We are one of the six partners of MCGM running a school under their School Support Program. We are managing Saibaba Path Mumbai Public School at Lalbaug Parel.
Educo manages Saibaba Path Mumbai Public School at Lalbaug, Parel under the School Support Program of the MCGM (Public-Private Partnership Policy). Currently, we serve 800+ children coming from the underserved communities of Parel, Lalbaug.

Educo is a public charitable trust that runs a 21st century pilot school at Saibabapath Mumbai Public School, Lalbaug, Parel in partnership with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) under their School Support Programme. We parallelly work on developing relevant and replicable teaching-learning practices to improve student learning outcomes. These are shared with the municipal school teachers through teacher training to improve the delivery of education in these schools.

• We are a trainer-of-choice to the largest Urban Local Body in the country - Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai .
• We are school-of-choice for the underprivileged in the neighborhood community of Lalbaug, Parel
• We have a relevant and repeatable model of scale that can be adopted in similar school settings.

The Problem

The community of Parel is still reeling from the aftermath of the mill closures in the 80’s when the parents of our children lost their jobs. Being pushed into conditions of dire poverty and lack of education they continue to work as manual labourers, many casual and domestic.

The Solution

It is only quality education in the facility of the MCGM and under the aegis of Right to Education 2009, which can create career opportunities available in the metropolis of Mumbai for these children to aspire for a better future.

Our approach is to strengthen school systems that serve the marginalized communities by leveraging teachers’ capacities to bring change in the teaching-learning environment.

WHAT WE DO?

School Model : - Educo manages Saibabapath Mumbai Public School school in partnership with MCGM. We provide holistic education to our students across by working on 4 focus areas - holistic child development, pedagogy and teacher development, government outreach and community engagement. We are school-of-choice for the underprivileged in the neighborhood community of Lalbaug, Parel.

Model-of-Scale : - Our idea of scale is to become a Center-of-excellence by creating evidence-based solutions for all MCGM schools to adopt, adapt & grow. We develop and deliver training support and solutions to teachers who serve in the under-resourced setting. We are MCGM’s trainer-of-choice. We have trained 600+ MCGM teachers from around Mumbai, at their behest.

Educo is deeply grateful to the MCGM Public Private Partnership Cell, under whose umbrella the School Support Program runs. We have been working with the MCGM since 2008, and this partnership has allowed us to make an invaluable impact on the Lalbaug community.

Under the tutelage of the MCGM, the children at Saibaba Path MPS enjoy the following facilities:

• MCGM provides the school infrastructure utilities, professional security and housekeeping.
• The school is located in a large facility with 66 classrooms, 2 large halls, laboratories, and a library.
• The school has one of the largest sports grounds in the F/S ward. Our children have excelled in sports and theatre activities by capitalizing on such facilities provided by the MCGM education department.
• Many initiatives by the government such as 27 items (shoes, raincoats, tiffin boxes, etc.), mid-day meals and other such facilities are provided free of cost to the students.

At Educo, the management ensures strict compliance with all MCGM rules and regulations. We are also abreast with the developments of RTE and its compliances in the school environment.

Girl Child Education Awareness Event

Festive Celebrations - Cultural Awareness

Sports Program - Lezim Dance

Project Day - Experiential Learning