A n a n d s h a l a

1. A n a n d s h a l a Vadodara , Dang and Valsad districts, Gujarat State

2. Collaborative UNICEF - Support and Guidance CEE – The Implementing Agency GCERT/DIET – Facilitating Support DPE / DPEO – Admin. Support

3. What makes an Anandshala? School • Drinking Water, Sanitation and Waste Management Units and Systems established, in use and maintained • Personal Health & Hygiene concept understood and practiced • Child friendly School environment

4. What makes an Anandshala? Teaching Learning Practices • Active Teacher and Parent participation • Learner-centre and self learning methodology • Locale specific creative material development • Life skills oriented vocational activities e.g., nursery, greeting cards, local artifacts, etc.

5. What makes an Anandshala? Participation • Village community (parents) sharing ownership and responsibility for guiding educational environment • Institutional commitment to scale up - CRC, BRC, DIET, DPEO

6. Aim /Objectives • Develop a Model and Methodology for Primary School Education in partnership with village communities, state government, local Institutions and individuals • Upgrading quality of teaching-learning environment • Improve existing School Infrastructure Facility

7. Selection Schools • lacking basic facilities • Up to 7 standard • lacking proper health & sanitation facilities • lacking education quality • literacy (less than 50%) • high drop out rates • gender balanced - student / teachers Villages • accessibility and distance • replication possibilities – CRCs

8. Process Infrastructure • Sanitation • Drinking water • Common meeting place • Fencing • Paved Areas • Greening

9. Processes – Soft Ware Teaching learning • Learning / Resource Corner • Vigyan Prayog Yatra • Balmelas • Child Retention Institutional • DIET Initiative • Anandshala Committee • Dharampur Science Centre • Principals’ Forum

10. Processes – Capacity Building • Communication Training • Gender training • Visualization work shop • Teaching learning Methodology • Subject Specific Workshops • Principal • CRC / BRC • Umang Tarang Training • Integrated Exposure Tours • Need based Training

11. Impact “As a head of my village - Grampanchayat Maraghmal - I write to express my delight for having included Maraghmal Primary school in your Anandshala project. In this project there were components like basic infrastructural facilities, quality improvement in teaching, concern for environment, science promotion and integration of villagers, teachers and students with each other. As part of these processes, my relationship with the school has grown. This change is due to Anandshala project. I heartily thank Anandshala project for this positive change.” Sarpanch, Mrugmal Gram Panchayat

12. Impact “ I find it difficult to express the overwhelming joy in being involved in a project of such a nature. We struck a cordial relationship with the village community and were highly inspired by the quality of input of the Anandshala team” “We are thankful to the Anandshala team for providing us the direction and inspiring us to be educators” Laxmiben Head Teacher Primary School Bilpudi

13. Learning • To establish physical facility and sustain them software support is crucial and should be an integral part of the project. • Instead of tendering/contracting, delegating responsibility to teachers that brings in • Transparent in the system • Quality • Sustainability • Ownership and • Local contribution • Developing right perspective and minimum standards among teachers and Panchayats lay the basis for use of funds for appropriate care and maintenance of facilities.

14. Learning • Linking classroom curriculum with exposure trip is very effective tool / method to generate and sustain interest among teachers and children. • Informal vacation educational activities improve enrolment and retention. • Networking and liaison with appropriate agencies and individuals results in multipliers. • PRA and collective visioning exercises with technical inputs help improve and sustain quality of physical facilities. • The project implementation process working at / communicate at several levels has helped mainstream the concept.

15. What a Way to the toilet… Sukhala Primary School, Kaprada Taluka, Valsad

16. Dabkhala Primary School, Kaparada Taluka, Valsad District My toilet is also green

17. Dabhkal Primary School, Kaprada Taluka, Valsad, District Are we Quality Conscious? A meeting with staff

18. Water? We catch all the rain here Tiskkari Hatty Primaty School Dharampur taluka, Valsad

19. Can we improve this further? School staff discussing further possibilities Dhandhoda Primary School Chhota udepur Taluka Vadodara District

20. Fresh Food from the backyard A vegetable kitchen garden

21. Drinking water underneath, Cool place to sit, A roof for protection, the nation’s flag to hoist …. to learn amidst pleasantly green surroundings and the peace of the village

22. Anandshala. My School

23. Clean and Green

24. Thank you !