Adult Education Project

PROJECT PROPOSAL
ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT

Submitted by

ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY

Mr. Sandip Maiske, President & CEO
F.S.7, Ratan Palace, Near S.T. Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth, NAGPUR-18. India.
Tel: +91–712–6462688 Fax: +91–712–6462688
Email: info@ashokaconsultant.com Website: www.ashokaconsultant.com

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE ORGANISATION

I. GENERAL DATA

Project Title : Adult Education Project

Applying Organization : Ashoka NGO Consultancy

Address : F.S.7, Ratan Palace, Opp. Khurana

Travels,
Near S.T. Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth,
Nagpur-18.
Tel: + 91 – 712 – 6462688
Fax: + 91 – 712 – 6462688
Email: info@ashokaconsultant.com
Website: www.ashokaconsultant.com

Contact Person : Mr. Sandip Maiske, CEO,

Function/Responsibility: Chief Executive Officer

Organization’s Legal Status : Registered under: Society Registration Act

Foreign Contributions Regulations Act

Income-tax Act

Project Location : 12 Villages in Hingana Taluka,

District: Nagpur
State: Maharashtra

Target Groups : Illiterate adults who are above 18 years

Time-frame for use of requested funds : From: 2008 to Mar 2009

Grant Requested : Rs. 550000 (Rupees five lakhs fifty

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thousand only)
II. BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION

Ashoka NGO Consultant (ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY) was founded as a

Charitable Trust in2008, with the passion to help and serve the deprived and
disadvantaged people of urban slums and in rural areas of Nagpur District.

The target areas and groups

ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY Trust is now effective in, Hingana, Ramtek,
Kalmeshwar, Katol, Narkhed, Umred, Bhivapur, Mouda Taluka of Nagpur District
(Maharashtra – India). The key target groups are Dalits (the so called untouchables or
lowest caste group), children, child labourers, disadvantaged youth, rural women and
unorganized rural labourers.

Organization’s activities
It is our country privilege and pride for having a non profit organization of this kind and
we are happy to be a party to it. We would like to summaries and elaborate the kind of
service that developmental association for integrated service (ASHOKA NGO
CONSULTANCY) is performing and this is for your kind reference. For the past 2 years
our organization has committed itself in doing services to mankind towards its up
gradation. Indian society consists of upper class, middle class, & lower class on the basis
of their financial status. The first group i.e. upper class is having good food, cloth &
shelter in excess. The second group middle class are having just food, cloth and shelter
for survival and the third group which falls into the group of disabled and downtrodden
and our (ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY) priority starts from here. We would like to
help all the twenty eight percent of the population (BPL) group but our limited resources
do place reservations and restriction. If any organization joins hand, it will be full-fledged
services to the deserving mankind

Our mankind services are:

1. AIDS awareness programme
2. Medical assistance scheme
3. Free eye camps
4. Child labour abolition propaganda programme
5. Free education scheme
6. Awareness on human rights

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7. Environmental camp
8. Vocational training programme on computers & tailoring
9. Women harassment awareness programme
10. Self-employment
11. Adult education programme

Our Organization (ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY) Objectives (Long Term)

1. Employment for the deserving (weaker section) (one family one employment)
2. Housing scheme to weaker sections
3. Education for women
4. Nullify atrocities on women
5. Raising economic standard of women
6. Raising the economic standards of the weaker sections

At present, the Trust is conducting non-formal education for working children, in

evenings; adult education for poor, promoting education among village children and
youth, Strengthening of parents & teachers’ in villages to bring down the school drop-
outs, Low-cost housing, Providing additional teaching staff to government schools,
Organizing health and human rights awareness and education, Alternative skill training
for child labourers, De-silting irrigation canals percolation tanks, and organizing women
into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), savings and micro credit and Federation for villager
workers.

All the above activities are being conducted to bring basic awareness, educational,
economic and community development among the children, youth, women and adults of
the targeted villages, to empower them toward sustainable development.

III. TARGET AREA BACKGROUND

The total population of Maharashtra as of 1st March 2001 stood at 96, 752,247 as per the
provisional results of the Census of India 2001. In terms of population it holds the sixth
position among the States and Union territories in the country. As against all India
decadal growth rate of population 22.57%during 1991-2001, The sex ratio (i.e., the
number of females per thousand males) of population in the State has improved to 922 in
the present census. The literacy rate in the State has shown remarkable improvement.

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This has increased to 77.27% as compared to ten years back during 1991
census.
The target area is one of the backward districts of Maharashtra where the basic
educational condition of SCs, STs and BCs, children, youth and women are deprived.
Youth form 30% of the targeted villages who are in need of some basic skill to become
productive and creative.

Chandrapur district has only 77.61 of literacy rate among them men are higher in ratio,
84.82 and women are lesser than men, 70.21. Illiteracy rate is 22.29.

