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GRSV Sevakendra 6-month Report

GRSV Sevakendra 6-month Report. Primary Steward : Koussalya. Project Brief. Primary School Program – Stds 1-5th Last funding amount – $3000 Next fund request -. Updates. Number of currently enrolled students – 68 Number of drop outs in last 6 months – 4 Reason for the dropouts :

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GRSV Sevakendra 6-month Report

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  1. GRSV Sevakendra6-month Report Primary Steward: Koussalya

  2. Project Brief • Primary School Program – Stds 1-5th • Last funding amount – $3000 • Next fund request -

  3. Updates • Number of currently enrolled students – 68 • Number of drop outs in last 6 months – 4 • Reason for the dropouts : • 1 in grade 3 : parents thought the standard is too high as compared to the Govt. Primary School; • 3 in grades 1 and 2: the distances from the students home to the Center are about 3 to 4 Kilometers and there was no public transportation facility available. • Number of new children added to the schools in the last 6 months: 1 • Number of boys : 50 • Number of girls : 18

  4. Updates Contd • Number of teachers: Total: 10 [Fulltime: 6; Part time: 4 ; Nine have BA/BS or MA degree; the Dance and Music teacher has degree-level training in the specialized areas ] • Over all school attendance percentage : Varies between 80 % to 100% [during rainy season, due to poor road system in the villages, students coming from distance fail to reach the school, causing drop in attendance ] • Students Academic course Records: INCREASED ( Those students started in our program usually scored in English, Math, and Sciences ( Admission Tests) between 40 to 50% . Now the average score in those subjects is 70% , with 35% of the students scoring between 90 and 95%.

  5. Updates Contd • Students are assessed, not as a group, but as individual. Each student, in a class, is evaluated individually for the performance in each subject’ The superior students are given challenging activities, while mediocre students are given more time to make them understand. • Engaging students in discussion on a lesson. • Introducing Unit Test to determine skill development of each studentfor each unit, before starting a new unit. • Evaluating performance of each students and having discussions among teachers how to improve the students who are not performing well. • Discussion with the parents about each student’s performance and askingthem how they can provide an environment at home to better their performance • Introduced: Computer program for students from grade 3 upwards • Music, Dance, Yoga, Sports.

  6. Updates contd • The School Building on the side of the lake, in the South side of the Walled Center • Students are arriving from villages ( walking, by cycle, by peddled riksha van) • Prayer in the auditorium, before the beginning of the classes • Class room teaching ( students are challenged to work on the Chalk bords ) • Tiffin brought from home: Puffed rice and potato fry( with poor nutritional value) • Computer Class ( from third grades; there are three computers, we could use one more) • Dance Class • Music Class • Gymnastic/yoga: in the stage of the building ( Pyramid, arches, etc.) • Physical Exercise in the play ground inside the Center • Playing during a recess • Gardening ( in agriculture plots in the Center) • Final Examination in (Dec. ’12) • Departing for home at the end of the school • A meeting of the teachers and the administrators for the 2012 Academic Year in the Meeting room.

  7. Special Achievements • One Teacher just completed First Part of M.A. in English and now perusing the FinalPart. • One Teacher completed Basic Computer Course: ‘SWIFT INDIA’ and now perusing a Programming Course: ‘HTML’ • One Teacher has attended course in: Spoken English • One Teacher is taking course in Tabla( drum) Playing • The Dance teacher teaches Dance to villagers in private class and takes the students in local competitions and performances and acts as a judge in local dance cometitions • 23 STUDENTS were selected and took TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATIO, Sponsored by Kolkata Publishers Guild and conducted at the KHIRPAI TOWN’s HIGH SCHOOL. The result is not out yet; but the teacher.s expected that several of them will win prizes.

  8. Improvements to the project • For Students: Extra classes on: • Spoken English • Quizzes and preparation for Talent Search Examinations • Nutritious Tiffin • For Teachers: • Classes on Education of Children • Incentive for self- improvement • Teachers evaluation by the students • For Parents: • Parents get together • Parents /Teachers meetings

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