Sankalp On Wheels

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Sankalp On Wheels
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Objective

• Take education to the doorstep of children
  living in slum settlements in Gurgaon who do not
  have access to schooling
• Provide transportation to children who live in
  neighbourhoods (construction sites/ slums) who
  have no public transport or schools nearby

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Concept

• Sankalp On Wheels is a customised bus which will
  be used as a classroom which moves
• The bus will be equipped with a black board , tv
  and dvd player, a computer and a book/toy library
• The seating capacity for the classroom
  requirements will be about thirty and that for
  transport needs about 35

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Utilisation of Bus

• Pick up and drop service upto a radius of 15 kms
  of the main schools
• Morning (30 to 35 children)
• Afternoon (30 to 35 children)
• Classrooms at two sites
• Morning and afternoon
• 75 to 100 children
• Class duration of 2 hours

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Bus Layout
Teacher seats
Driver
Bench seats with cabinet below
24 ft
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3 - 4
5 - 6
7 - 8
9 - 10
11-12
13-14
Comp
Classroom Capacity (Floor seats18 Bench seats12) 30
Transportation Capacity 32
Black Board
TV
Floor seating area
15-16
30
17-18
19-20
25-26
27-28
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31
32
Layout Plan
Crew seats
Door
Computer
TV
Keyboard
DVD
UPS
School on Wheels
Sankalp
View A-A
Side View
Books Library
Books Library
Toys Library
Toys Library
View B-B
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Operating Plan 2008-09

• Sankalp on Wheels 1
• Slum settlement in Sector 56 comprising more than
  500 families
• School will run on weekdays from 9 am to 12 noon
• A group of 30 to 40 children will be hand picked
  to be the first batch
• Syllabus will be based on the total literacy
  campaign

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Operating Plan 2008-09

• Pick up and drop
• Bus will be used to transport children to and
  from School 1 and 2
• Transportation will be provided to children in
  pre identified jhuggi clusters which is about 5-7
  kms away from the schools

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Project Status

• The bus has been purchased and modifications done
• The total expenditure on the bus till date has
  been Rs 8.25 lacs which includes the cost of the
  bus, fabrication, accessories and insurance
• The team is in the process of being hired
• a volunteer has been identified to co-ordinate
  the project

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Project Status

• The Sankalp on Wheels team will start visiting
  the identified jhuggi from August 15 onwards and
  informal classes will commence
• The project will be formally launched as soon as
  the bus is registered
• Necessary applications have been made to the
  State Controller of Transport and approvals are
  expected in the next 4-6 weeks