2. Prerna Kendras or Continuing Education Centres

Prerna Kendras (PK) were started to provide continuing education to adolescents, especially in villages, where adolescents had participated in large numbers in the camps organized by the project. In 2006, 4 Prerna Kendras were started. These emerged as multipurpose centres – with a library, an information centre and as a forum where community members and adolescents could discuss various issues pertaining to the development of the village. Each Prerna Kendra had an Incharge/Instructor to coordinate the various activities in the Kendra both inside and outside the Kendra. The Incharge had the responsibility of organising various learning events and activities for adolescents in and around the village. They also had the responsibility of tutoring students who were preparing for the Class VIII and Class X examinations through the Open school system.