Asha for Education

Project Brief: The National Institute of Advanced Studies is working on bringing to functionality Block and Cluster Resource Centres in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka
Project Type: Resource Centers (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Boston

Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Srinivasan D
Project Partner(s): Padma Sarangapani
Project Address: Chamarajnagar District Resource Centres
Karnataka
Stewarding Chapter: Boston

Cluster Resource Centres (CRCs) provide teaching resources (e.g. reference books, science demonstration kits, visual aids etc.) and training to teachers of schools which fall under a given cluster. Block Resource Centres (BRCs) coordinate the functioning of the CRCs. Presently, the state of BRCs and CRCs in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka is dismal, and they are of virtually no practical use. The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) is working on bringing to full functionality, by providing infrastructure and training to personnel, selected BRCs and CRCs in the Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka, and in the process, is hoping to lure the government to invest more time and money into other BRCs and CRCs in the area which already exist, and whose staff already get paid by the government.