Shiksha Education Centres

Shiksha has about 1,000 underprivileged children enrolled at two completely free Education Centres, where students are provide with books, notebooks, uniforms and a nutritious mid-day meal – all for free. Students are also given regular, free health checkups and kept up to date with their immunization. The Centers have RO drinking water and hand washing stations, separate bathrooms for boys, girls and staff, CCTV monitoring, and more. Meritorious students from Class V get full scholarships to complete their formal education up to Class XII through reputed public schools on an equal footing with their peers. Shiksha is approved for the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and also prepares its students for NIOS examinations. One of their long term goals is to establish a model Senior Secondary School for underprivileged children.

 

(a) Shiksha Education Center, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa Village

The Mohyal Colony Educational Center has been operating since 2007 and is Shiksha's longest running and most successful project. It has 690 students - 664 attending regular classes plus 26 preparing for their National Insititute of Open Schooling exams. Originally run on the ground floor of a community center, a second floor was constructed to accommodate the increasing number of students wanting to attend the institution. In 2017, a new wing with three additional classrooms was added. The Center now has 18 classrooms a small library and a modest sized outdoor play area.

 

(b) Shiksha Education Center, Wazirabad Village

The Wazirabad Education Center has 295 students. It was founded in 2003 to educate street children who would spent their days wandering and collecting scrap material in the slums to generate income. Shiksha has been managing it since 2010 when it rented a new location in the heart of a slum where it inaugurated a Shiksha Education Center. It has students up to Class V and 8 classrooms centred around an outdoor play area. The children at Wazirabad are creative and artistically inclined and the Center's mural covered walls reflect their passion for the arts.

 

Shiksha Vocational Training Centres

Shiksha also runs Vocational Training Centres for Underprivileged Youth to equip them with relevant and marketable life skills. These are located at Sangam Vihar and Zakhira Slum (New Delhi) and Mohyal Colony (Gurugram, Haryana). Courses conducted include Basic Computer Training (in partnership with IHC - Habitat Learning Centre), Tailoring, Beautician, English-Speaking and Basic Adult Literacy.

 

Awards/Recognitions

Recent awards and recognitions received by Shiksha for its work with underprivileged children and youth include:

• GuideStar India: NGO Transparency Award (Gold Level) 2018.
• GlobalGiving: Certificate of Achievement 2018.
• World CSR Congress: Certificate of Merit 2018.
• Charities Aid Foundation: Certificate of Validation 2018.
• CMO Asia: Delhi NGO Leadership Award 2017.
• UN Global Compact Network, India: Life Membership.
• Credibility Alliance: Certification for Voluntarily Adhering to Basic Transparency and Good Governance norms, 2017.
• Delhi Food Bank: Certificate of Appreciation 2017
• DLF Foundation: Certificate of Appreciation.

 

Donations to Shiksha

Shiksha is part of the GlobalGiving ecosystem and can accept donations through its platform, which also extends tax deduction benefits to UK and US citizens. Here is a link to their page at GlobalGiving. For donations in Indian Rupees, kindly use the website http://www.shikshatrust.org.

 

Shiksha's Legal Status

Registered as a Trust in New Delhi; Registration No. 9285 of 31/10/2002.
Registered Office Address: Shiksha, C-503 Som Vihar, New Delhi – 110022
PAN Card No. AADTS8271N
Section 12A No. DIT (E) 2002-03/S-3467/03/471 dated 28/02/2003
Section 80G No. DIT (E)2011-12/S-2467/5101 dated 05/12/2011
FCRA: No. 231661494 dated 06/02/2014
NITI Aayog NGO Darpan: No. L/2016/0106719

 

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