Social and Development Research & Action Group
Ugta Suraj: School is My Right!
Towards a Happy , Literate & Nourished Childhood
2007 –2026
Ugta Suraj, operational in U.P. since August 2007, promotes education as a basic right under the Right to Education Act in Nagla Charandas, Haldoni (Noida) and Tughalpur (Greater Noida). It works with out-of-school children aged 6 to 14 from migrant households, who are drop-outs or first-generation learners.
Each centre enrols 45-50 children for a year of basic reading, writing and communication through the SLATE curriculum, using life-skills learning, games and recreation.
After mainstreaming into schools, the programme supports their studies and monitors performance and attendance for a year to prevent drop-outs.
Objectives of Ugta Suraj:
• Uphold the basic right to formal education for children from underprivileged communities.
• Provide foundational learning experiences that enhance school readiness.
• Facilitate access to recreational and creative resources, supporting holistic child development.
• Create a safe, nurturing environment within the community.
•Empower children through artistic, craft-based, and diverse learning opportunities
Vidya Ratna: School Sponsorship Program
An offshoot of Ugta Suraj, the program Vidya Ratna started in 2007 as our endeavor to let the children not leave their school education due to lack of money at home. The program began with a commitment of supporting the entire formal school education of one child in a reputed public school in Noida, U.P. Soon, our friends and acquaintances came forward and readily took the responsibility of supporting the school education of five children. The program grew with the support of The Ahluwalia Baradari Trusts, a Delhi based organization, which supported the school education of three of our children for 4 years. The program was institutionalized with the support of Noon.ch, a Swiss Group of Professionals who are supporting the school education of 18 children from the village Nithari, Harola, and Agahpur centers. These are the children who are on their way to complete their formal school journey to class XII. Belonging to an underprivileged background, these children are determined to take on their lives in a big way.
A total of children appeared for annual examination in Noida Public Senior Secondary School during the year 2018-19.
Government schools (U.P.)
What began in 2014-15 as JEEWAN KI SAMAJH – FROM LITERACY TO EDUCATION for government school children transformed in nature into an endeavor to empower Adolescent Youth taking into cognizance the age that poses several challenges in life and needs a balanced and healthy approach to grow into adulthood.
The program continues over 2016-17 to 2017-18 with an aim to cover around 3000 young adolescent youth studying across 30 Government schools in District Gautum Budh Nagar in the state of U.P. Through this endeavor, we aim to equip the youth with psycho-social competence to be able to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life with following main objectives:
- An adulthood to take up the role of responsible citizenship;
- A meaningful and productive life
- Channelizing youth energy in a meaningful direction &
- Diversion from the path of delinquency and violence
