Asha for Education

Project Brief: "SCHOOL IN BAG" project
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: girls

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Stanford

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Nagender Bandi
Co-Steward: Shouvik Chatterjee
Project Partner(s): Somnath Singha Roy
Project Address: Mandra Lions Club - Purulia
Mandra Lions Club
Sarada Pally, Baghmundi, Purulia, West Bengal, India
Baghmundi, West Bengal 723152
Tel: 9103252250381
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford

For achieving project goals,the project has initiated mobile home education system called "SCHOOL IN BAG". Details about projects steps are given below:

1) Select home educator from the selected villages. This home educator will move from village to village with a bag and with innovative teaching learning materials in friendly languages.
2) Continuous training through workshop method on preparation and use of teaching learning materials through locally available materials, e.g. policy of national government for the tribal community, local predominant Issues, regional predominant Issues and Right to Education.
3) Meeting with villagers where for listening to their opinions and ideas in order to ensure the success of the Program. This will help us in our planning and allow us to overcome the inevitable hurdles that will be thrown in our way.
4) Co-ordination with various agencies that have similar missions. This will help all agencies in their quest to solve the problems of the community.
5) Arranging seminars with teachers and villagers.
6) Activities for children dealing with general knowledge, arts, painting, music, dancing, environmental awareness, health and hygiene etc. shall be done regularly. There would be play materials available and with the aid of indigenous items- children would be made aware of the numbers, colours, etc. The mental faculty would be developed keeping in mind the future of children. Though rural background would be given due importance, a modern outlook would be inculcated to compete in the ever progressive society.
7) Every child will be part of a team that takes responsibility for keeping the village clean; planting and maintaining trees in the village
8) Summer Camp will be organized
9) Street plays highlighting the ills of tobacco and alcohol abuse.
10) Workshops and vocational training seminars
11) There will be weekly tests and progress reports will be prepared in a timely fashion and parent's signature will be required. Teachers meet parents weekly to get a report of the child's progress.
12) Meeting of parents, teachers & project management will take place monthly & the outcome will be communicated to parents and the support agency.
13) Project review between the Community body, project management & the executive body shall be held on a quarterly basis and the same will be forwarded to support agency on quarter basis.