Primary School
In the Award/Education Program, PRASAD Chiktisa staff members give awards to children, encouraging the children to work hard and emphasizing the importance of education. PRASAD also distributes materials such as textbooks, notebooks, pens, and pencils to children of under-privileged families.

Scholarship Program
The Scholarship Program helps students to finish the Intermediate level (grades 11-12) and to go on to college. Students apply for the scholarships to pursue courses in fields such as information technology, nursing, engineering, homeopathy and horticulture. Since the program began in 1991, PRASAD has awarded scholarships to more than 645 students. By 2010, this program gained a measure of sustainability, as graduates of the program began offering donations, becoming teachers themselves, and participating on interview panels for future scholars.

Vocational Training
Most technical trades training courses are offered at Government run institutes at highly discounted fees. These courses may spread over a year, at training centres far from home. Many students are too poor to pay for the daily travel to and from training centres, or to board away from home. This, plus the cost of required study materials such as books, tools and equipment can be prohibitive.

In 2016 PRASAD Chikitsa assessed that the equivalent of $US 230 for one year would be required to enable students to access the available education and train as electicians, plumbers, carpenters, fitter and turners, etc. Subject to funding, sponsorships will be granted and funds available at intervals throughout the year and subject to reports on attendance and performance.

On occasion PRASAD may provide a financial incentive to support students to matriculate in year 12. Education until matriculation is free, but not all students are able to complete matriculation. This can be for many reasons quite apart from scholastic aptitude. These reasons may include the travel costs to and from school; textbooks and stationery costs; the need to care for animals or crops, or care for others at home; inability of the family to forgo their possible earnings; lack of value seen in education, and ill health.

In 2016 the equivalent of $US 77 could be allocated to support a selected student’s final year of secondary study. So they act as an incentive, the funds are disbursed at intervals, after the students provide school reports on their progress each semester.

PRASAD’s area school clinics focused on issues such as respiratory health, eyesight and nutrition, identify problems early and treat them. PRASAD’s Nutrition Program, which supplies nutrition snacks and fortified milk at schools, is still necessary to supplement the diet of many primary and secondary school students.

Career Guidance
Many students are unaware of the educational opportunities available to them. PRASAD regularly conducts guidance camps and training programs to help students make informed choices.