KHUSHII (Kinship for Humanitarian Social and Holistic Intervention in India) is an independent, non-governmental organisation working for the upliftment and holistic development of underprivileged children, women and vulnerable families. Founded in December 2003 by Cricket legend Kapil Dev, KHUSHII is currently working in 12 states in India and reaching out to 50,000 students.

Through its flagship program ‘Shikshaantra Plus’, KHUSHII aims at a transformative learning cycle approach which would aim at school readiness, grade appropriate quality transitions, followed by integration of mental health components, life skills and digital education. This going forth, funnels into skill building towards future readiness for economic upliftment of students which also impacts the holistic portfolio of socio-economic positioning in the society.

The model looks at infrastructural augmentation, providing need-based human resource support, strengthening school governance, providing digital education support and skill building through the learning cycle approach.

• Increase in 80% student attendance and 75% in parental engagement
• 7% decrease in school dropout rate
• 2.1X improvement in overall result
• 60k+ children reached through mental health counselling
• 5100 sessions on key life-skill aspects
• 1.5L+ caregivers through Self Help Group (SHG) formation, and livelihood generation
• The pandemic has brought in a great divide in lesser-privileged children accessing education. Mapping this need, we aim to open 15 more schools by the end of this year, such that we can intervene in the following way:
• Augmenting infrastructure and/or repairing and building on any other essential requirement
• Catering to the fundamental needs of the children by providing them with RO systems and providing clean water to drink
• Making of computer and STEM labs
• Train the trainers on mental health and wellbeing
• Counselling session for beneficiaries
• Support Education in Maths, Science and English
• Offering the Higher Secondary students counselling on career options

• Ensuring improved school readiness programme for children of 3 to 6 years of age so that they receive quality school readiness inputs through Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres.
• Focusing on bridging the learning gaps through remedial education initiatives indicating a positive learning curve and ensuring reduction of irregularities/drop-outs through remedial education.
• Providing support education to children through support modules.
• Enhancing the quality of teachers by capacity building of stakeholders through capacity building modules.
• Ensuring mental wellbeing of students through direct outreach, caregivers/stakeholder sensitisation through a scientific approach by using standardised tools and techniques.
• Skill building of government school teachers on basic knowledge on the Mental Wellbeing of students to ensure that they are equipped with basic knowledge on the assessment of mental wellbeing of students and are able to navigate towards positive deviance on a case-to-case basis. (Need Based)
• Strengthening School governance by reforming school management committees as per norms of composition and nurturing sustainable strategies through effective school annual development planning and parental participation.
• Skill building of students through digital education. Ensuring that students have access to professional career guidance on digital domains for skill-based employability skills.
• Integrating life-skills support for value addition aiming towards better future readiness through components such as communication, spoken English, current affairs etc.

Goal	Improving learning levels of students through better retention, mental well-being, ensuring strong school governance and enhancing skills of students for future readiness through digital literacy, skill building, and livelihood strengthening programme and life skills
Expected Impact	All Students in the intervention area reach ideal learning levels and attain ideal mental well-being and acquire future readiness skills for employability and future readiness.

