To tap the hidden talents of our little champs, SHIKSHA Initiative celebrated Baal Diwas on 14th November 2017. The celebration started with a drawing competition followed by recitation competition for Grade I students.
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Expansion of SHIKSHA Initiative in New Blocks of Sitapur
SHIKSHA Initiative has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow to conduct in-depth impact evaluation study of SHIKSHA elementary. The study will be conducted in the primary schools of Kasmanda.
SHIKSHA Plus : An Active Learning
Active learning can be defined as a teaching method involving active participation of learners through numerous techniques of learning. It can range from conventional techniques i.e. reading, writing, discussing to modern ways of teaching.
SHIKSHA Initiative in Action
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation and Sundararajan Mahalingam, Chief Strategy Officer, Shiv Nadar Foundation visited government primary schools (P.S.), namely P.S. Patara Kala and P.S. Mohanpur on 21st August 2017.
Launch of SHIKSHA Plus in Kasmanda
SHIKSHA Initiative has strategically intensified into adult literacy approach entitled as SHIKSHA Plus that uses an ICT based methodology to teach the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic skills to illiterate adults who have not attended a formal school sanjeev.
SHIKSHA Spreads its wings
SHIKSHA Initiative team was approached by District Administrations of Chitrakoot for implementation of the SHIKSHA ICT Classes in the schools. SHIKSHA Team met with Basic Education Department of Chitrakoot, Mr Seshmani Dubey and Mr Amit Asrohi, CDO.
During the meeting, BSA and CDO appreciated SHIKSHA’s efforts in being an agent of change and acquainting the schools with ICT Technology. SHIKSHA team explained about the program in detail and a formal MoU was signed for implementing SHIKSHA’s ICT Program in 200 schools.
Collaboration with Siddharth Nagar District Administration
In similar news, SHIKSHA Initiative’s biggest intervention in Uttar Pradesh has been in Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. A MoU was signed between the SHIKSHA Initiative and the Department of Basic Education and BSA, Siddharth Nagar for implementation of ICT enabled classrooms in all the 360 schools of the district.
Rangolis made by SHIKSHA Plus center learners on batch closing day
At SHIKSHA+center of gram panchayat Sarura Kala village, on the batch closing day, learners expressed their gratitude towards SHIKSHA plus through rangolis. It was a delight to see these Rangolis as they showcased their learnings and awareness about Covid-19.
Prerna Saarthi
In an initiative to reach out to maximum children, the government has launched Mission Prerna Yojana to improve the education levels of children. In this scheme, cooperation from social organizations have been taken to monitor implementation of government schemes. The government has appointed Prerna Saarthi in every district to keep a close watch on the activities conducted in the schools. To monitor the daily activities, a State Resource Group (SRG) and five Assistant Resource Person (ARP) have been deployed in each block at the district level. Apart from this, the District Coordinator is already posted in the department for monitoring, which plays a part in the operation of the schemes from time to time.
Induction Training at BRC Karvi, Chitrakoot
An action packed two-days’ of workshop of 40 teachers was conducted at District Chitrakoot on 17th and 18th February 2021 under the expansion of Elementary Program. Two-member team comprising of Mohd Tahir and Kamlesh Kumar Maurya delivered an induction training for the teachers along with a session on mission, vision of SHISKHA and details of the program and its process as Chitrakoot is going to be the new ground of action for SHIKSHA Initiative. District administration invited SHIKSHA team, Sitapur to run its flagship program, SHIKSHA Elementary in 200 government schools.
This Association kicked off with conducting a Training Need Identification (TNI) exercise with the selected teachers of potential schools where the program is to be implemented. Mr. Omkar Rana, BSA, Chitrakoot shortlisted 40 teachers from 20 schools, These teachers will be responsible for receiving and disseminating data and information between the two partners. . As per the MoU signed Elementary Program of SHIKSHA will be initiated in 200 schools of the district and count will further increased in a phased manner.
Last day of the training was attended by BSA, BEO and DC and they encouraged the teachers to use ICT based SHIKSHA content and pedagogy while teaching the students. BSA stressed on the fact that ICT based teaching not only interesting, but also increases the retention of content and also students in school.
