Founded in 2015, Gubbachi Learning Community is a Section 8 company working towards the educational inclusion of marginalised children from migrant families. We operate around Bangalore’s IT corridor, along Sarjapur and Outer Ring Roads.
Education is mandated as a fundamental right in our constitution. But barriers to access quality education ensure marginalised families remain at a disadvantage. Children excluded from the education system are rarely able to change course as adults - making this a dangerously self-perpetuating problem.
According to the National Sample Survey estimates of 2017-18, some 97 lakh 6-14 year old children across the country remain excluded from formal education. Karnataka alone is thought to account for 2 lakh out-of-school children. Further, rural migration to Tier 1 & 2 cities is projected to double by 2030. This is an escalating national crisis we can no longer ignore.
We started our first Community Learning Centre (CLC) in Kariyammana Agrahara (Bellandur) with 160 migrant children (3-18 year olds). Of these, 36 children are now actively pursuing Open Schooling certification for Grades 3, 5 & 10.
We plan to build our next CLC in Bhoganhalli, where we estimate 150+ marginalised children (3-14 year olds) are currently out of school. Our success with our first CLC and the Open Schooling programme for adolescents at our partner school in Kodathi, has proven the powerful impact education can have when families are offered a viable solution.
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Founded in 2015, Gubbachi Learning Community is a Section 8 company* working towards the educational inclusion of marginalised children from migrant families in Bangalore’s IT corridor along Sarjapur and Outer Ring Roads.
Children from these communities are often prevented from attending school due to multiple reasons - from physical access, existing learning deficits and cultural barriers. Even if they are able to attend, non-learning in under-resourced government schools present further obstacles. This leads to poor school outcomes, low attendance and ultimately - to dropouts.
Gubbachi has developed a portfolio of interlinking programmes that take a 360° view of this problem:
- Our Educational Programmes address the spectrum of learning disadvantage and seek to remove barriers to education – with particular focus on foundational literacy and school certification for adolescents.
- Our Community Programmes include initiatives to support the families of students to keep them invested in schooling. For example: building social identity for migrant workers, enabling access to benefits and entitlements, and providing access to quality healthcare.
Since 2015, we have impacted 3,900+ children in nine Government Higher Primary Schools along Sarjapur Road, and engaged with 18,300+ families in around 30 migrant communities across Bangalore.
Contact Person: Nomita Sikand
Email: nomita@gubbachi.org.in
Phone: 9886237002
A big thank you to all those who have donated on this page.
