GROW AND SHINE WELFARE SOCIETY

Special prayer for mankind

PROBLEMS
Children Education :What happens when a country of the size of India has over 3 million
children living on the streets? Or has over 150 million children working as bonded labourers? Or
one out of every six girl child does not live to see her 15th birthday? What happens when despite
having a national policy for compulsory primary education, only 50% of children have access to
education?
The statement "Children are the future of the nation" stops making sense,
then! In fact, it sounds like an ominous prophecy. For how can we explain that even after 60
years of independence, half of India's children are illiterate? Despite identifying primary
education as a key thrust area and possessing one of the largest networks of schools in the
world?
Clearly, we have a lot to answer for. And as concerned citizens do something
about it; something meaningful, something concrete, something urgently. No more do we have
the luxury of blaming the system or postponing our actions. The time to take collective as well as
individual responsibility to remedy the present situation is here. Right now! And also we need
many more Smiles to cater to the vast (increasing) number of children in our country's
population.

Literacy rate
India/State/Union
Territory

Literacy Rate (%)

- 2011 Census

Literacy Rate (%)

- 2001 Census

Decadal
Difference
(%)

India

74.04

64.83

9.21

Kerala

93.91

90.86

3.05

Lakshadweep

92.28

86.66

5.62

Mizoram

91.58

88.80

2.78

Tripura

87.75

73.19

14.56

Goa

87.40

82.01

5.39

Daman & Diu

87.07

78.18

8.89

Puducherry

86.55

81.24

5.31

Chandigarh

86.43

81.94

4.49

Delhi

86.34

81.67

4.67

10

Andaman
Islands

86.27

81.30

4.97

11

Himachal Pradesh

83.78

76.48

7.30

12

Maharashtra

82.91

76.88

6.03

13

Sikkim

82.20

68.81

13.39

14

Tamil Nadu

80.33

73.45

6.88

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nk

&

Nicobar

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nk

India/State/Union
Territory

Literacy Rate (%)

- 2011 Census

Literacy Rate (%)

- 2001 Census

Decadal
Difference
(%)

15

Nagaland

80.11

66.59

13.52

16

Manipur

79.85

69.93

9.92

17

Uttarakhand

79.63

71.62

8.01

18

Gujarat

79.31

69.14

10.17

19

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

77.65

57.63

20.02

20

West Bengal

77.08

68.64

8.44

21

Punjab

76.68

69.65

7.03

22

Haryana

76.64

67.91

8.73

23

Karnataka

75.60

66.64

8.96

24

Meghalaya

75.48

62.56

12.92

25

Odisha

73.45

63.08

10.37

26

Assam

73.18

63.25

9.93

27

Chhatisgarh

71.04

64.66

6.38

28

Madhya Pradesh

70.63

63.74

6.89

29

Uttar Pradesh

69.72

56.27

13.45

30

Jammu & Kashmir

68.74

55.52

13.22

31

Andhra Pradesh

67.66

60.47

7.19

32

Jharkhand

67.63

53.56

14.07

33

Rajasthan

67.06

60.41

6.65

34

Arunachal Pradesh

66.95

54.34

12.61

35

Bihar

63.82

47.00

16.82

Literacy rate from 1901 to 2011

S.No.

Census Year

Total (%)

Male (%)

Female (%)

1901

5.35

9.83

0.60

1911

5.92

10.56

1.05

1921

7.16

12.21

1.81

1931

9.50

15.59

2.93

1941

16.10

24.90

7.30

1951

16.67

24.95

9.45

1961

24.02

34.44

12.95

1971

29.45

39.45

18.69

1981

36.23

46.89

24.82

10

1991

42.84

52.74

32.17

11

2001

64.83

75.26

53.67

12

2011

74.04

82.14

65.46

Statistics of child labour in India:

A survey conducted by 7th All India Education Survey reveals below facts on Child Labor:
At present there are 17 million children labour in India.
A study found that children were sent to work by compulsion and not by choice, mostly by parents, but with recruiter playing a crucial
role in influencing decision.
When working outside the family, children put in an average of 21 hours of labour per week.
19% of children employed work as domestic help.
90% working children are in rural India.
85% of working children are in the unorganized sectors.
About 80% of child labour is engaged in agricultural work.
Millions of children work to help their families because the adults do not have appropriate employment and income thus forfeiting
schooling and opportunities to play and rest.
Children also work because there is demand for cheap labour.
Large numbers of children work because they do not have access to good quality schools.
Poor and bonded families often sell their children to contractors who promise profitable jobs in the cities and the children end up
being employed in brothels, hotels and domestic work.
There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3 million between 15
and 18 years.
500,000 children are forced into this trade every year.

