Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (APSWREIS): CfBTES delivered an orientation programme for Principals of the PROJECT schools managed by the Society over a two-year period. These schools typically cater to the children drawn from child labour who are put through a six months’ bridge school before being admitted into a mainstream residential school.

Andhra Pradesh Residential Educational Institutions Society (APREIS): A leadership programme (Management Development Programme) was conducted for the Principals of the Society. The training included team building, managing and monitoring staff, motivating students, nurturing creativity and effective leadership.

Rotary Club of Hyderabad (RCH): Recognizing that education is the key to development both personal and societal, the RCH has always been giving a special thrust to education. Continued career guidance seminars, donation of equipment to needy schools, introduction of a mid-day meal scheme and continuance of the provision of scholarships to needy but merited students are some of the activities envisaged by the RCH. The Xth standard forms a kind of threshold and many students dropout at this stage due to economic reasons. If one can see a student through this stage, one is helping them to cross one more threshold and then the motivation to pursue further studies becomes strong. Further, more avenues open up to students who complete 12 years of education as compared to those who only complete secondary school. From the past ten years, the RCH has been providing a few Merit-cum-Means Scholarships at this stage.

CfBT Education Services supports the Rotary Club of Hyderabad in organizing the career fairs for students and distribution of their scholarship funds.

Prajwala: Prajwala is an NGO actively involved in anti-trafficking and second generation prevention, rescue, rehabilitation, restoration, and social integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.

CfBTES has successfully built capacities of the staff involved in rehabilitation of the children of sex workers studying at Prajwala Transition Centres in Hyderabad by empowering its teachers with good teaching learning practices. We also contributed in setting up their libraries, science labs and providing teaching learning materials. A significant improvement was brought about in the communication skills of the teachers and students through the Programme for Enhancement of English Language Skills (PEELS). This project was funded by CfBT Education Trust, UK. The impact of the project was assessed by an independent expert.

The independent impact study revealed the following:

• An improvement in the competency and confidence of the teachers
  
• Students’ interest to attend school increased considerably
  
• Improvement in the infrastructure of the school

Prajwala The Final Assessment Report

Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA): COVA is a dedicated civil society group working towards peace initiatives, economic empowerment programmes for women, and children’s programmes for the youth in the Old City of Hyderabad.

CfBTES undertook a 14 months’ project targeted at building the capacity of teachers and students in their five transition centres. These transition centres function like bridge schools for school dropouts as well as those who have never been to formal schools in the age group of 9-14 years with a special focus on the girl child.

Pratham: Pratham is an NGO that works to provide quality education to the underprivileged children in India by building the capacity of its volunteer teachers, who have little or no academic and professional background, by training them in basic English proficiency.

CfBTES provided support in improving the communication skills of their teachers and helped them in designing English language material for children.