Objective	Outcome Indicators	Inputs/Activities	Output Indicators	Target
Improve school Readiness programme (ECE)	Children in 3-6 years receive quality school readiness inputs through ICDS centres	Training of ICDS workers on ECE module as per the standard framework	No. of ICDS workers trained on ECE and no. of children covered under these centres.	20 ICDS workers and 1 ICDS Supervisor. 100% children in 3-6 years catered under the programme.
		Creating a module on new ways of teaching through play integrated method	Module developed and no. of ICDS workers trained on it. .No. of students covered under the module	20 ICDS workers and 1 ICDS Supervisor. 100% children in 3-6 years catered under the programme.
		Development of worksheets (practice content for children)	Worksheets developed and no. of worksheets distributed to the children per month. Timely completion of workbooks by the children.	150 - 200 children in 10 ICDS centres
		Strengthening mothers’ committee to ensure positive psychosocial development of their children	No. of meetings/trainings organized for the mothers No. of mothers attending the meetings/training	150 - 200 mothers
Bridging Learning Gaps	Ensuring grade and subject-wise positive learning curve	Identification of students seeking remedial support	No. of children covered under remedial and support initiatives.	100% students 8-10% students getting mainstreamed
	Reducing irregularities / drop-o uts through remedial education	Intervention through Art Integrated Learning, Digital classes, customized curriculum, worksheets and different teaching techniques	% decrease in dropouts and irregularity. % Increase of grade wise enrolment	3-5 % decrease in year 1
		Tracking of children and taking learning assessments of students	No. of students tracked on grade appropriate learning Trend of subject/grade wise LO’s	100% students
Support Education to Students	No. of students covered through support module	Identification of students seeking support education	No. of students identified for support education sequential al Increase PA per grade	100% Students identified
		Tracking of children and taking learning assessments of children	No. of students promoted to next grade trend of Pre - Mid Assessments & Progression.	5 to 8% improvement in grades per year
Enhancing quality of teaching through capacity building of stakeholders	No. of teachers covered through capacity -building modules	Training of Teachers (ToT) - Learning Outcomes & TLM Usage	No. of teachers trained on learning outcomes assessment. No. of TOTs organised for Govt School teachers. Present % of teachers. No. of individual development plans/CCE forms in place for students. Online Feedback of Parents (if available) on virtual platforms/digital database.	All Teachers hired for the program 2 ToTs per school 65 to 70% present percentage
		ToT - Water Sanitation & Hygiene	No. of WASH sessions conducted Qualitative progression on WASH practices Qualitative / Observ atory opinion on WASH practices in place	4 Health & Hygiene Camps per year and 4 WASH sessions At least 75 to 80 % of students can recall
		CCT (Creative & Critical Thinking)	No. of sessions with students per year. No. Of students engaged in CCT modules	100% Selected students
		Value Based/Soft Skills Sessions taken up	No. of sessions in a year with all the students enrolled. Life Skills topics for each month	12 sessions in a year with all the students enrolled
Ensuring Mental Well-being of students	No. of students and parents covered on mental health	Identification / Mapping of mental well being status of students (WHO - 5, SDQ, DSM Cross Cutting)	No. of Children mapped and categorised under formal mental well-being categories. No. Of Children catered for grade improvisation on mental well-being.	100%. Improvisation At Least 20%
		TOT’s conducted for parents/teachers	No. of TOT’s conducted & participants covered. Topics covered under the modules	Monthly
Skill building of government school teachers on basic knowledge on mental wellbeing of students *Need Based Component	Government school teachers are equipped with basic knowledge on assessment of mental well-being of students and are able to navigate towards positive deviance on a case-to-case basis	Understanding student mental health and development needs Strategies to make the classroom safe and developing relationships with students. SEL (Social emotional learning) Understanding and addressing stigma i the classroom.	No. of government teachers covered. One session per week.	100% of Teachers in selected schools
		Training on life skills	Interventions designed according to the need of students for the social, emotional, cognitive, behavioural development of students. No. Of students covered under	100% Students
			life skill activities.
Strengthening school Governance	School management committee reformed as per norms & composition	Coordinating in conducting SMC meetings based on particular agendas	School Management Committees hold regular meetings	As per norms
			No. of Resolutions taken-up	25% Identified
			No. of resolutions acted upon and state resources mobilised	At Least 25%
		Participation of Maitre e Group (student collectives)	No. of meetings in a year No. of students members of the group No. Of activities conducted along with topics covered	10 meetings in a year 50 to 60 students to be members of the group
		Conducting PTMs as per the standard frequency	No. of PTMs in a year % Increase in attendance and participation of Parents during PTM, Regularity of students’ progress	6 PTMs in a year 5 to 10 % Increase in attendance and participation of parents during PTM in year 1
Skill Building through Digital Education for future ready		Imparting career guidance and skills on digital domains for preparedness	No. of students covered through skill building and career guidance sessions.	70-80% Students attendance
		Extending digital skill- building trainings to students	No. of students covered under specific modules for future readiness and higher education.	All students identified.
Entrepreneurship development amongst youth and women for economic empowerment		Enhanced disposable individual income by at least 50%	No. of beneficiaries attained enhanced income level	50% beneficiaries identified
			Formation of (Self-Help Groups) SHG’s	No. Of SHG’s formed and No. Of beneficiaries covered (*Need Based as per baseline assessment)
			No. of SHG’s/Youth collectives linked to thrift & credit facilities	NABARD/National Livelihood Mission

