Open Assembly for Children’s Learning (Pathshala) centres were organised by local Women Council (Narishakti) and Youth Council  with the help of SPAN for the visibility of children in public life in an organised way to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure their regular attendance in school for quality education. Presently 10 Pathshalas are operational in 7 rural blocks of 5 districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand catering 249 children of 6-14 years of age. This children covered by Pathshala are mostly irregular in school or were school drop-out who recently connected to school.

Pathshala will ensure the following points:

• Head counting children to track the missing child if there is any.
• Ensure that all children attend there school regularly
• Help children to prepare there lessons for schools as most of them are first generation learner and there is nobody at their home to help them.
• Regular sessions for children on values, rights and entitlements and environment, ecology, and climate. Games, music, and theatre are also part of the activity in these sessions.

Youth from the villages who are the member of local youth councils provide their time as mentor for children in these Pathashala. These youth mentors are trained by SPAN and economically compensated jointly by the contribution nfrom local women councils and SPAN.