Asha Trust - Project Dream
Asha Trust - Project Dream
Project Brief:
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: to go to formal school (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact: Chennai
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: to go to formal school (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Arjun Radha
Project Partner(s): Bhaskar Venkateswaran
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Stewarding Chapter: Chennai
Project Steward: Arjun Radha
Project Partner(s): Bhaskar Venkateswaran
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , ,,,
Tamil Nadu
Tel:
Stewarding Chapter: Chennai
The project involves working with six Government schools and two ICDS balwadis in Thiruvarur district of TamilNadu. Asha Chennai’s involvement started in two remote villages in this district namely, Rishiyur and Vilakudi. Rishiyur is a particularly small and remote village with a population of about 1500. Vilakudi is a bigger village with a population of about 4000. Around 2002, Mr. Arjun, Mrs. Radha Arjun, Mr and Mrs Shyamalan were running a project in this village to improve the education, economic conditions etc. in these villages. These villages are the ancestral villages of Mr. Arjun and Mrs. Jaya Shyamalan. Asha Chennai has been involved in the project right since its inception in late 2002. The project was launched in November 2002 with initial participation from DP Prakash and NNV Prasad.
Agriculture is the mainstay of Thiruvarur district and hence the region is heavily dependent on timely rains. There are no industries and hence the job opportunities outside of agriculture are limited, leading to exploitation and very low income for agricultural laborers. Hence, providing quality education to the younger generation becomes all the more important.
Asha Chennai believes the revival and strengthening of the government schooling system is essential to the implementation of any mass education initiative in India. The education scenario in this district is similar to the rest of the state, particularly in the rural areas. Government schools and ICDS balwadis exist but with serious deficiencies. We started working with two schools and now work with six schools and balwadis associated with two of these schools.
We currently work in the following villages (schools & balwadis) in this project:
1. Rishiyur – Panchayat Union Middle School (PUMS) & balwadi
2. Vilakudi – Panchayat Union High School (PUHS)
3. Vilakudi – Panchayat Union Primary School (PUPS)
4. Arisivapuram – PUPS & balwadi
5. Kaarichangudi – PUPS
6. Poovanur – PUMS
Agriculture is the mainstay of Thiruvarur district and hence the region is heavily dependent on timely rains. There are no industries and hence the job opportunities outside of agriculture are limited, leading to exploitation and very low income for agricultural laborers. Hence, providing quality education to the younger generation becomes all the more important.
Asha Chennai believes the revival and strengthening of the government schooling system is essential to the implementation of any mass education initiative in India. The education scenario in this district is similar to the rest of the state, particularly in the rural areas. Government schools and ICDS balwadis exist but with serious deficiencies. We started working with two schools and now work with six schools and balwadis associated with two of these schools.
We currently work in the following villages (schools & balwadis) in this project:
1. Rishiyur – Panchayat Union Middle School (PUMS) & balwadi
2. Vilakudi – Panchayat Union High School (PUHS)
3. Vilakudi – Panchayat Union Primary School (PUPS)
4. Arisivapuram – PUPS & balwadi
5. Kaarichangudi – PUPS
6. Poovanur – PUMS
In these institutions the boy: girl ratio is approximately 1:1. We hope to see the following qualitative improvements due to this project:
1. An acceptable educational environment that is conducive to and promotes learning
2. A motivated and trained group of teachers that cater to these children.
3. Children who perform at or above the level expected for their age.
As the project progresses we hope to develop better metrics to measure the progress of the children and the success of the project like monitoring levels of numeracy and literacy skills of the children.
Other General Inputs from Asha:
Asha Chennai has undertaken several projects with government schools. As part of these projects, Asha Chennai provides several standard inputs including,
1. Appoint teachers to improve the teacher-student ratio in the school.
2. Bring the teachers from these projects to Chennai for training. This would be covered under the budget for Project Rightstart.
3. Uniforms for the students. The one set that the government gives is grossly inadequate for wearing every day for a year.
4. Education material as appropriate for the class. This would range from crayons to atlases and geometry boxes; notebooks/slate for the children.
5. Provide scholarships to students for higher education as necessary. This would be covered under our Scholarips project.
1. An acceptable educational environment that is conducive to and promotes learning
2. A motivated and trained group of teachers that cater to these children.
3. Children who perform at or above the level expected for their age.
As the project progresses we hope to develop better metrics to measure the progress of the children and the success of the project like monitoring levels of numeracy and literacy skills of the children.
Other General Inputs from Asha:
Asha Chennai has undertaken several projects with government schools. As part of these projects, Asha Chennai provides several standard inputs including,
1. Appoint teachers to improve the teacher-student ratio in the school.
2. Bring the teachers from these projects to Chennai for training. This would be covered under the budget for Project Rightstart.
3. Uniforms for the students. The one set that the government gives is grossly inadequate for wearing every day for a year.
4. Education material as appropriate for the class. This would range from crayons to atlases and geometry boxes; notebooks/slate for the children.
5. Provide scholarships to students for higher education as necessary. This would be covered under our Scholarips project.
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Jul 2012 July 2012 proposal
Jan 2012 Site visit report 2011-12
Jul 2011 2011-12 proposal
Jan 2011 Site visit report
Jun 2010 2009-10 report & 2010-11 proposal
Jun 2009 2008-09 Report and 2009-10 Proposal
Aug 2008 Govt school report cards for 2007-08
May 2008 2007-08 Report and 2008-09 Proposal
Feb 2008 Site visit by Bhaskar
May 2007 Report
May 2007 Proposal
Jun 2006 Proposal for 2006-07
May 2005 Proposal for 2005-06
Mar 2005 Proposal for new building WAH 2005
Mar 2005 Proposal for new building
Mar 2005 Site Visit Report
Nov 2004 Report by Rajaram
Dec 2003 Proposal
Aug 2003 Lakshmi, Sathapriya and Rajaram on Aug 4th & 5th
Jun 2003 E.S.Ananth 20th,21st June
Dec 2002 Project Status
Dec 2002 Project Status
Dec 2002 Proposal
Dec 1990 Site visit report 2013 - old - plz remove
Dec 1990 Proposal for the year 2013-14