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Title: Gramin Shiksha Kendra


1
Gramin Shiksha Kendra
  • Project in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
  • Asha has supported teacher and staff salaries,
    library and TLM over the last 7 years for 2
    schools at Jaganpura and Bodal
  • GSK started in 2003 today have 4 schools and
    550 children
  • Children make a daily newspaper, bal panchayat
    etc. They also publish a monthly magazine called
    Morange, which is edited by a professional poet,
    Prabhat. The children's work has also appeared in
    Chakmak.
  • Experienced staff, most have master's degrees in
    education.
  • School operations are child-centric
  • Typical school day 8a-11.30a (class),
    11.30a-12.30p (lunch), 12.30p-2.30p (class),
    2.30p-5.30p (evaluation and planning for next
    day), 5.30p-6.30p (interaction with villagers).

2
Uday Pathshalas
  • UDAY Pathshala, Jaganpura Started on 15th June
    2004, with 45 children (27 Boys, 18 girls), three
    teachers and a support staff on a land given by
    community in a thatched temporary structure. At
    present 231 children, 11 teachers and one support
    staff, the community has donated the land for the
    school, 8 classrooms constructed, tap water,
    electricity connections, a big playground,
    separate toilets for boys and girls.
  • UDAY Pathshala, Bodal Started on 1st July 2006
    with 74 children (26 boys, 38 girls) and 3
    teachers under a peepal tree. At present 99
    children, 6 teachers, on schools own land, 8
    classrooms and two extra rooms, well, hand pump
    and a big playground, separate toilets for boys
    and girls.
  • Uday Pathshala, Sawai Madhopur A self sustaining
    school for urban middle class. Started on 16th
    July 2007, currently with 35 children and two
    teachers in a rented building.
  • Uday Pathshala, Katar-Faria Started on 1st July
    2009, currently with 151 children on a land
    donated by community. At present running in 6
    thatched classrooms, has a big playground. The
    school has a toilet and a hand pump.

3
Site visit (April 2012)
  • Deep, Vibha's projects monitoring employee in
    India, visited in April 2012.
  • GSK continues to maintain excellent academic
    standards, extra-curricular activities, child
    participation levels, community relations and
    book-keeping.
  • The teaching takes place through very interactive
    and participatory methods with a focus on
    encouraging children to seek answers themselves
    by utilizing their natural curiosity about things
    around them.
  • Vijay was working with children from class 2 and
    3 on understand shapes and sizes through looking
    at similarities and differences of objects. He
    patiently took them through a process of learning
    by asking facilitative questions rather than
    telling them. It was a great experience to see
    the children discussing and debating amongst
    themselves in search of answers.
  • Jaganpura is the first school set up by GSK and
    is indeed a model school with its low cost
    ergonomic buildings, very experienced teachers,
    huge school campus and good facilities for
    toilets and drinking water.

4
Updates (Vistaar)
  • The Vistaar program is now working with 14
    government schools.
  • The government schools now build their own
    teaching materials, and perform CCE everyday.
  • The main focus of GSK in these government schools
    is teaching methodology and monitoring learning.
  • Trainer teachers from GSK visit all 14 schools
    regular and provide input and guidance in
    developing weekly plans and monitoring through
    CCE methodology.
  • They also use the CCE methodology to track
    teachers progress.
  • Next, GSK will provide appropriate books and
    reference materials for children and teachers
    respectively so that work on language training
    can be accelerated.
  • Vistaar is funded by HKF and is supported by the
    local collector, DIET (teacher training college)
    and UNDP. The DIET's college principal is the
    head of it's steering committee.

5
Updates (Jaganpura)
  • The school this year completed its 8th year and
    now has been established as a Resource School in
    the region.
  • It is already supporting the communities and
    teachers of 14 government school through programs
    like continuous support to government teachers in
    planning and evaluation, school management,
    development of libraries, teachers and head
    teachers training.
  • The number of children in this school has reached
    the 200 mark which is the maximum number we plan
    to take up. This year 12 children passed out
    class VIII, all of them have been admitted to the
    Government Secondary School at Ranwal. We are
    supporting this school also in our outreach
    program Vistaar.
  • Sports Apart from establishing it as centre of
    academic excellence the school has also
    established itself in sports. This year the
    school won the district football, kabbadi,
    khokho, handball events. Some 40 children have
    been selected in the district teams of various
    teams.
  • From year 2012-13 onwards, this school will be
    fully supported financially by Heisley Family
    Foundation, USA.

6
Updates (Bodal)
  • After running Uday pathshala in Bodal for 7
    years, GSK adopted the government primary school
    at Bodal under Adopt A School Project of
    Rajasthan Education Initiative.
  • GSK closed the Uday Pathshala location and
    admitted all the children to adopted government
    school.
  • All the teachers from uday shifted to the
    government school.
  • Government will continue funding the mid day
    meal, SSA regular funds like repairs etc.
  • The running cost will the the responsibility of
    GSK.
  • The government would withdraw their teachers for
    five years and after that slowly appoint them
    back as GSK withdraws.
  • The total number of children in this school is
    now 120.

7
Asha SV
  • Approved budget for 2011-2012 Rs 1,163,000 for
    teacher salaries and administration costs (Rs
    80000).
  • Change from 2010-2011 -20
  • 1st instalment (50) sent in April 2012 11,100.
  • Outlook for 2012-2013 Since we will be funding
    only the Bodal school, the funding requirements
    will further come down significantly.
  • Future outlook and exit strategy GSK has started
    executing on their plan to obtain institutional
    or government support for the Uday Pathshala
    schools. The Rajasthan government will eventually
    take over funding for the Bodal school in 2017.
  • Donor updates Asha Austin stopped funding this
    year. New agencies are HKF and HFF. Vibha is
    continuing support, and is evaluating a proposal
    to adopt some schools under the Vistaar program.
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