Parikrma School - Bangalore

Parikrma aims to transform the lives of under-privileged children in one generation by following a 360° support approach – providing Nutrition, Family Care & Healthcare in addition to Education. It aims to take care of a child from the street all the way to a job or career, thereby helping the urban poor compete on equal terms in society.

The Scenario

Of the million schools in India, over 90% are government or government aided schools. These schools are plagued with issues such as outdated curriculum, unaccountable teachers (25% of whom do not attend school) and archaic teaching methods. Thus over 70% of children drop out by grade VIII and the schools experience low pass percentages. These schools have vernacular language of instruction leading to poor grounding when higher learning is only in English. Thus, the poor cannot compete on equal terms with the others.

The Proposition

Parikrma provides an innovative, comprehensive solution that aims to help the under-served urban kids break poverty cycles and thus transform their communities. The salient features of the Parikrma model are:

The Results

Parikrma humanity foundation has over the last 4 years set up four centers of learning reaching out to 800 children from 26 slums - from KG to Std X with 50% girl children. The results were:

In addition to centres of learning, Parikrma works with government schools to apply their best practices and gives leadership training to teachers, administrators and other Education NGOs.

Future Plans

Parikrma is exploring government funding to cover all costs for expansion into government schools.

Over the next two years, Parikrma is setting up a hub centre that will consist of a junior college and training institute to proliferate its best practices. It also seeks to expand Parikrma to the four metros and eventually to other towns.