"Education for All Campaign"

Bachpan Day Care centres are being operated in Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi (each with capacity of 60 children), Agra, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Bareilly, Gautam Budh Nagar (each for 30 children) from the funds received through "Education for All" campaign. Till year 2008-09 these centres were operated under "Education for All" campaign. After that from year 2009-10 onwards this scheme was decided to be operated by Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department through departmental budget. Bachpan Day Care Centre has an arrangement of Coordinator and Special teachers on honorarium and in addition to this services of 1 Physiotherapist, Psycho counsellor, Speech trainer/Specialist at each centres on the basis of per visit and services of attendant, nanny, cleaning staff and watchmen on the basis of honorarium is been taken for Bachpan Day Care. In these centres disabled children from age 03 to 07 years are given education/ training along with free coming and going facility and these children are also given training for obtaining education in general schools. Proceedings are being done for opening new Bachpan Day Care Centre in ten circle headquarters in districts viz. Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Moradabad, Mirzapur, Basti, Azamgarh, Kanpur City, Ayodhya, Gonda and Gorakhpur.