Who We Are

Door Step School Foundation is a Section 8 Company incorporated in 2018 with the objective to have an independent entity in Pune. DSSF has branched out from the Society for Door Step Schools (DSS), a registered non-profit, started in Mumbai in 1989 and expanded to Pune in 1993 with the aim to address illiteracy among children from marginalized sections of society.

Since inception, DSSF (erstwhile DSS, Pune) has impacted the lives of more than 1 million children through various Community and School Intervention Programs built for children from marginalized communities; reaching more than 70,000 children annually in Pune since last five years. DSSF aims to carry forward this legacy and create a positive impact in the lives of the underserved.

Throughout our evolution, our programs have consistently centered around the core objective of fostering the 3R’s – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, empowering children to become lifelong learners. Our mission has been aligned to SDG 4, promoting inclusive education for all and resonates with the principles of NIPUN Bharat (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding) as per NEP 2020. The focus of this initiative is to ensure universal foundational literacy and numeracy in primary school by 2025, as the fundamental prerequisite for further educational advancements. With a steadfast commitment to these goals we continue to prepare 3 to 5 year old children for formal schooling while also strengthening the foundational literacy, numeracy and reading skills of 6 to 14 year olds ensuring that they reach age appropriate competency levels.

What We Do

Door Step School Foundation aims to take Lifelong Literacy and Learning to the children from migrant and less privileged communities though innovative and interactive programs

Training Center, ‘Parivartan’ – Our Training Centre for in-house training of our teaching and other staff. It also undertakes training for other similar NGOs and Private institutions. “We train teachers to teach children.”
Publication- Publishes various learning materials for teaching – learning Marathi, Mathematics and Pre-primary curriculum, including graded learning books, storybooks and teaching tools. Particularly the Jodakshar virahit stories are one of its kind created and published by DSSF.
Networking & Nurturing – It assists in the capacity building of the staff of other NGOs.
SUPANTH (Sustainable Upliftment and Training with Honour) – Empowers older children and youth by providing them sustainable avenues of skill development for earning a livelihood.

Community Intervention Programs

School Intervention Programs

Project Foundation- Educational Activity centers at construction sites …Read more

Project Grow with Books – To increase vocabulary and reading capabilities of children in government schools…Read more

Community Learning Centers – Learning centers in permanent slums…Read more

School on Wheels – Mobile classroom and reading room for locations where a center cannot be set up…Read more

Networking and Nurturing – For capacity building of teaching and monitoring staff of other NGOs. Also teaching children since COVID-19…Read more
Project SUPANTH – Sustainable Upliftment and Training with honour to give vocational guidance and counselling in communities and children in schools….Read more

‘Parivartan’ Training center – to support the capacity building of DSSF team….Read more

What We Do

Door Step School Foundation aims to take Lifelong Literacy and Learning to the children from migrant and less privileged communities though innovative and interactive programs

‘Parivartan’ Training center

Begin introduction from here – Our Training center -‘Parivartan’ has been enabling and facilitating change since 1999. It forms the backbone of our projects with the communities, schools and other institutions. We train, we refresh our knowledge, learn new ways of working and build our capacities to take education to every doorstep.

School-on-Wheels

Remote locations? Bumpy roads? No space for classes? Fret not, we will bring the classroom or let’s say drive the classroom to the community! Our signature project since 1999, a bus remodelled as a mobile classroom and library taking education to the doorstep of children from migrant communities staying in the most inaccessible places in and around the city.

Networking & Nurturing

Reach and share, learn and teach, collaborate-network to nurture the future! Started in 2018, Project Networking and Nurturing aims to network with non-profit organizations, child-care institutes, volunteer groups, and individuals who are working with children. We help them build their capacity in DSS methodologies to enable children towards Lifelong Literacy and Numeracy skills.

SUPANTH

Sustainable Upliftment and Training with Honour – Reduce gap between the heading and introduction.Project SUPANTH launched in 2020, is our recent initiative which is aligned with the National Skill Development Mission. It aims to increase awareness among school going children and youth from the marginalized communities, about the importance of vocational skill development and improve their access to training opportunities which can lead to employment.

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

Foundational Literacy and basic numeracy have been the focus of DSS since inception. COVID-19 had a disastrous effect on the education of children specially from marginalized communities to an extent where more than 80% children suffered from loss of learning of at least one language or arithmetic ability. This is an effort on war footing to address this loss of learning.

Training Center, ‘Parivartan’ – Our Training Centre for in-house training of our teaching and other staff. It also undertakes training for other similar NGOs and Private institutions. “We train teachers to teach children.”
Publication- Publishes various learning materials for teaching – learning Marathi, Mathematics and Pre-primary curriculum, including graded learning books, storybooks and teaching tools. Particularly the Jodakshar virahit stories are one of its kind created and published by DSSF.
Networking & Nurturing – It assists in the capacity building of the staff of other NGOs.
SUPANTH (Sustainable Upliftment and Training with Honour) – Empowers older children and youth by providing them sustainable avenues of skill development for earning a livelihood.

We Make a Difference in their Lives

IMPACT

Our impact is a testament to the dedication of our team, the support of our partners, and the resilience of the communities we serve. Together, we are creating a world where education knows no boundaries and where every child has the opportunity to unlock their full potential.

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Networking & Nurturing

Door Step School started Project Grow with Books in 1999 with the aim of developing the reading skills of children and enhancing their vocabulary. It was initially started in the primary section of 10 schools as part of the school time table and has now, after 10 years, grown to reach more than 44,000 children from 140 municipal schools in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad areas. The goal was to improve the reading skills of the children and generate a love for reading which would eventually develop into a love for learning.

Supanth

Community Learning Centers are set up in a slum community to cater to the children who live here. These centers primarily offer a quiet place to study, read books and finish homework; an environment otherwise not available to these children. These centers also offer computer classes, science experiment labs, a reading room and study classes to guide children in their studies. A library service is also available at these centers, where the children can come to the center and select books of their own choice.