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ANOTHER VIEW AT THE WORLD


Click on the map and watch the countries change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the number op children of primary school age not attending school.

Millions of children do not go to school, even not to elementary school because they must cooperate to survive or because of discrimination, language barrier, ... In this rating India is in second place (14,6% of the world total), followed by Pakistan (13,9 %). In first place is Nigeria (16,6 %).




"SCHOOL CHALE HUM"


LET'S GO TO SCHOOL ...

Millions of Indian children between 6-14 years of age are not going to school.
This film for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Universilisation of Elementary Education) addresses the needs of these children.
It catches the moment when children all across India, from Kashmir to Kerala, wake up in the morning and run to go to school.

Music: Shankar/Ehsaan/Loy
Lyrics: Mehboob
Directed by: Kanika and Bala, Bharatbala Productions (BBP) for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.





FREE LUNCH AT INDIAN SCHOOLS

In each indian school a free warm meal is offered to all students upto the age of 13 (or even upto 15 in certain states such as Karnataka).

This initiative of the government must prevent that children from poor families are sent to work by their parents. A free lunch at school is a considerable financial contribution for them. Thanks to this system 93 % of these children meanwhile have found their way to education (number for the region of Bangalore; differs from state to state). The project therefore may be called a real success.

An additional advantage is an increase of the concentration of the students during the lessons, as they no longer have empty stomaches. Moreover the general health of most of the children has improved for they now get their daily portion of vitamins and minerals. In a lot of nursery schools the children daily become additional fresh fruit, providing extra vitamins.

The lunch is often prepared in the school itself. It thereby legally is obliged that at least 1 of the cooks is a person of the caste of the "untouchables" (the so-called dalits) and that everyone must be treated equally. The lunch system clearly has an additional social aim.
A lot of schools however do not prepare the meal themselves but arrange outside help: specialized kitchens prepare the food (often by means of an unique system) and deliver it to the surrounding schools.




kitchen at school
lunch time
fresh fruit in between
cleaning the dishes