning outcomes every year. Since its inception in 2007, the organization has reached over 3.8 million total beneficiaries, and enrolled close to 120,000 out-of-school girls in school Educate Girls was founded by Safeena Husain.
Educate Girls involves and empowers various stakeholders to create a system that promotes and supports girls’ education.
Educate Girls creates community ownership to help communities to prioritize girls' education. The model includes the following elements:
Team Balika
Team Balika consists of over 8000 community volunteers who work as champions for girls’ education and catalysts for school reform. Team Balika members work in the schools as well as village communities spreading awareness on girl child education. They boost enrollment, retention and learning outcomes for all girls. Team Balika is trained in community mobilization & outreach, CLT techniques, leadership, and motivation. They are often between the ages of 18-25 and are among the most educated members of their communities.
'Community - Led' Enrollment Plans
After identifying out-of-school girls in the area, village meetings are organized to prepare community-led enrollment plans. Responsibility is distributed between the village leaders, elders, school administrations, Team Balika (Community Volunteers) and Educate Girls' staff to bring the girls back to school.
School Management Committees
At village meetings, a 12-15 member council is elected for a School Management Committee (SMC). This consists of parents, teachers and village leaders and is responsible for school governance and administrations. Educate Girls trains the SMC and provides them with the support to prepare and execute School Improvement Plans (SIPs) and conduct school assessments
Creative Learning and Teaching Techniques & Classroom Support
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