1. Rotary India Literacy Mission T-E-A-C-H Program 2 nd Child Development Committee Meeting Date – 1 st August,2015 Venue: RILM Office 145, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata - 700026

2. Asha Kiran…….a ray of Hope is all about bringing out of school children back to school

3. Out of School Children scenario in India  The IMRB International conducted a survey in 2014 about out school children.  Survey focused on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA); scheme of Government of India.  It was found that 6,064,230 children in the age group of 6 to 13 years are out of school in India. http://ssa.nic.in/pabminutes-documents/NS.pdf

4. Zone wise details of out of school children aged between 6-13 years in India ZoneNo. of Out of School Children CENTRAL ZONE Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand 2317104 EAST ZONE Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal 2051453 NORTH ZONE Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, NCT of Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan 871139

5. Zone wise of out of school children aged between 6-13 years in India ZoneNo. of Out of School Children NORTH-EAST ZONE Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura 197527 SOUTH ZONE (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu 321209 WEST ZONE Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat and Maharashtra 305799 ALL INDIA6064230

6. States wise of out of school children in India

7. Areas of Focus On that basis of numbers, interventions will be made to bring 100,000 out of school children back to school: - 10 states / areas will be selected for interventions to bring 9,000 out schools children back to schools of each areas I.e. total 90,000 children. 10 states / areas will be selected for interventions to bring 1,000 out schools children back to schools of each areas I.e. total 10,000 children.

8. Intermediary Center for Children A child sponsorship program is being launched allover India by RILM, where a person can donate Rs. 2,100/- to send an out of school child back to school. To fulfill this target of sending 100,000 out of school children back to schools will need a step in-between: intermediary center for children. A set / unit of 50 children in one place is minimum what’s needed to have the budget and the time span of maximum 12 months to admit them in Government Schools and monitor their progress in school after they are admitted. The collective amount for 12 months is Rs. 2,100/- x 50 = 105,000/-.

9. Implementation Strategies Local experienced NGOs will be given the responsibility of running these centers and the MoU for this short time project will be made between RILM and a NGO for minimum 10 centers with 50 children each, total 500 children for 12 months.