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)

India

Location(s)

South Asia

India

Activity URL

https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/udaan-program-give-wings-girl-students

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

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 Literacy
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Sub-national
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas 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

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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