Educate Girls is a non-governmental organisation that tackles the issues at the root of gender inequality in India’s education system. Educate Girls was registered as an NGO in 2007. In 2008, it won government approval to start a pilot programme to enhance girls’ attendance and retention in 500 schools in Rajasthan’s Pali district. The organisation currently serves approximately 4,500 schools in the Pali and Jalore districts. By 2016, the organisation aims to improve access and quality of education for 2.6 million children in all 9 of the 26 districts with the worst gender indicators in India.
Educate Girls runs a comprehensive model of reforms for government schools through community ownership, with the aim to secure 100 per cent enrolment, higher attendance and improved learning outcomes for all girls. The organisation engages girl students, teachers, schools, communities and government officials within existing frameworks to create a sustainable, scalable and holistic platform in each village.
Altogether, the EAC and Educate Girls’ collaboration comprises three distinct, multi-year projects, which are operational in the Indian States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, seeking to enrol 102,000, 126,000 and 232,500 OOSC respectively into quality primary education.
For more information about this EAC Implementing Partner, please visit the Educate Girls website.
Projects
Expansion of Educate Girls Programme II
In collaboration with EAC, Educate Girls seeks to reach an additional 232,500 OOSC in rural, tribal communities across the Indian States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh through the Expansion of Educate Girls Programme II project.Expansion of Educate Girls Programme
The second EAC and Educate Girls (EG) project aims to support 126,000 out of school children (OOSC) in four states (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar) with a particular focus on remote, rural tribal areas. In these areas EG will reach the most marginalized children in India who are systematically denied the advantages of autonomy, mobility, and economic opportunity.
