The journey of the organisation in implementing Education programme started in 1988 with Non Formal Education (NFE) Programme for the drop-out children and the non-starters un National Literacy Mission (NLM). Since then  Education has been the focus in CYSD’s development strategy designated to expand and improve the outreach, enrolment, retention and quality education for the children, contributing to fulfilment of the ‘Right of the Children’ and realization of Sustainable  Development Goals.

The strategic interventions intend towards supplementing and complementing various initiatives of the mainstream agencies, in terms of facilitating access to education for the deprived and marginalised groups, and improving the quality of education for the children, especially the disadvantaged in the state in general, but focus has been on tribal districts.

The organisation’s intervention in promotion of quality elementary education so far, has been on identification and mainstreaming of the out-of-school children (girls and other vulnerable groups); promotion of mother-tongue based multilingual education; development of contextual teaching-learning materials; capacity building of teachers, facilitators and various committees; bridging learning gaps of children through supplementary education; strengthening educational governance at the grassroots and facilitating community led monitoring; creating opportunities for children to participate and nurture their talents; and facilitating the grievance redreassal mechanism at the grassroots level towards protection of the rights of the children.