Education for hard-to-reach children: strategies used by NGO Surovi to provide primary education to children living in urban slums

Abstract

The study titled “Education for hard-to-reach children: Strategies used by NGO SUROVI to provide primary education to children living in urban slums” explored the strategies and initiatives being used and implemented by NGO SUROVI for ensuring primary education to the underprivileged children living in the urban slums. The nature of the study was qualitative. The research site was the SUROVI School situated in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. For gathering data I conducted interviews with executive director, Head teacher and teacher, FGD with students and parents, document review and informal discussion with teachers, parents and students. The study found that SUROVI School provides the primary education in a non-formal education setting that follows the NCTB curriculum. It also offers vocational training to the underprivileged children of urban slums. The study revealed that infrastructural development of the school is needed and also there is crisis of funds. It was also found that more teachers training are required. However, teachers are very passionate about their teaching. Children living in urban slums have their particular problems but NGO SUROVI started its journey with a view to ensuring education, skill training and basic needs of the working underprivileged children. NGO SUROVI has been working with a vision of society where there will be no neglected deprived children in the society.