Objective	Improve school Readiness programme (ECE)
Outcome Indicators	Children in 3-6 years receive quality school readiness inputs through ICDS centres
Inputs/Activities	Training of ICDS workers on ECE module as per the standard framework
Output Indicators	No. of ICDS workers trained on ECE and no. of children covered under these centres.
Target	20 ICDS workers and 1 ICDS Supervisor. 100% children in 3-6 years catered under the programme.
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Creating a module on new ways of teaching through play integrated method
Output Indicators	Module developed and no. of ICDS workers trained on it. .No. of students covered under the module
Target	20 ICDS workers and 1 ICDS Supervisor. 100% children in 3-6 years catered under the programme.
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Development of worksheets (practice content for children)
Output Indicators	Worksheets developed and no. of worksheets distributed to the children per month. Timely completion of workbooks by the children.
Target	150 - 200 children in 10 ICDS centres
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Strengthening mothers’ committee to ensure positive psychosocial development of their children
Output Indicators	No. of meetings/trainings organized for the mothers No. of mothers attending the meetings/training
Target	150 - 200 mothers
Objective	Bridging Learning Gaps
Outcome Indicators	Ensuring grade and subject-wise positive learning curve
Inputs/Activities	Identification of students seeking remedial support
Output Indicators	No. of children covered under remedial and support initiatives.
Target	100% students 8-10% students getting mainstreamed
Objective
Outcome Indicators	Reducing irregularities / drop-o uts through remedial education
Inputs/Activities	Intervention through Art Integrated Learning, Digital classes, customized curriculum, worksheets and different teaching techniques
Output Indicators	% decrease in dropouts and irregularity. % Increase of grade wise enrolment
Target	3-5 % decrease in year 1
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Tracking of children and taking learning assessments of students
Output Indicators	No. of students tracked on grade appropriate learning Trend of subject/grade wise LO’s
Target	100% students
Objective	Support Education to Students
Outcome Indicators	No. of students covered through support module
Inputs/Activities	Identification of students seeking support education
Output Indicators	No. of students identified for support education sequential al Increase PA per grade
Target	100% Students identified
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Tracking of children and taking learning assessments of children
Output Indicators	No. of students promoted to next grade trend of Pre - Mid Assessments & Progression.
Target	5 to 8% improvement in grades per year
Objective	Enhancing quality of teaching through capacity building of stakeholders
Outcome Indicators	No. of teachers covered through capacity -building modules
Inputs/Activities	Training of Teachers (ToT) - Learning Outcomes & TLM Usage
Output Indicators	No. of teachers trained on learning outcomes assessment. No. of TOTs organised for Govt School teachers. Present % of teachers. No. of individual development plans/CCE forms in place for students. Online Feedback of Parents (if available) on virtual platforms/digital database.
Target	All Teachers hired for the program 2 ToTs per school 65 to 70% present percentage
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	ToT - Water Sanitation & Hygiene
Output Indicators	No. of WASH sessions conducted Qualitative progression on WASH practices Qualitative / Observ atory opinion on WASH practices in place
Target	4 Health & Hygiene Camps per year and 4 WASH sessions At least 75 to 80 % of students can recall
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	CCT (Creative & Critical Thinking)
Output Indicators	No. of sessions with students per year. No. Of students engaged in CCT modules
Target	100% Selected students
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Value Based/Soft Skills Sessions taken up
Output Indicators	No. of sessions in a year with all the students enrolled. Life Skills topics for each month
Target	12 sessions in a year with all the students enrolled
Objective	Ensuring Mental Well-being of students
Outcome Indicators	No. of students and parents covered on mental health
Inputs/Activities	Identification / Mapping of mental well being status of students (WHO - 5, SDQ, DSM Cross Cutting)
Output Indicators	No. of Children mapped and categorised under formal mental well-being categories. No. Of Children catered for grade improvisation on mental well-being.
Target	100%. Improvisation At Least 20%
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	TOT’s conducted for parents/teachers
Output Indicators	No. of TOT’s conducted & participants covered. Topics covered under the modules
Target	Monthly
Objective	Skill building of government school teachers on basic knowledge on mental wellbeing of students *Need Based Component
Outcome Indicators	Government school teachers are equipped with basic knowledge on assessment of mental well-being of students and are able to navigate towards positive deviance on a case-to-case basis
Inputs/Activities	Understanding student mental health and development needs Strategies to make the classroom safe and developing relationships with students. SEL (Social emotional learning) Understanding and addressing stigma i the classroom.
Output Indicators	No. of government teachers covered. One session per week.
Target	100% of Teachers in selected schools
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Training on life skills
Output Indicators	Interventions designed according to the need of students for the social, emotional, cognitive, behavioural development of students. No. Of students covered under
Target	100% Students
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities
Output Indicators	life skill activities.
Target
Objective	Strengthening school Governance
Outcome Indicators	School management committee reformed as per norms & composition
Inputs/Activities	Coordinating in conducting SMC meetings based on particular agendas
Output Indicators	School Management Committees hold regular meetings
Target	As per norms
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities
Output Indicators	No. of Resolutions taken-up
Target	25% Identified
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities
Output Indicators	No. of resolutions acted upon and state resources mobilised
Target	At Least 25%
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Participation of Maitre e Group (student collectives)
Output Indicators	No. of meetings in a year No. of students members of the group No. Of activities conducted along with topics covered
Target	10 meetings in a year 50 to 60 students to be members of the group
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Conducting PTMs as per the standard frequency
Output Indicators	No. of PTMs in a year % Increase in attendance and participation of Parents during PTM, Regularity of students’ progress
Target	6 PTMs in a year 5 to 10 % Increase in attendance and participation of parents during PTM in year 1
Objective	Skill Building through Digital Education for future ready
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Imparting career guidance and skills on digital domains for preparedness
Output Indicators	No. of students covered through skill building and career guidance sessions.
Target	70-80% Students attendance
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Extending digital skill- building trainings to students
Output Indicators	No. of students covered under specific modules for future readiness and higher education.
Target	All students identified.
Objective	Entrepreneurship development amongst youth and women for economic empowerment
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities	Enhanced disposable individual income by at least 50%
Output Indicators	No. of beneficiaries attained enhanced income level
Target	50% beneficiaries identified
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities
Output Indicators	Formation of (Self-Help Groups) SHG’s
Target	No. Of SHG’s formed and No. Of beneficiaries covered (*Need Based as per baseline assessment)
Objective
Outcome Indicators
Inputs/Activities
Output Indicators	No. of SHG’s/Youth collectives linked to thrift & credit facilities
Target	NABARD/National Livelihood Mission