Creating Opportunities for Girls in completion of Education

The project, to be implemented in Mayurbhanj district, aims to reach out to 5,000 children in formal schools, including 100 girls who had never gone to school. The project, which aims to improve learning opportunities for girls from economically backward communities in Mayurbhanj, was formally launched at a function here on Thursday. Care India will implement the project titled `Creating Opportunities for Girls in completion of Education in Odisha' in partnership with Stemcor Group. According to an official release, Care will partner with local NGOs to set up a residential school to specially cater to girls within age group of six and 14 years who have never been enrolled. The school will offer a bridge course that will build capacities of the girls to undertake the Class-V examination of the government upper primary schools in a span of 11 months. Further, as part of its `School Improvement Programme', Care will work in collaboration with the government system, local communities and the local education committees in 50 schools in Mayurbhanj.

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