APNA SKOOL Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti Background Large

APNA SKOOL (Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti)

Background: Large number of migrant seasonal workers: agricultural sectors and construction activities. Entire family lives in hutments/temporary sheds at the construction site and brick kilns. Children of school going age are deprived of normal schooling and just remain at worksites. Run errands for all and sundry and slowly get prematurely inducted into workforce. girl child has to take care of the infants while parents are at work and assist the family in household chores. Workers associate schooling with upper classes feel that schooling is necessary only for those jobs that are in any case not available to them. Reaching the School to these unreachable is the aim of Jagriti.

Apna SKool: Started by Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti, IIT Kanpur in 1994. Largely cater to migrant worker kids from state of Bihar, Hariyna and Western UP at construction site/bricklin. 25 schools near bricklins and other construction sites with 25 -30 students in grade 1 to 5 and run 7 -8 mos. Total 800+ students. Acts as bridge school so that the migrant kids can continue education away from home. Students learn Reading, Writing and Arithmetic's (traditional 3 R's) just as in regular schools and at the same time participate in many extra curricular mind-broadening activities. Many extra curricular mind-broadening activities, such as Songs and Dances, Artwork, Dramatics, Story telling and Poetry recitation, Sports and Games etc. .

Apna SKool: Provides nutritious mid day meals to the students attending Apna Skool. Helps students with school uniform and Shoes, Sweaters during winters and School supplies, such as Text books and Copies. Provides basic health needs in the form usual immunizations and vitamin supplements. Program in place to enroll Apna Skool graduates in various mainstream schools and assist to attain higher education in form of scholarships. 52 children are benefited in 2014 -2015. Helps to generate awareness among parents to appreciate the need to get their children remain in School at least until they reach 15 years, so that they become good citizens. Provides various vocational training.

Challenges: Village school does not accept students joining in the mid-year and there administrative hurdles to be overcome. RTE might help, legislation for Compulsory Education till 14 years In village schools children remain totally neglected as no teacher wants to attend them. The children find themselves out of sync with the school either in terms of the level, or in terms of the methods of instruction. School may appear either boring or fearsome. It results into the dropping out of these children from the schools. Continuity is lost as migrant workers do not necessarily return to the same worksite or same works contractor having a network of Apna Skools at many locations, past two years with mixed results supplementary instructor cum monitor to provide personal attention through some one familiar with the strategies for learning developed at Apna Skools

Challenges: Temptation for the older children to enter the workforce and become wage-earners Apna Skools try to introduce older children to various vocational options and work with organizations such as Jan Shikshan Sansthan Not the main objective of the concept of Apna Skool.

JBVS Partners: Organization Asha for Education SV Contribution 1868000 Mala Foundation (Nutrition) 1610060 Mala Foundation (Qlty Edu) 499874 VSEI Canada 38588 SYI contributions, through AID Buffalo/Portland 572000 RV Foundation Individual Donors 200000 368935 TOTAL Resources 5157457

Budget Proposal 2015 -16 SN Particulars 1 Description Budget 2014 -15 138000 12 months @Rs. 120000 11500 Project in Charge (2) 12 months @Rs 180000 10500, 9500 10 teachers at 12 months @ Rs. 600000 construction sites 5000 x 10 15 teachers at Brick- 8 months @ Rs 600000 kilns 5000 x 10 Health worker 12 x 4000 24000 Conveyance allowance Varying amounts Subtotal on Salary 30000 16, 56000 Salary MLP Coordinator in Proposed Budget 201516 19200 240000 600000 48000

Roles: Project coordinator and Project in-charge. One coordinator there are two Project In charges who are responsible to supervise the schools, Help teachers at centers and to provide materials (education, nutrition, etc. ) from time to time. Coordinator is responsible for overall implementation, designing course content, conducting training workshops, Visiting schools from time to ensure the quality education, Doing all administrative paper work relating to project, etc. Our MLP coordinator is Mr B N Sharma (Post graduate degree and has 15 years’ experience in this field). Two Project in charge Mr Laxmi Kant Shukla (Under-graduate degree and 15 yrs experience) and Ms Sangeeta Verma (Bachelor of Science and B. Ed. has 10 years’ experience with Apna skool).

