Integrated Child Education & Value Development Program
Purpose
Project Vidya is an integrated child development and learning program initiated by RSB Foundation in
collaboration with Sewa Bharati, aimed at strengthening educational outcomes for children living in the
slum communities of Lucknow.
Lucknow has approximately 156 Bastis with nearly 78,000 slum dwellers, many of whom are migrant families
with limited access to quality education, academic guidance, or value-based learning. Economic constraints,
lack of parental support, and unstable learning environments can affect academic performance and school
retention.
To address these challenges, Project Vidya runs Bal Sanskar Kendras (Study Centres) across the city,
providing daily after-school academic support, personality development sessions, and structured
value-education modules.
Objectives
- Provide structured educational support through study centres.
- Enrol and support underprivileged children with daily learning support.
- Conduct 3 life-skill workshops and 1 annual residential camp focused on values, discipline,
personality development, and social responsibility.
- Deliver subject-focused tuition in English, Mathematics, and Science throughout the academic year for
students from 1st to 7th standard.
Key Activities
- Structured educational support through study centres
- Identify and set up 10+ community-based study centres in slum clusters.
- Deploy trained teachers or facilitators at each centre.
- Provide learning materials, stationery, and infrastructure support.
- For Enrolment and Daily Learning Support:
- Mobilise the community and enrol 300+ underprivileged children (Standards 1 to 7).
- Conduct baseline and periodic assessments to track learning levels.
- Provide daily after-school academic support and homework assistance.
- For Life-skill workshops and residential camp
- Organise 3 life-skills workshops on communication, discipline, hygiene, and social responsibility.
- Organise 1 annual residential camp focused on values, personality development, and team building.
- Conduct trekking and group activities to build confidence, leadership, and teamwork.
- For Subject-focused tuition
- Provide year-round remedial classes in English, Mathematics, and Science.
- Focus on foundational literacy and numeracy for primary grades.
- Hold regular parent-teacher meetings and track progress to support retention and improvement.
Lives Touched and Area Covered
600 students supported through this initiative across slum clusters of Lucknow.