Sikshasandhan

Sobre nosotros

Sikshasandhan was established as a resource centre for education in Odisha, India in the year 1995. Sikshasandhan believes that education is a vital tool in the process of empowerment of the poor and under-privileged sections of society.

Our Mission
The mission of Sikshasandhan is to promote a form of education that is inspired by the life-experiences of people, especially the poor and the marginalised, their struggles, achievements, hopes and aspirations - a form of education that is driven by critical human consciousness, and, therefore, liberating and transformational

Our Vision
Sikshasandhan shares the vision of a society where all human beings shall exercise their freedom, right and ability to learn and grow with dignity and self-esteem, organise their inner potential, and live in harmony with nature and society

Goal
The goal is to create such an educational environment where value-based, quality education will be available and accessible to the most deprived sections of society, and where the internal urge of every human being to learn, to think, to act and to express oneself can be freely and creatively fulfilled.

What we do
• Innovation & Extension:
Special Training at Jasipura Block – UDAAN: UDAAN is a unique educational intervention designed as a residential camp for adolescent girls in the age group of 11 to 14 years, who have either never enrolled in school or have dropped out very early.
Multilingual Approach in Katiapada: In Kaptipada block we are working in 30 government schools
Elementary Education in South Odisha
Holistic Development of Lodhas
ITE Programme in Ashram Schools
School & Community Science programme
• Resource Centre:
Training: The Recource Team delivers trainings and conducts workshops for teachers, NGO workers, volunteers and community.
• Research and advocacy: Sikshasandhan uses its experiences and conduct researches for bringing about changes in the educational policies. It also lends it expertise to agencies, like minded organizations and writes articles on educational issues to influence public policies.
• Publication & Library:
Publication: Sikshasandhan has published more than 90 books on education, autobiographies, biographies and books for children. It has also published books, communication materials in tribal languages besides Odia and English.
Sikshasandhan Library
Bi-monthly magazine
Quarterly Bi-lingual Children´s Magazine
• Annual events: Chittaranjan Dan Memorial Lecture; Basant Satpathy Memorial Lecture; Tribal Literature Festival

Anil Pradhan is the Member-Secretary of Sikshasandhan.

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