SAPNA Shikshalaya is the outcome of our five years’ experience with the Pankhuri project. The success of the project generated a visible demand for an affordable school for girls of the area. Cognizant of the transformative power of value-based education, we began work on the development of a relevant curriculum that would lead to superior learning outcomes.
The Shikshalaya began with 19 admissions in the first year (2017) followed by 46 in the second, 113 in the third, and 147 in the fourth year. The school provides uniforms, books and stationery. In addition, students are given mid-day meals to overcome nutritional deprivation that often exists due to poverty and gender bias at home. Regular parent-teacher meetings are conducted to sensitize parents about their children and other issues which need attention at home. Parents are also encouraged to deposit small savings in the Sukanya Samridhi Khata to secure the future of their daughters. Today 269 girls from 16 neighbouring villages are studying in the Shikshalaya.
The COVID-19 pandemic did cause some amount of disruption in the school functioning. However, our teachers mustered courage to keep the school running by opening some seven temporary centres housed in homes offered by the parents. In fact, ours was the only school in Alwar which functioned throughout the pandemic.
| Sl. No. | Class | No’s Of Students |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nursery | 32 |
| 2 | LKG A | 16 |
| 3 | LKG B | 16 |
| 4 | PREP A | 17 |
| 5 | PREP B | 17 |
| 6 | I | 32 |
| 7 | II | 31 |
| 8 | III | 30 |
| 9 | IV | 21 |
| 10 | V | 22 |
| 11 | VI | 14 |
| 12 | VII | 12 |
| 13 | VIII | 09 |
| Total Study | 269 |
NGO SAPNA’ was registered in Delhi under the Societies Registration Act on 21st October, 2004. It was founded by a group of professionals who shared a dream to work on a people-centric model of development in areas of health, education, gender, community development and social welfare. Inspired by Gandhian ideals of ‘Sewa’ i.e. selfless service, SAPNA’s mission is to work/act as an ‘agent of change’ to support and empower the poor and the marginalized. 
