Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Education support to transform lives of underprivileged girls; Curtailing high dropouts among school girls in India; Improving academic learning levels

18 NGO partners; Mahindra & Mahindra, HPCL, Capgemini, Google, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, Teradata

Keshub Mahindra, Anand Mahindra, Bharat Doshi, Sheetal Mehta.

Beneficiary Spend:

Average: 82.9%

Highest: 100.0%

Lowest: 38.0%

Income:

Average: Rs4 cr

Highest: Rs75 cr

Lowest: Rs1 lac

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Academic, material, and social support to 'Nanhi Kalis'

• Crisis: GOI statistics reveal that only 3 off 10 girls who enter Class 1 complete Class 10. At primary school level, >45% girls dropout and this increases to >73% by Class 10. Project Nanhi Kali, the flagship program of the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, was started in 1996 to provide quality education to socially and economically underprivileged girls in India.
• The Project aims to bridge the learning gap in government schools and curtail dropouts among girl students. The intervention has three components - i) Academic Support: after-school support class for concept-based learning. ii) Material Support: schoolbags, shoes, books, uniforms, hygiene material and other essentials. iii) Social Support: parent and community engagement for increasing sensitivity on gender issues and importance of girl child education.
• Outcome: i) Average attendance of 83%. ii) Dropout rates curtailed to <10%. iii) Learning outcomes increased by 10-20 percentage points year-on-year. iv) The project currently supports 120,000+ Nanhi Kalis across 10 states in India.