An Organisation that trust in Children
Introduction
IPER has completed 35 Years of service to the under-privileged and the deprived
The Institute of Psychological and Educational Research (IPER) was founded in 1971. Two major disciplines of psychology and education are closely linked with the all-round development of human beings specially children. But the coverage offered by the existing institutions working in these fields is quite inadequate leaving much of the area of the disciplines unexplored. In 1971 a few university teachers and researchers under the stewardship of the noted educationist, Dr. Arun Ghosh, a National Awardee for Child Welfare of the Government of India, set up IPER to provide the young people of our country with facilities and necessary guidance for research in psychology and education.
Organisation
Dr. A. Ghosh, the founder-Director of IPER, is the head of all planning and administrative activities. He was amply assisted by his friends and colleagues in the profession specially by Dr. Bijli Mallik who also carried out important Research Works on the problems of Education. Besides him, the society is managed by a duly elected Governing Body. A written constitution lays down the functions, responsibilities and terms of office of the office-bearers including those of the directors.
Sources of Income
Most of the projects undertaken by IPER have a national base and enjoy financial assistance from both the State Government and Central Government. However these only meet a part of the overall budget and IPER has to raise the balance from other sources such as the corporate sector, advertisements published in the annual journal, membership fees from the members and donations from the host of patrons and well-wishers.
IPER also receives funds from several international funding agencies like LWS, UNICEF, ILO, Brot, Deaconess Institute and others. Fund raising programmes are also held from time to time.
Exemption of Tax for Donors
All donations made to IPER are exempted from income tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act. IPER also has a foreign contribution registration certificate.
Vision:
Alround development of the underprivileged, specially children and women in keeping with the principle of their best interest with a special focus on the girl child.
Mission:
Development through Education & Building of Self-esteem with a Right based approach
Objectives
- Promotion of research in psychology and education
- Conducting action-oriented research programmes and documentation
- Execute planned and research based programmes for the development of under-privileged,deprived and abused children
- Undertake training, research and exploratory studies on major social and psychological issues
- Run need-based programmes with a focus on rights for the disadvantaged and deprived children such as street children, child workers, orphans, abandoned children, abused children and those who are disabled
- Develop suitable programme on education, protection and empowerment and habilitation of these children
- Evolve, initiate, organise and promote innovative programmes and activities conducive to development
- Counsel and rehabilitate addicts to help them return to mainstream society
- Develop appropriate psychometric test materials on major developmental parameters, publish books, brochures, bulletins, manuals and reports of different activities and programmes
- Undertake advocacy amongst different stakeholder groups by organising awareness and training programmes through seminars, exhibitions and workshops
- Capacity building through training of personnel and upgradation of skills
- Develop net-working at national and global level
The Focus
The programmes of IPER for more than three decades cover a wide span of activities commencing from rendering essential services to the different types of disadvantaged section of the population especially children and women. IPER is working with those children who are living on the street, working for their livelihood, the mentally challenged, children in conflict with the law and those afflicted by addiction. Providing basic services to the children like those of education, health care and nutritional supplementation to the children who are deprived of these basic amenities constitute the core of all the programmes. The modes of rendering these services are need-based meaning that they are rendered in an user-friendly manner. In addition to the above special emphasis is laid on socialisation of the children through cultural assemblies and collective enterprises where the children are to work in co-operation with one another.
IPER is also working closely with women living in the slums and shanties at the centre as well as on the fringes of the city and who are victims of abuse and neglect. These women even after equal participation in the economic activities of the family are treated as the last person to have any say in the economic decisions of the family. IPER also aims at creating awareness amongst all sections of people on their rights and duties towards the society. |
