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Educate Girls is a non-profit organization in India that aims to tackle issues at the root cause of gender inequality in India’s education system.〔(Novel project may improve prospects of girl child education ) The Hindu, Jun 26, 2011〕 Founded in 2007, the non-governmental organization has its management and outreach office in Mumbai and operations in the Pali, Jalore, Sirohi, Ajmer, Bundi, and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan. Since 2007, Educate Girls has worked with over 7,000 government schools, where the introduction of creative learning and teaching techniques is claimed to have increased learning outcomes by 35-60 per cent.〔(Educate Girls: Official Impact Numbers ) Educate Girls, 2014〕 Since 2007, the organization has reached over 1,000,000 total beneficiaries, and enrolled close to 80,000 out-of-school girls in school 〔(When Girls Returned to the Classroom ) India Today, December 15, 2014〕 Educate Girls was founded by Safeena Husain. ==Executive summary== Educate Girls involves and empowers various stakeholders to create a system that promotes and supports girls’ education. Educate Girls creates community ownership to help communities to prioritize girls' education. The model includes the following elements:〔(Educate Girls: What We Do )〕 Team Balika Team Balika consists of over 4500 community volunteers who work as champions for girls’ education and catalysts for school reform. Team Balika members work in the schools as well as village communities spreading awareness on girl child education. They boost enrollment, retention and learning outcomes for all girls. Team Balika is trained in community mobilization & outreach, CLT techniques, leadership, and motivation. They are often between the ages of 16-25 and are among the most educated members of their communities. Community - Based Enrollment Plans After identifying out-of-school girls in the area, village meetings are organized to prepare community based enrollment plans. Responsibility is distributed between the village leaders, elders, school administrations, Team Balika (Community Volunteers) and Educate Girls' staff to bring the girls back to school. School Management Committees At village meetings, a 12-15 member council is elected to for a School Management Committee (SMC). This consists of parents, teachers and village leaders and is responsible for school governance and administrations. Educate Girls trains the SMC and provides them with the support to prepare and execute School Improvement Plans (SIPs) and conduct school assessments Creative Learning and Teaching Techniques & Classroom Support Educate Girls trains one teacher per school in Creative Learning & Teaching (CLT) techniques. Test are conducted before and after training to assess learning levels. Classroom hand-holding support is provided by Educate Girls staff and trained Team Balika. As a result of Educate Girls CLT interventions, students saw a 15-35% improvement in Hindi, 9-29% in English, and 11-29% in Math.〔(Educate Girls - Creative Learning and Teaching (CLT) ) Center for Education Innovations, April 30, 2013〕 Creation of Girl Leaders Educate Girls facilitates the election of Bal Sabhas (Girls' Councils) in every upper primary school. This 13-member council gives girls a leadership position within the school and training in life skills to boost communication, leadership and problem solving skills. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Educate Girls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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