Education should lead to self-reliance and values for a just society, empowering various members of the society to be just and to be able to demand justice. Asha Parivar has chosen education as a tool for betterment of the underprivileged. Non-formal education centers serve around 300 children in 6 centers from slums of Lucknow city and 250 children through 5 centers situated in rural areas of Hardoi district. Almost all of these children are first generation children getting the opportunity to go to these non-formal schools run by Asha volunteers and Asha parivar members. A few of these children are now going to formal schools.


My Idea of Education is Empowerment - Sandeep Pandey; July 2002

More than schooling - Sandeep Pandey; June 2001

Hardoi area schools have passionate involvement of local youth volunteers, some of them have returned to their village after a college education. The community supports the schools in the form of land and classroom donations. Efforts of Asha fellow, Mahesh Pandey, in education and awareness campaigns

Community Empowerment, Governance, and Education : by Melli Annamalai and Sirish Agarwal; 2005

Natpurwa School: Confident and cheerful children, experiments in sustainability

Visit to Natpurwa School: Sirish Agarwal; March 2006

Beginnings of a self-help group for women and a school : July 2002