Partnerships

Chakke
Pe Kaksha

This project is in partnership with Belgian organization – The Mobile School. The initiative aims to provide quality learning resources at the primary level using an extendable six-meter-long, two-sided blackboard on wheels. The interactive learning experience includes 364 panels on various subjects to promote skills-building and empowerment for young school goers. The project seeks out street and slum children and also students in government schools and creates positive meeting places where the child is unconditionally accepted and respected. The youth leaders visit the children to listen to them, build up a trusting relationship and offer opportunities to develop a positive self-image.

The goal of Chakke Pe Kaksha is to ensure that education reaches children in slums, streets, and other marginalized areas of the community. Alongside literacy and numeracy, they often incorporate creative activities, life skills, and awareness sessions on health, hygiene, and social issues.

Chakke Pe Kaksha currently reaches 73,449 students.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Model School

Ek Tara has partnered with the Kolkata Municipal Education Department to enable conversion of primary schools into model schools. Under this project, Ek Tara is working closely with schools and government authorities to focus on enabling overall development of children with access to co – curricular activities, digital learning, foundational numeracy and literacy in addition to change in infrastructure enabling an improved learning environment for kids.

Strengthening of Early Learning Initiative

Strengthening of Early Learning Initiative

The project, SELI (Strengthening of Early Learning Initiative) aims at transforming the educational landscape for underserved children in Kolkata. Through SELI, Ek Tara endeavours to reach out to 20 schools operated by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), state government, or low-budget private institutions. These schools primarily serve children from marginalised urban slum communities, where access to quality inclusive education is limited due to various socio-economic challenges.

The SELI project comprises four major components designed to address the multifaceted needs of these schools and their students—the establishment or strengthening of child-friendly library spaces and introducing library practices, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) initiatives, Science, Technology, Arts and Maths (STEAM) education, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and co-curricular activities are strategically integrated to enhance educational opportunities for underprivileged children in Kolkata’s low-income communities.

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