Bringing community inside the classroom

Universal Concepts

Local Methodologies

Let’s become student again

Try this..

Can you read and comprehend the text below?

WHICH TRIBE IN INDIA DANCE LIKE THIS?

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THIS TEMPLE?

Congratulations!!

You just read a text in Gondi and saw a

pic of a Temple in Barsoor

WERE YOU COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS?

WERE YOU ABLE TO RELATE WITH THE QUESTIONS CONTEXTUALLY?

WERE YOU ABLE TO READ AND COMPREHEND THE SENTENCES WHICH

HAS NO CONNECTION WITH YOUR EXISTENCE?

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DO NOT KNOW?

•70% Indians live in Rural Areas•25% of India is Naxalism Affected•Tribals form approximately 9% of the total population in India and more than 30% of total population in Chhattisgarh

The RED CORRIDOR – Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are the most affected

*Map for representational purpose only. Not to scale.

5 years - Many schools blasted A decade of conflict.. Children and their education has been the greatest

casualty

90 % SPEAK GONDI AND HALBI 70 % SCRATCH THEIR HEADSIN HINDI CLASS

IN BASTAR

3 LONG YEARS TO CATCHTHE CONTEXT OF TEACHERAND TEXTBOOK

WITH WHICH LANGUAGE SHOULD WE BEGIN?

WHAT ABOUT COMPREHENSION?

ARE WE LOOKING TOWARDSCOMMUNITY AT ALL?

Think about this from a tribal student’s perspective

Maximum children

dropout reason:

language issues

54% children prefer

local language in

classroom

• 70% Class 1 & 2 children don’t

understand Hindi

• 90% school going children have

local dialects(Gondi, Halbi)

• ≈90% children NOT MOVED

beyond village

• A tribal child takes 3 years

after joining school to

understand context in

classroom

• 78% teachers in Bastar agree

on effectiveness of local

language and resources

• 98% teachers feel difficulty

teaching without local

language

**Data Source: ASER 2014 and Research Study by Dr. Manoj Kr. Nag on tribal schools and children

DIFFICULTIES OF THE

COMMUNITY

LEARNING DIFFICULTY OF A

TRIBAL CHILD

TEACHING DIFFICULTY

OF A TEACHER

PREVALENT IN TRIBAL/RURAL AREAS:

MOTHER TONGUE IS

NEGLECTED

INCOMPREHENSION

BURDENING TILL

SECONDARY CLASSES

NON CONTEXTUAL

TEACHING METHODS

NON TRIBAL TEACHER

FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS

LOCAL RESOURCES

OVERLOOKEDLOCAL DIALECT

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

A-AFRAIDB-BOREDC-CONFUSED

NO PARTICIPATION OF

COMMUNITY

BLANK ABOUT THE

EDUCATION SYSTEM

LEADING TO A MAJOR

DISCONNECT

GENERALLY 1st

GENERATION

SCHOOL LEARNERS

COMMUNITY UNABLE

TO SUPPORT

ACADEMICALLY

STRUGGLING SCHOOL

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

IN DANTEWADA , > 90% SMCs

NON FUNCTIONAL

LEADING AREAS OF CONCERN..

HIGH DROPOUT RATE

LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

BROKEN SELF- ESTEEM

LOW STATE/NATIONAL GOAL

NEGLIGIBLE PRESENCE

OF COMMUNITY IN SCHOOL

AND CLASSROOM

As per SSA Appraisal report:

Student Retention rate reduced

from 59% to 33% between 2009

and 2012

•In standard 3rd , 17% cannot

read a std 1 text

•In std 5, 21.3% can only do

basic subtractions

VISION

Create a platform for Community to contribute towards the holistic

development of the child

Create academic resources for tribal/rural children that is in

resonance with their eco-system leading to academic improvement in

schools

Bridge the gap between community and schools by creating a support

structure for the government system to effectively work on the long

term education plan of the tribal/rural children

Create documented repository of tribal history and culture

MISSION

EVERY RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN

The Constructive approach..

Empower teachers to use local resources

Utilization of local language and context in the classroom

Leverage community and its resources in curriculum planning and implementation

Planned transition from Mother Tongue to State Textbook language

Community participation in schools

THE METHODOLOGY– Key stakeholders on

a common platformCommunity

WORKSHOPS: Stories, games, songs, dance, livelihood, art and craft in local language using local resources

Compilation and documentation of workshops

Strengthening School Management Committee through Community Workshops

Textual, pictorial, audio and video animations.

Administration

Advocacy

Policy designing and Implementation

Technical support

Teachers

Subject specific labs

Lesson plans with local customs and culture.

Capacity building programs for teachers to extract concepts out of the local customs and livelihood

5 YEARS KEY MILESTONES

• Subject (Language, Science, Mathematics) Labs using local resources

• Community workshops: Storytelling, art, craft, dance and music

• Documentation and recording of Community workshops

• Lesson plans for teachers using local resources

• School Management Meetings defining role of community in education of their children

PHASE1 – 2 years

• Illustrated story books, magazines in Hindi and local languages told by community members

• Community workshops, documentation and recording

• Scaling up subject labs at district level

PHASE2- 2 years

• State curriculum in digital format with contextual content.

• Advocacy and implementation at state level through government departments

• Digital/Animated local stories in local languages and hindi

PHASE3 –

1 year

Targeted reach..

Phase-1 :

1000 children

Phase2:

District wide10000 children

Phase 3:

Implementation at State Level

DESIRED OUTCOME

DOCUMENTED AND

ANIMATED ORAL

TRADITIONS IN FORM

OF 500+ STORIES

INCREASE IN SCHOOL

ATTENDANCE

( 90% Student Attendance)

EASY LEARNING AND

COMPREHENSION

(1 Grade Level improvement)

KNOWLEDGE AND

CULTURE RETENTION

EMPOWERS

COMMUNITY

TO PARTICIPATE

CHILD CENTRIC

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

INCREASED COMMUNITY

PRESENCE IN FORM OF

SMC’s

Support Required

Financial

Operational

Technical

• Support the cause with 1500/- monthly (20,000 /-annually ) towards :

• community workshops,

• compilation and digitization of stories

• research and development,

• setting up and executing the subject labs

• Volunteer with us for our work

• like minded people to support and volunteer

• Research and development

• Documentation, animation of stories and illustration

• Marketing

Contact Details

Ashish Kumar Shrivastava

Email: ashishshrivasta@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/ashishshrivastava1