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Opportunity SchoolThe Opportunity School is a community school catering to provide education from classes I to VIII to all underprivileged children in and around IIT Kanpur campus. Presently about 400 students are studying in Opportunity School. The school is run mainly from the student’s fee, contributions of IITK employees, alumni and a nominal fix grant from the Institute. Class of 1965 (Pioneer Batch) is the major contributor to the School.
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Opportunity CollegeThe Opportunity College Project was started in December 2006, which involves teaching of English, Arithmetic, Accounting, and Computer Skills free of cost to unemployed (or under employed) graduate youth living in and around IIT Kanpur campus. The classes are run by IITK students and campus community members as part time tutors. Involvement of IITK community brings quality to this program along with helping them to groom as individual and become sensitized to social challenges. Besides imparting vocational skills, this program has been successful in inspiring and motivating underprivileged youths for a better future.
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Prayas
PRAYAS is an endeavour of IITK students, mainly focussed on providing education to the marginalized kids in and around IITK campus, atleast upto the level where they too can dream big.Presently a club under the Presidential Council in the Students' Gymkhana, IIT Kanpur.Its a voluntary service to promote the notion of 'Education for All' as a sustainable means of development. PRAYAS website (link to http://students.iitk.ac.in/prayas/)
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