Access to Quality Education

FXB India Suraksha believes in universal access to quality education as the key to effective and sustainable social change. The FXBIS education strategy aims to enhance access to and the quality of education across socio-economic strata. We help local schools to improve their infrastructure and basic amenities besides helping families in need to raise funds for school education. We link them to government education schemes or provide sponsorships via the Suraksha Sponsorship programme

In the 24 Suraksha Education Centres spread across India, children can access supplementary educational support from trained local educated volunteers through innovative "teaching learning materials", popularly known as TLMs. FXBIS computer literacy centres bridge the digital divide among the youth. FXBIS empowers women and youth through non-formal education programmes (NFE) and life-skills coaching such as LSE trainings and vocational training courses.

Strategy Intervention

Achievements

  • FXBIS was recognized on HundrED.org in 2019 – a pan-world knowledge platform showcasing best innovative practices in education. Through NFE and use of TLMs, FXBIS has been fostering learning though innovations via its 'Suraksha Education Programme' since 2007.
  • Over 900 children are being assisted to improve competencies in reading, writing and arithmetic through remedial classes at the 24 Suraksha Education Centres (SECs) established.
  • Children libraries established in 35 schools and the 24 SECs, thus encouraging and enabling around 25000children to improve their reading, comprehension and expression skills, most importantly the love for reading and learning about the world.
  • Complete make-over of a government school in district Sanyasikuppam, Puducherry and schools in Darrang, Assam, thereby proactively enthusing 2000 students to reduce absenteeism and enjoy coming to schools.
  • FXBIS has successfully ensured 'zero child labour' at home or workplace withinits working geographies.
  • 9 anganwadis have been refurbished completely and provided ECCE (Early Childhood Care & Education) kits for enhanced learning and development for children below 6 years.
  • Enrolled above 500 school dropouts back to mainstream schooling.
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Key Interventions

Comprehensive Education Development Programme in Jharkhand (West Singbhum)

  • Capacity-building of primary school teachers and anganwadi workers in 15 intervention villages. Establishment and operation of children’s libraries in government schools. Establishment of ‘Suraksha Education Centres’ (constituent of the Suraksha Education Programme) for school-going first-generation and other slow learners as well as school dropouts. Mainstreaming the dropouts back to formal education through raising their academic bar via NFE (non-formal education) and student-friendly TLMs (Teacher Learning Material). Firming up the School Management Committees.

Comprehensive Children Development Programme through Transforming Government Schools (Integrated Community Development Programme) in Puducherry

  • Development of school infrastructure as well as improvement of amenities to makegovernment schools student-friendly and appealing. Conduct moral education sessions and yoga classes for school children. Organize youth career counseling programmes and events for soft skills development. Impart of Life-skills education and other soft skills in schools as well as at SECs for adolescents. Establishment of ‘Suraksha Education Centres’ (constituent of the Suraksha Education Programme) for school-going first-generation and other slow learners as well as school dropouts.

Early Child Care and Development programme (Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh)

  • FXBIS has collaborated with Mobile Creche to run crèche for children who are living with their parents working in Construction sites. FXBIS has been running 2 Mobile Creche Centres in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The main aim of the project is to provide Early Child Care and Development facilities to the children below the age of 6 years. However, the centre is also running under the concept of providing safe space to children while their parents are away for work so that they are not left abandoned. Hence, the centre caters to children below the age of 14 years where not only crèche facility is there but also non-formal education, nutrition and heath, play and recreation, protection from neglect and abuse are integral part. Children eligible to join formal education are mainstreamed to nearby Government schools too. At present over 90 children are catered at both the centres.

Promotion of Quality-Education and Health Amongst Urban Slum Dwellers of Marginalised Communities in Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)

  • Establishment of ‘Suraksha Education Centres’ (constituent of the Suraksha Education Programme) for school-going first-generation and other slow learners as well as school dropouts. Mainstreaming the dropouts back to formal education through raising their academic bar via NFE (non-formal education) and student-friendly TLMs (Teacher Learning Material). Impart of Life-skills education to students at government schools; facilitation of ‘school health cells’ to maintain school sanitation.

Integrated Rural Development Programmes in Manipur (Imphal) and Tamil Nadu (Villupuram)

  • Establishment of 'Suraksha Education Centres' (constituent of the Suraksha Education Programme) for school-going first-generation and other slow learners as well as school dropouts. Mainstreaming the dropouts back to formal education through raising their academic bar via NFE (non-formal education) and student-friendly TLMs (Teacher Learning Material). Impart of Life-skills education at both SECs and in schools for adolescents. Establishment of 'Youth Resource Centres' for employment seeking village youth with mentor services to help choose the appropriate career.

Urban Slum Development Programmes in Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Rajasthan (Jaipur) and Uttar Pradesh (Noida)

  • Refurbishment of Government schools and provide learning friendly schools with all basic amenities. Run ‘Suraksha Education Centres’ (remedial coaching) for school-going first-generation and slow learners as well as school dropouts. Mainstreaming the dropouts back to formal education through raising their academic competencies. Impart of Life-skills education at both Suraksha Education Centers and in schools for adolescents. Establishment of ‘Youth Resource Centres’ for employment seeking village youth with mentor services to help choose the appropriate career. Establishment and operation of children’s libraries in government schools and at the SECs and day-care centre (Jaipur)

Holistic Rural Development Programmes in Assam (Darrang & Kamrup) and Meghalaya (Ri-bhoi)

  • Establishment of 'Suraksha Education Centres' (constituent of the Suraksha Education Programme) for school-going first-generation and other slow learners as well as school dropouts. Mainstreaming the dropouts back to formal education through raising their academic bar via NFE (non-formal education) and student-friendly TLMs (Teacher Learning Material). Impart of Life-skills education at both SECs and in schools for adolescents. Establishment of 'Youth Resource Centres' for employment seeking village youth with mentor services to help choose the appropriate career.

(For more details, contact: gkiran@theepsylon.org)