{"id":431,"date":"2013-02-26T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorstepschool.org\/pune\/?p=431"},"modified":"2016-12-16T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T07:45:19","slug":"eac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorstepschool.org\/pune\/eac\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Activity Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Overview<\/span><\/h4>\n

We identify communities, like migrant worker’s children, street children, and fishermen’s children, and then try to establish classes as quickly as possible for them. The aim is to get them to the level where they can enroll in regular school. For children left to fend for themselves on the streets and who have no opportunity of schooling, these classes help to raise their self-esteem and demonstrate the practical<\/em> difference that literacy can make on their lives.<\/p>\n

These classes make them literate. Our definition of literacy is being able to read a newspaper. Whether it makes any practical difference in their life or not is debatable but it breaks the cycle of illiteracy, lays foundation for literacy, schooling and education of future generations of that individual<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facilities<\/span><\/h4>\n

Generally, all our classes are held in labor camps or at construction sites where a location, a tin shed or a room, is provided by the builder. But when such a facility is not available or is likely to take time setting up, we start our classes in School on Wheels or a temporary space close to the construction site location.<\/p>\n

Activities<\/span><\/h4>\n

We design and carry out the activities based on the age group and educational needs of the children through:<\/p>\n