Plight of Women: Because of different factors like the lack of education, ignorance or a
"Defective Value System" the existing poverty status in the target areas is possible.
Discrimination, violence against girls and women are the worst forms of violence.
Women's and girl's situation is hardly understandable for outsiders. But to be born as a
daughter a women has restrained from education, socialization and participation in the
decision making process. As a wife, a woman has to procreate children for the husband
and rear them. She has the obligation to procreate a baby child; failure would result in
deprivation of conjugal life with the husband. Still there are many other forms of mental
violence against women. Moreover, beatings and other forms of physical violence are
considered as normal practices in the hill-villages.

When girls or young women get married, also they are not supposed to stay with their
birth family. They are considered to live with the husband's family. This leads to the
opinion, that investment on girl's education is useless because it does not give any return
to the parents. Hence, often the boy child alone enjoys the investment on education and
development. This discrimination leads the girl to grow as illiterate, ignorant and inferior
persons, which turn out in poverty and a submissive status.

Educational Condition

ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY has surveyed in 35 villages in Jiwati taluk and the
community baseline survey results reveal that an estimate of 700 illiterate adults is living
in the target areas

ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY Trust has devised the below given operational
objectives and plans to solve the problems of these children and youth.

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IV. NEED OF THE PROJECT

Adult Illiterates and Community Needs/Risk Factors

Data on adult community "Needs/Risk Factors” was gathered from our survey report. The
new survey conducted for the purposes of this grant reveals that there are 10% of adult
illiterates are interested to continue their education to gain a decent job and a salary. The
illiterate adults in the targeted 12 villages are the primary target for this project

Addressing the need of the illiterate adults

Illiterate adults’ needs

In order to reduce our adult illiteracy and to promote literacy achievement and social
success, we are seeking funds.

V. OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT

1. To educate 600 illiterates in the age of above 18 years from 12 targeted villages in
Jiwati Taluka

2. To provide better quality of adult education and to eradicate illiteracy among the 12
targeted villages.

3. To create skill based education with functional literacy.

4. To help learners critically analyze relations with people who are closely associated
with them and to understand the meaning of those relationships in terms of the
development of the village community.

5. To help learners recognize the qualities they have and their potential and to understand
the qualities that help in keeping their solidarity and those that divide them.

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VI. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

This project focuses on adult illiterates who have interest to become literate. They are
from 12 villages identified by the project to start this adult education centers and to train
these illiterate on alphabets and numerical knowledge.

The education programme would also have integrated health/nutrition/social skill

development programmes/services and organized recreational/ fine arts/cultural
awareness programmes.

Target group: 600 adult illiterates in the age of 18 years and above, living in 12 targeted
villages.

Adult education center: Develop 12 adult education centers, one at one village to
provide adult learning opportunities to adult illiterates.

The package in the adult education center:

* Animators’ Guide / * Literacy Primer / * Literacy Workbook / * Supplementary

Readers / * Numeracy Primer / * Animators’ Edition of the Numeracy Primer /
* Trainers’ Manual.

VII. EXPECTED RESULTS

The following results are expected by implementing the adult education project:

1. 600 illiterates would be illiterate through these 12 centers among them women would
form 50% (300 women)

2. 600 illiterates would have better motivation about their future career and better job
with best earning capacity.

3. Adult illiteracy in the targeted 12 villages would come down from 10% to 1%

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VIII. MONITORING REPORTING & EVALUATION

This project would be monitored by the staff of adult literacy project and the same staff
would report to the management board of ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY. Concurrent
evaluation would be done on monthly basis however an annual evaluation will be done
the external agency with the support of ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY.

IX. PROJECT BUDGET

SL. PARTICULARS CALCULATION RUPEES

I. Non- Recurring Expenses
1. Adult education materials Rs.250 x 600 persons 15000
2. Teaching aids Rs.15000 x12 Centers 180000
Non- Recurring Expenses 330000
II. Recurring Expenses
3. Project Coordinator Rs.5000 x 12 Months 60000
4. Adult Education Instructors Rs.3000 x 3 Teachers x 12 months 108000
5. Awareness & Motivation Rs.1000 x 12 months 12000
programmes
6. Teaching Centers Rent Rs.500 x 12 Centers x 12 months 72000
7. Electricity Rs.100 x 12 Centers x 6 Times 7200
Recurring Expenses 259200
Grand Total the Project 589200
ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY contribution 39200
Grant requested from the Donor 550000

Grant requested from the Donor is rupees five lakhs fifty thousand only.

List of Document Attached with this Project Report

1 Society Registration Certificate

2 Public Trust certificate
3 Bye – laws of Society

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4 Memorandum of Association
5 Management Committee list
6 Management Committee Resolution
7 Staff list engaged in Society
8 Audit Report (Last three years)
9 Annual Report (last three years)
10 Pan card Xerox
11 Bank A/c Passbook Xerox
12 Photo of NGO
13 Newspaper article of NGO
14 Literature published by NGO

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