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Tamil Nadu: Child-related Activities of Key UN Agencies
ILO activities: Kanchipuram, Namakkal,
Thiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai, Virudhunagar
The ILO is currently implementing the INDUS Project in the five
above districts. The Project is jointly funded by the Government
of India and the Government of the United States of America and
aims at creating an enabling environment where children are motivated
to enrol in schools, induced to refrain from working and households
are provided with income generation alternatives. The Project
works with the National Child Labour Projects (NCLPs) by seeking
to develop models, which can be replicated in other districts.
UNICEF activities: Chennai,
Dharmapuri, Tirunelveli, Kanchipuram
In Tamil Nadu UNICEF is currently implementing the Elementary
Education Programme in the four above districts. The Elementary
Education Programme supports the Government’s SSA initiative
by making efforts to: (1) reduce gender disparities; (2) promote
access and quality education for children from disadvantaged groups;
(3) enhance learning achievements by improving the quality of
education; (4) improve and expand educational data and analysis
and (5) deliver and document quality education.
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