BARNAPARICHAY EDUCATION CENTRE
SAI is concentrating on is spread of education amongst the needy children in Sundarbans area. We are aware that the inhabitants of Sundarbans have to fight against unforeseeable odds in the form of natural calamities every year. As a result, people have to earn their daily bread by enhancing their meagre income from cultivation through unusual yet risky jobs, which may vary from collection of honey, wood cutting in the deep forest of Sundarbans to fishing on its volatile rivers. As one would expect, many of them are attacked by tigers in the process and succumb to injuries. Those injured are usually rendered incapable of earning their livelihood henceforth. When staying alive with a roof over one’s head proves to be such a tremendous struggle, spending money or time on their children’s education seems like a luxury. In most cases, even though the children start primary education, economic condition of their families compels them to drop out. Additionally, the rate of dropping out has substantially increased since COVID-19 as many parents have lost their livelihood during the period between 2020-2021 and have no choice but to substitute their family income by children doing odd jobs to support their families.
BARNAPARICHAY EDUCATION CENTRE
SAI’s objective is literacy for each and every child in Sunderbans. As per the existing statistic, India has a literacy rate of 74.04% and West Bengal is at 80.44%. Sunderbans, which is in the rural part of South 24 Parganas, is trailing with a figure of 67.4%. To bring up these numbers in accordance with their objective, SAI has strategically opened its second education centre named " BARNAPARICHAY EDUCATION CENTRE " in Sundarbans involving 303 students LKG to up to Class X. It would be great for you to know that this tear the first batch of our school students took the Madhyamik Exam and all of them are first generation of learners. Here, one of the most interior village called 'Sonagoan' . A river runs side of this village where there are two sense forests known as 'Sojnekhali' and 'Shudhonyakhali'. Villagers living in this area almost fight everyday with sheer attack of tigers typically coming from these two forests. As a result of which there are no schools yet and the students are compelled to cross the river to study in a different school. On top of that, they have to fight with the natural calamities and due to which number of dropouts increase day by day.
Unfortunately, every year the residents of Sundarban are burdened with life-struggling moments and survive their life with humongous fight against natural calamities. They depend on procuring different fishes, honey, and other natural products from one forest to another. But this only cannot be a survival option and therefore SAI has tried to bring better opportunities by setting up schools, educational centres in those area. This will help to spread the very necessity of education among young generation. We are quite thankful to all our well-wishers and supporters for this initiative.
