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Empowering mountain communities the journey so far A non-governmental development organisation established in 1995 addressing the development needs of fragile ecosystems and deprived indigenous peoples in the most remote & difficult areas in the world that lie in the shadow of policy & development attention. Natural Resource Management Enterprise & Livelihoods Development Appropriate Technologies Rights, Welfare and Social Development PROGRAMME AREAS Biodiversity conservation and sustainable land & water management Development & infusion of technologies for energy, water, sanitation, healthcare Improving incomes for marginalised groups, facilitating suitable alternative livelihoods, economic enablers. Improving access to rights & effective political participation. Improving gender equity, access to basic services.

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Head Office - Gurgaon (NCR) Leh (Jammu & Kashmir) Keylong (Himachal Pradesh) Kaza (Himachal Pradesh) Reckong Peo (Himachal Pradesh) Joshimath (Uttarakhand) Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) Locations 36 Resource Centres across 13 districts in 6 Himalayan states Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC Recognised as Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by DSIR Govt of India International plaudits : Jammu & Kashmir Leh; Kargil Himachal Pradesh Lahaul-Spiti; Kinnaur; Chamba Uttarakhand Chamoli; Pitthoragarh; Uttarkashi Arunachal Pradesh W. Kameng; Tawang Sikkim W. Sikkim; N. Sikkim West Bengal Darjeeling Empowering mountain communities the journey so far

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ISSUES Poor quality of education and lack of access for migrant/nomad children. Lack of relevant, holistic curriculum and trained teachers. Tribal people face prejudices, exclusion and discrimination, due to the ethnic dissimilarities. Low population density has reduced the political influence of tribal communities ISSUES Poor quality of education and lack of access for migrant/nomad children. Lack of relevant, holistic curriculum and trained teachers. Tribal people face prejudices, exclusion and discrimination, due to the ethnic dissimilarities. Low population density has reduced the political influence of tribal communities Supplementary education for remote villages, with advanced learning centres at district centres. Mobile schools and tent-based creches for migrant, nomad children and child workers. Best practices study and dissemination. Community-based system for education services monitoring. Supplementary education for remote villages, with advanced learning centres at district centres. Mobile schools and tent-based creches for migrant, nomad children and child workers. Best practices study and dissemination. Community-based system for education services monitoring. Key Achievements 136 supplementary education facilities for remote villages; 36 Rural Libraries, Resource Centres, Science Labs, IT Kiosks; 34 Early Childhood Care Centres for migrant workers; 5 mobile education units. PRAGYA INTERVENTIONS Training formal and para-teachers in improved pedagogy & innovative TLMs. Setting up community managed Rural Resource Centres with solar powered IT facilities. Facilitating peer-to-peer education. Training formal and para-teachers in improved pedagogy & innovative TLMs. Setting up community managed Rural Resource Centres with solar powered IT facilities. Facilitating peer-to-peer education.

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Elementary Education in India - Key challenges 150 million children enrolled in almost 800 thousand schools. But: almost 35 million 6 to 14 year olds are out of school half that number fail to complete primary education dropout rate is comparatively higher for girls than for boys Inadequate access and inequity in access Deficient enrolment Poor learning standards and achievements by children Lack of trained teachers Poor pupil-teacher ratio Large proportion of teachers on contract Lack of basic physical infrastructure & facilities Lack of co-curricular facilities Disregard of needs of CWSN Non-existent and non- functional school management committees Poor access to grievance redressal mechanism T HE P ROBLEM AND C ONTRIBUTORY F ACTORS

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Educationally Backward TBHF Districts Of 294 'Educationally Backward' in India, 135 are Tribal/Border/Hilly/Forested (TBHF) where geographic disadvantages converge with socio-cultural adversities, and contribute to stark gaps in enrolment and infrastructural provisioning, and equity concerns. Poor outreach of education Alienating curriculum, instruction Lowest GERs, low literacy, gender gap Poor learning outcomes Inhabited by tribal communities Sparsely populated and culturally distinct Poverty and unemployment Low parents literacy Difficult geography and remoteness Inaccessibility, poor rail and road connectivity Critical gaps in physical & social infrastructure (power, health, education) Historically excluded, politically neglected Poor community participation Conflict prone Of EBDs with