Despite considerable progress in the realm of education, a considerable fraction of children are still out of school and the dropout rate is quite high. The situation is worrisome in 10 villages situated in the area between three rivers Yamuna, Old Yamuna and Maskara. Out of the 10 villages only four have schools situated in the villages.

To address this situation, Disha is promoting elementary education in these villages through 10 education centres. Nearly 300 children, who would have been otherwise left out of schools, have been admitted to these schools so as to prepare them for regular schooling. After one year of schooling aimed at developing basic reading and writing skills these children will be admitted to the primary schools.

Attempts are being made in these villages to add value to the existing primary schools. Under this uniforms, textbooks and exercise books are being provided to the poor needy children. Since these children start their education in a disadvantaged position, extra teaching for them has been arranged at the education centres to bring them at par with rest of the children.

The teachers at these educational centres are local and have been provided training in education by Disha.