Education: a fundamental right

Education is a fundamental Human right whom every child should benefit. Learning to read, write and count is the basis of all school education, allowing children to become the adults of tomorrow.

Indira Ghandi (1917-1984):

“Education is a liberating force and today it is also a democratisation force which removes the castes and classes’ barriers and reduces inequalities imposed by the birth and the circumstances of the life”.

Education’s disparities in India

Even though in 2010 India passed a law regarding education Right guaranteeing the right to get a free and compulsory education for every child from 6 to 14. Today, 50 million of children from 6 to 11 are still illiterate and 50 % of them leave school at 10.

This rate varies :

• Depending on areas : poor children living in rural areas are less likely to be able to go to school.
• Depending on castes : Dalits (untouchable castes) are often step aside from the educational system.
• Depending on gender : only 40% of girls continue to go to school after the age of 10 while the percentage of boys decreases much less.

The main obstacles to the girls’ education

This disparity in education is mainly due to :

1. Poverty

Today our buildings are adequate but unfortunately, we still require a study room where students could study in the evening. They currently use the science room of the school which is quite far from the boarding school. In fact, it is not easy to go there in the evening. Sometimes, this room is used for other needs and so boarders can’t access the room.

To provide good study conditions to young girls, we would like to retrofit the dining room to use it both for studying and eating.

Now, students sit on the floor to study and eat. We would like to provide them desks to improve the working conditions to study.

In order to convert this room, we would need:

1. 1. To rebuild the floor by using strong tiles. (Some parts are damaged.)
2. Two windows and a door for security questions.
3. To open an access door to bring food.
4. To repaint the room.
5. To buy 36 benches and desks

Help us to give a quality education to young girls of Raikia!