YouthInvest Foundation: Sambhavana Learning Centre
BACKGROUND
Sambhavana Learning Centers (SLC) are integrated learning platforms for high school dropout girls and young married women in India. These centers provide a “second chance” for these women to make improved individual, social and professional life choices, by
completing a secondary education
gaining critical information on health & nutrition and holistic life skills
learning digital literacy & IT, and financial skills
SLCs are co-located in government spaces such as local schools, and Panchayat buildings, and are run in close collaboration with the local community. Each SLC can accommodate 25-30 girls.
Currently, there are 12 total SLCs: 10 SLCs in Jharkhand and 2 in West Bengal.
IMPACT
Between 2017 and 2022, SLCs have enabled 750 out-of-school adolescent girls to resume their education in Jharkhand and West Bengal, and prevented more than 500 girls from child marriage.
In the year 2021-22:
174 girls from Jharkhand SLCs successfully passed the Secondary Board Examination
59 of them currently pursuing higher education in government institutions.
12 girls have enrolled in vocational skills training courses.
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