This programme encourages a diverse age group of underprivileged children to begin and sustain academics in a congenial environment. A unique, low-cost, innova ve model has been adopted to ensure that the not-so-privileged children are able to receive quality education. Education centres have been set up in rural areas. These aim to reach out to the non- school-going and dropout children aged 6 years and above from economically constrained families, with special focus on the girl child. These free non-formal primary schools known as Bandhan Educa on Centres provide complimentary school kits and focus on classroom learning, a endance, and extra-curricular ac vi es. Further, the programme has also set up low-cost formal schools, called Bandhan Academy, that provide holis c development for children, which include academics and extracurricular ac vi es.