Akanksha believes that clear goals and a structured approach will enable us to best deliver results to the Akanksha students. Akanksha tracks individual child performance and attendance across centers. Each center also follows a “model center” process, where monthly meetings encourage team members to define focus areas and implement initiatives that move each center closer to its vision of a “model center.” Every six months there is a formal review of each center and every year we compile a non-financial center audit.
1. Reach
2000 Akanksha children come to an Akanksha center everyday.
2104 Akanksha children are part of the Akanksha school project.
2. Attendance and Drop Out
Average attendance at an Akanksha center is 80%.
Average attendance at an Akanksha school is 91% in AY 2010-2011
Around 40% of students between class 1 – 4 drop out of schools in Mumbai. At Akanksha, all our students are in school and stay in formal school at the primary school level.
Akanksha center have retention rates of approximately 90%
Akanksha schools have retention rates of approximately 99% in AY 2010-2011
3. Performance
73% of all Akanksha School students scored above 60% in their annual average summit exam in 2010-11. The average Summative Score is 72% for all schools.
4. Changing attitudes and creating a culture of service
Over 1000 people have at some point in their lives volunteered their time with Akanksha and that means spending time directly with the kids.
Akanksha currently employs over 350 people, who receive on-going training and participate in service projects.
5. Girl’s empowerment
The Akanksha girl marries around 2-3 years later than their sisters not in Akanksha. This means that they are becoming mothers later and are having healthier children.
6. Health
Akanksha does annual health camps for all the children. This year a special TB campaign focuses on eliminating TB. Around 100 children identified are undergoing the DOTS treatment.
Akanksha social workers follow up on all medical problems.
7. Curriculum and documentation
Akanksha has an extensive range of curriculum manuals, and has documented its entire process of setting up an Akanksha center. Materials have been shared with anyone interested at no cost.
sending...