REACH India will fund all activities that demonstrate achievement
of our primary goal – vulnerable children in school and learning
-- including:
| a. |
Programs that attract and prepare out-of-school children for
entry into the formal and alternative elementary (primary and
upper primary) school system. |
| b. |
Programs that provide support to the formal education system
to target, enroll and retain vulnerable children in schools. |
| c. |
Initiatives towards systemic reform including improving the
quality of state-run educational programmes through, for example,
staff development, improved Education Management Information Systems
(EMIS) and micro-planning. |
| d. |
Efforts by established NGOs or foundations to build the capacity
of smaller, grassroots NGOs. |
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| To support the delivery of services,
REACH India NGOs will also promote: |
| 1. |
Networking among NGOs (and involving district/city governments)
to promote the sharing and spreading of best practices. |
| 2. |
Activities related to sustainability of NGO programs (as appropriate
to continuing education sector needs) through broadening and diversifying
their funding sources, including those from governments, donors
and corporate entities. |
| 3. |
Action research in order to inform practice/interventions |
| 4. |
Dissemination of research findings and good practises |
| 5. |
Advocacy efforts aimed at: |
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| i. |
Improving the capacity of the formal system
to accommodate increased numbers of children in quality
programmes. |
| ii. |
Mobilizing communities to send their children,
especially girls, to school. |
| iii. |
Generating increased support for quality,
elementary education. |
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