Roles: Health worker will organize the regular immunization camps at brick kilns Coordinate with the nearby primary health centers, and will take the needy children or parents to the doctors. Initially the health worker was appointed for 8 months for the brick kiln season only, now made all year long.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16 SN Particulars Description 2 Supplies(mostly Consumables) Budget sought in Proposed 2014 -15 Budget 2015 -16 (for reference) Educational Materials a) Blackboards (20 nos) b) Books @ Rs. 1500 @ Rs. 100 (700 children) 30000 33750 30000 70000 c) Slates @ Rs. 45 (600 children) 27000 d) Copy/Registers @ Rs. 1000 (25 centres) 18400 e) Pencils, Chalk, etc. @ Rs. 800 (25 centers) 13800 2500 f) Other Study Materials like Charts, Posters, Puzzles, etc g) Games Materials @Rs 500 (25 centers) 27000 25000 20000 3000 4600 12500 h) Library i) Children’s books ii) Teacher’s Reference books 4000 2000 Furniture Chair and mats @Rs. 1000 (25 centers) 18400 25000 Subtotal on Supplies 2, 18, 500

Expenses: Supplies School uniforms and sweaters for winter, we provide to children out of this grant. Increase is inflation corrected. Medical and health related supplies includes the following. First-aid boxes with medicines at each center and contingency medical expenses that we incur for the children from time to time. Medicines also include regular doses of de-worming, vitamin-A, B and C tablets to every child. We provide soaps, towels and mustard oil (in winter only) at each centers for children to keep themselves clean. Repairing and maintenance charges are for the two mopeds that are used by the project in-charge to visit the schools. Besides it, education and nutrition boxes, black boards, school room, etc. also need repairing and maintenance.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16 SN Particulars Description Budget in in Proposed 2014 -15 Budget 201516 135000 280000 3 Child Centric Expenses Winter clothes + @Rs. 400 x 700 Uniforms children) Health & Hygiene @Rs. 2000 (25 (Medicines, First-aid centers) boxes, Soaps, Towels, Oil, etc. ) Children’s Educational Tour Cultural Events, School Events 46000 50000 25000 40000 5000 10000 Subtotal on centric Cost 3, 80, 000 Child

Expenses: Child Oriented Every year children of Apna Skools go for a trip to Zoo, museum or similar locations. This is a fun trip with an aim to provide them an opportunity to educate themselves on the large variety of flora and fauna, history and culture of India etc. . Apna Skool celebrate their annual day program each year apart from celebrating the Independence Day and Republic Day. These are occasions when the parents get informed about the Schooling and take note of the progress of their children. Expenses are also incurred by APNA SKOOL on Mid-day Meal/Nutritional Supplement, Transportation costs and Grant of Scholarship to Apna Skool alumni and are met from other dedicated projects.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16 SN Particulars Description 4 36, 000 5 Teachers’ Training Program Subtotal on Teacher Training Miscellaneous Budget in Proposed 2014 -15 Budget 201516 20000 36000 Phone charges Rs. 600 x 12 6000 7200 Stationery (office) Rs. 400 x 12 4800 General Maintenance 5000 Subtotal on Miscellaneous 15, 800 17, 000

Expenses: Teacher’s Training We have regular teachers’ training workshop every fortnight at Jagriti office. Beside these workshops, we organize a 3 -5 days intensive training programme (usually in the beginning of November) especially for the teachers of brick kiln apna skools by external experts in the field of education, such as Ekalavya, Hoshangabad.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16 SN Particulars Description 1 Salary 2 Supplies(mostly Consumables) Child Centric Expenses Teachers’ Training Program Miscellaneous 1, 54, 450 2, 18, 500 2, 11, 000 3, 80, 000 20000 36, 000 15, 800 17, 000 Total (for the year) Fund dispersed from WAH 2014 1, 864, 450 23, 07, 500 -3, 85, 000 19, 22, 500 3 4 5 Budget 2014 - Proposed 15 Budget 201516 16, 56, 000 14, 63, 200

Vocational Training & camps: Tie-and-Die, Fabric Painting, Embroidery, Sewing, Tiles and Aim: To impart skills in the said areas as a hobby and also which can help kids earn some pocket money Computer Classes Aim: To acquaint kids with computer and impart working knowledge of MS Office( Paint and Word) Sports Camp: Taekwondo Aim: To impart senior kids (class 5 th onwards) especially girls with basic self defense skills Sports Camp: Football Aim: To provide senior boys a definite play time where they learn skills. Music Training (Vocals)

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