BACK TO SCHOOL

On the 1st of May 26 girls and one boy, many who were released from the New Raj Kamal Circus in January, enrolled in our fast track education course in Bhairahawa. This intensive course has been designed to provide the girls with a realistic chance of obtaining their School Leaving Certificate (SLC - the Nepali equivalent of GCSE) with a low student - teacher ratio as well as the regular and continued support of a UK trained teacher now on our EBT staff in Nepal.

Without this opportunity the girls were reluctant to return to education where they would have been placed in a class with students sometimes less than half their age and with many more years of education in sight. By limiting the course to the core subjects the time frame to obtain their SLC is reduced by four years. Having been deprived of the right to an education after years in the circus the girls are delighted to have this opportunity and they are all working extremely hard.

The programme will continue to expand; a third class will be opened as more Nepali girls are rescued from the horrors of life in Indian Circuses.


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