What is Bonded Child Labour?

Bonded labour is more common in many rural areas of India. The poor parents need money for various purposes like agricultural works
and other family needs and children work in order to pay off a debt. The creditors-cum-employers offer these loans to poor parents in
an effort to secure the labor of a child, which is always cheaper than bondage. The parents, for their part, accept the loans. The
arrangements between parents and contracting agents are usually informal and unwritten. The time period required to pay off such a
loan will not be determined. This is a kind of slavery and mostly appears in underdeveloped and lower caste people. The children who
were bonded to work cannot escape bondage because of the fear of losing their livelihood on one hand and unequal power
relationships between the child workers and the creditors cum employers on the other.
What are the causes of Child Labour?
Lack of elementary education at the primary level
Parental ignorance
Ineffective implementation of child labor laws
Non availability of schools in rural areas
Unpractical school curriculum
Lack of proper guidance
Poverty
Excessive population
Illiterate and ignorant parents
Adult unemployment

 Urbanization
Availability of child labour at cheap rates
Adult exploitation of children
Industrial revolution
Multinationals preference to employ child workers

Girl Education :The True Picture

Government of India statistics reveal that only 3 out of 10 girls who enter
class 1 complete class 10. While enrolment rates of girls are improving marginally in India,
dropout levels remain alarmingly high. At primary school level, over 45% of girls dropout of
school and this increases to over 73% by the time the child has reached class 10. Research has
shown that reasons for this dropout may be as minor as the girl child not being able to afford a
school dress/uniform to go to school and could also include more complex factors like girls taking
on the responsibility of household chores at a very young age as a result of gender stereotyping.
Why Should Women Be Educated?
Successful education of the girl child has been repeatedly acknowledged as
an effective mechanism to break this inter-generational cycle of poverty, social norms, myths
and social evils. Research conducted in developing countries has shown that a literate female
population is linked to reduction in population growth rates. On the other hand, illiteracy breeds
ignorance and fear that only increases her vulnerability to be exposed to lifelong abuse,
suppression and exploitation.

Vision :-

to help build a more influential, equal and socially conscious society in india through
education of
underprivileged children.

Mission :

empower underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant education &
sports.

To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities.

To raise the required human and other resources to achieve our vision.

To provide opportunities to individuals living outside India who wish to participate in gns
activities in India.

To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care,
sports, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues.

To help girls and young women from underserved communities complete their secondary
school education.

To provide market relevant vocational skills to the students in order to increase their
employability.

To focus on personality development and confidence building to make them strong

individuals.

Core Values :-

Grow and Shines core values define our culture, beliefs, principles and practices in
conduct of our operations. Our vision, mission and goals are aligned with our value system.
These values are influenced by the individual values and beliefs carried by the founders,
management, employees and volunteers of organization.
OPERATIONAL CORE VALUES
Nurture We believe our role is to nurture the skills, talents & values in our stakeholders
children and volunteers; to develop the leadership potential in them and to help build a
better future for our nation.
Volunteerism We promote volunteerism as a way of life among the people of this
nation and help in channelizing their energy and potential towards the cause. A Grow and
Shine volunteer is an unpaid volunteer and participates in the spirit of pure volunteerism.
Team Work We believe that team work will help us achieve the best possible outcomes
and overcome challenges effectively. This includes developing mutual trust, working in
harmony, providing constructive feedback towards individual and them development.
Inspire Our passion and commitment to the cause we work for and associate with, not
only drives us but inspires society at large to create the change we envision.
Ethical We stand on the foundations of an ethical environment guided by equality,
integrity, trust and transparency.
Mutual Respect Whenever there is any disagreement, everyone should respond in a
respectful manner, focusing on the issue rather than the individual. Communicating in a
respectful manner builds a constructive environment to resolve conflicts.
Financial Responsibility PROJECTS CORE VALUES SELECTION
Non-sectarian, secular We fund only non-sectarian and secular community initiatives,
projects or people. This means that we will not fund initiatives or projects that are solely
for the benefit of one religious community barring others. We will also not fund initiatives
or projects or people that encourage a sectarian thinking.
Non-political We fund only non-political community initiatives, projects or people. This
means that we will not support a particular political party or ideology.
No personal benefit
PROJECTS CORE VALUES PROCESS
Project Proposal Every proposal that is being presented for consideration should be
adequately documented. Every volunteer must understand that an incomplete or
inadequate project proposal can be counterproductive so all efforts must be made to have
relevant information before it is presented to the Grow and Shine.
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