25 July 2024: Educate Girls, a leading non-profit organization committed to raising awareness about the importance of educating girl children, organized a Shiksha Rath campaign in Uttar Pradesh’s Sahason village in Bahadurpur block in Prayagraj.
The Shiksha Rath, a van equipped with posters and banners, aims to spread awareness about the benefits of educating girls in rural areas. The Shiksha Rath, which is part of the enrolment campaign by Educate Girls, was held to encourage more parents to enroll their girl children in schools.
This Shiksha Rath was organized in partnership with the village head, village educational institutions, and volunteers. With carefully curated street plays, awareness rallies, speeches, and interactive demonstrations, it awakened the spirit of education among village residents.
On this occasion, Block Education Officer Rakesh Yadav said, “Education is the foundation of progress in any society. The purpose of Shiksha Rath is to spread the message of education to everyone in the village and motivate children to go to school. The Shiksha Rath campaign by Educate Girls does commendable work. I am sure that with this effort, more and more girl children will enroll in school.”
Highlighting the organization’s efforts in collaboration with the District Administration and the District Education Center, the State Operations Head of Educate Girls, Nitin Kumar Jha, said, “Educate Girls is creating awareness about the importance of enrolling girls in school amongst every community in the village. We hope to be able to enroll as many girls as possible in school this year.”
District Coordinator Rajeev Tripathi was present at the occasion along with Abhinav Dubey, Dashrath Sharma, Pushpendra Singh, Narendra Patel, Pankaj Singh, and Shashi Prakash from Educate Girls.