Udaan
- P Project/Program
A Active
Key Information
Udaan is an in-school adolescent education program implemented in all secondary and senior secondary schools across Jharkhand state in India. It seeks to promote positive adolescent development and establish a cadre of healthy and empowered young people.
Lead Implementing Government(s)
Location(s)
South Asia
India
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2006 -
Partner(s)
Jharkhand Council for Education, Research and Training, under the state’s Department of School Education and Literacy
Ministry Affiliation
Jharkhand Department of School Education and LiteracyFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Sub-nationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School violence
Cross-cutting areas
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys in school, Girls in school, Policymakers, School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Health and childcare services
- Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)
Life skills education
- Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
- Gender, rights and power
- Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
Menstrual hygiene management
- Educating girls about menstruation
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- Peer mentors
School-related gender-based violence
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Social/gender norms change
- Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
Not applicable or unknown
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
- Increased knowledge of rights
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced violence against children in the home