Model
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Community mobilization and sustainability lie at the heart of EGG. The model involves the community in action at all stages to ensure continuation of the work.

The main constituents of EGG's model are discussed below: EGG’s model leverages current government investments in education. It mobilizes underutilized resources in the form of parents, communities, teachers, government officials, and even children to bring girls who have dropped out back into school, and improve school quality. EGG uses various strategies to help communities assess their school situation and initiate action and it also empowers political constituencies to sustain positive results. Impact till date (January 2008 to present)

Achieved 99% girls enrollment
• 3,839 Out of school - only 279 girls remaining
• Girls attendance increased from 67% to 82%
• Schools with drinking water from 46% to 82%
• Schools with separate girls toilet from 44% to 71%
• Hindi Reading (paragraph): up from 42% to 59%
• English reading (paragraph): up from 15% to 43%
• Math (two digit addition and subtraction): 26% to 57%
• Over 6,500 girls trained as leaders through “Bal Sabhas,” or girls’ parliaments

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