This is to introduce Mass Education which was formed in the year 1976 and officially it was registered in 1978. Since the need for poverty alleviation of the poor in India was strongly felt in the post-emergency situation. Several young people joined hands together to form organisation for development activities to eradicate poverty. Since then, Mass Education played a vital role to promote development education and enriched the poor for sustainable developmental work.Mass Education is an effort to give collective voice to the experiences, achievements, sufferings, hardships and togetherness of poor. Mass Education acts as a platform, a network and an association of people’s initiatives to provide opportunities to mobilise human and material resources so that the people themselves can build their own institution and able to sustain in order to alleviate their own poverty and security. Collectivity, transparency and sustainability are the motto of Mass Education ever since its inception and through collective democratic action it has been successfully demonstrated. 
The challenge in the initial stages was high, but Mass Education decided to struggle continuously in pursuit of fulfilling its dream. Started as a small group based in 5 slums of Kolkata and 5 villages of South 24 Parganas, Mass Education gradually grew in large number of villages in West Bengal and got support from organizations all over the country and International bodies. Mass Education is working in West Bengal, states of North-East India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India covering 300 villages with the activities like child protections to provide basic education, health & sanitation, environment improvement through, livelihood development training & support activities. Empowering youths, women and net working formulation of people’s organization with the following objectives : a) To formulate integrated programmes for effective mobilisation of human and natural resources for empowering to the poor 
b) To raise and create awareness and opportunities for providing basic human rights such as education, health, hygiene, nutrition, sanitation, water, infrastructure facilities, employment generation, waste management, social forestry, water management, capacity building and skill development training activities; ecological agriculture for food security in other words to ensure sustainable development. c) Coordination and execution of development plans, projects and human rights issues with other NGOs and GOs at various levels throughout West Bengal and India and International NGOs,Human Rights organisations. Despite the difficulties and complexities of social issues, Mass Education took up the great challenge of fighting for poverty alleviation, democracy, equality and equity. Now looking back Mass Education has a success story to tell, the story of achievement of the poor and the weak. ‘Mass Education Technical Training Institute’ at Mathurapur and Primary Teachers Training Institute at Patharpratima has been able to improve its training capacity and infrastructure facilities for community leaders, students, youth groups, community based organizations, NGOs, health workers & teachers. The institutes have ample space both for students and faculty. Auditorium, lecture hall, library, workshop, audio-video room, playground, restroom and residential blocks for 200 persons at Mathurapur and Patharpratima have been created. Solid Waste Management activities of Mass Education, which is to improve urban environment, continues to grow, reaching more community, housing complexes, establishments and public places under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Job opportunities for unemployed youths have been created & street children, rag pickers and children of sex workers are also rehabilitated. To improve the Environment the organisation has also taken up more effective programmes in the rural areas to provide safe drinking water, sanitary latrines, social forestry, ecological agriculture and rainwater harvest activities for sustainable economy. Relief, Rehabilitation and livelihood development work of Mass Education has done additional work to extend its activities in other states of India after the Tsunami. The Executive Committee Members are also whole time activists of Mass Education. The Executive Committee meets occasionally along with the state level project manager and reviews the pace of execution of various activities. The programmes taken up at the village level committee, Village Education Committees / Women’s organizations together finally screened and apprised by the Middle level programme managers and Executive Committee before adoption. The execution process is affected through Village Education Committees / Women’s organization in consultation with Field workers of ME who have necessary expertise and experience. Assets thus created at the village level belong to the community. Financial Evaluation & Performance : Mass Education raises funds locally and internationally by collecting donations, grants, subscriptions and income generation activities. 65 to 70% of Mass Education’s project has become sustainable. The community now mostly supports most of the community schools run by Mass Education. This has been possible due to advance planning and time bound execution of programme for sustainable. Cost like maintenance of the building, furniture, teaching materials and educational materials are supported by the organization apart from the community development programmes. Income also raises from agriculture, Ambulance services, Hospital, Old age Homes and Home for the children as rent and service charges as well as donation and grants. Beside that several foreign and national Donor Agencies, individuals and people of different community funded Mass Education. All foreign funds are received on request made against the appeal and project proposal based on livelihood improvement and sustainable development activities from the donor agencies (NGOs/Pvt. and Public companies) All foreign funds received through Bank transfer through Mass Education’s single FCRA Account. Yearly returned are submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.1976. Income Tax (Trust Circle) under the Income Tax Act, 1961, Govt. of India and to the Registered of Societies under the Societies of Registration Act 1961, Govt. of West Bengal. Contact : |
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