Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 23 -- Kerala Police is setting a new benchmark in people-centric policing, winning praise not just for enforcing law and order but also for transforming the lives of thousands of young people through its pioneering social initiatives - the HOPE (Helping Others to Promote Education) project and the Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme.
Introduced in 2017, Project HOPE has brought back 4,364 school dropouts and examination-failed students into classrooms by offering free academic support, counselling and motivational training.
Police stations, NGOs and schools work together to identify children, while retired teachers, education volunteers and psychologists provide remedial coaching, some of it even conducted inside p...