Prajwala Project 

Gender disparities still persist in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities. Looking at enrolment trends, there remain significant gaps in the enrollment of girls at the elementary level as compared to boys, especially at the upper primary levels. The objective of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is to ensure that quality education is feasible and accessible to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary & secondary level. In Rajasthan over 200 KGBVs schools are being run by the state government.
In order to provide equitable and quality education to the girls in KGBVs, project Prajwala was conceptualized
which aims at comprehensive development of KGBVs in which education is one of the central components.
CULP acts as the implementing agency of the program in the Banswara and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan whereas that Bodh Shiksha Samiti acts as a technical support institution and nodal agency for the Prajwala program in partnership between the state government and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) foundation. The objectives of the project are:
• To strengthen the KGBVs to ensure quality primary literacy and numeracy skills to all its girls at the foundation level thereby facilitating autonomy for studying the upper primary (6 to 8) grades.
• To strengthen the teaching of Math, Hindi and English in the KGBVs through capacity building of teachers to ensure that the desired learning of the girls is attained.
• To strengthen the participation of School Management Committees (SMC's) and where relevant local communities for facilitating effective management of the schools.
• To strengthen the block/district and Bodh's level Government departments' officials so that the required academic support and monitoring is ensured resulting in improvement in quality outputs.
• To create effective and simple Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM) which may be adopted by
RCEE and also to propose systems and processes within the RCEE for ensuring quality learning outputs.
• To create a platform for mutual learning and bring all stakeholders and beneficiaries which includes NGOs, government department and community under one umbrella and work in collaboration for comprehensive and sustainable development in the education sector. Since organizations already working in the area are aware of the field level needs, inherent strength and possible challenges, the objective of the model is to tap these existing resources to bring comprehensive development in the concerned operational area.
• To strengthen existing organizations working at the field and create a pool of resources across the
state which will have the potential to bring sustainable development in education sector with more emphasis on girls’ education. The Project was started in the month of September, 2019 in
Banswara and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan with 12 KGBVs in two districts (Banswara and Pratapgarh) with a view to provide Intensive direct remedial classes through community volunteers to establish desired age appropriate literacy level for around 1-200 girls of 5th grade studying in 12 KGBVs of around two districts in Rajasthan {100 girls of each of the KGBVs). One teacher has been trained at each KGBV in remedial teaching as Master Trainer. 24 Community Volunteers or Academic Support Fellow (2 per KGBV) has been appointed to provide continuous academic support.