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Platform Schools. In the year 1985, an innovative educational initiative was started at the Bhubaneswar Railway Station for the children wandering, begging, rag picking in and around the railway station, which later become famous as “The Platform School”.
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Train Platform Schools for Children in India. by Ruchika Social Service Organisation. Story Reports Photos Share. Summary. 2100 children (6-14 years) will be taught a foundation course in 70 centers. The course is necessary to mainstream children into government school and will prepare the children from Class I to III. $121,101. total raised. 258.
The Train Platform Schools of India. A train platform is where you wait for a train inside a train station. The train stops at the platform to let people on and off. Then the train moves on its way to the next station. India is a big country with billions of people.
“If the children cannot come to the school, then the school must come to the children.” Founder of the Ruchika Social Service Organization (RSSO) in 1985, Ms. Khurana opened schools on the railway platforms. Though she passed away in 2010, her legacy lives on. Today, RSSO operates 12 platform schools and 63 schools in slums.
Dec 15, 2016 · The railway platforms of Bhubhaneshwar in India have long been a breeding ground of despair, where underprivileged children of all ages have been subject to frequent abuse, starvation and neglect – preyed upon for the purposes of child labour and even prostitution.
In 1990, on a hot and dusty day in Bhubaneswar, India, Maya Ajmera stepped off a train and was struck by an unusual sight. Amid the chaos of the train platform, a group of children and a teacher were sitting in a circle, completely engrossed in simple learning exercises.
Aug 28, 2018 · Today, the organization she founded, Ruchika, runs twelve platform schools, six nurseries, 75 slum schools, 20 nursery schools, HIV and AIDS projects, two ‘schools on wheels’, a vocational training program, and clean water and sanitation projects in the slums.
