Responding to the COVID Situation in India

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Global school leaders has been providing support to children and educators in India by:

- Partnering with mental health providers to impliment mental and emotional support groups for 500 school leaders

- Providing training for 1,000 school leaders on re-enrolling 400,000 girl students in secondary schools

- Training 1,000 school leaders on engaging 400,000 students during lockdowns and upon school re-opening

 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

India

Activity URL

https://www.globalschoolleaders.org/covid-19

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Secondary Enrollment

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)

Participants include

  • Other

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Online training

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

Women's empowerment programs

  • Self-help groups (non-financial)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased secondary school enrolment

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved mental health