Shishumon – BTF L.C.
Pre-School Education for the Under Privileged Children
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This is a pre-school center catering to 100 children (3 to 7 years). Through this project Towards Future is trying create awareness on education from pre-school age. Objective of this project is to promote social & emotional development of the children from their early childhood. This Project endeavours for helping children to develop their language & cognitive skills in a structured but joyful environment. Shishumon-BTF Learning center nurtures child`s curiosity about education and its activity based learning methods boost pre-math & literacy skills which are helpful for the kids to adopt formal education system later. As all children are first generation school goers, most of them are not in a process of motor skills development which is required in future for writing. From our pre-school center we will send all the children to the primary schools. We have a close association with the primary schools and it helps us to monitor the regular attendance & progress of the children who have been admitted in primary schools. We will encourage parents to get in touch with the primary school teachers to know their child`s progress. We also organize several workshops and interactive sessions for the government sponsored school teachers on quality education and proper implementation of Right To Education Act 2009.
General view of Towards Future’s Sishumon project is to Provide opportunities for basic education with joyful learning along with Improve Health & Hygiene of the children.
When we started our project in Kalikapur, Rajarhat, in 2oo9, we have made a survey of adjascent villages Patharghata gram panchayet. As a outcome of this survey we noticed literacy rate is not at all up to the mark and students are becoming drop out in various reason in these villages. Then we decided to make education a part of life to these rural people and started our school project Shishumon.
Project Coverage Area
Suburb/Village | Block | City/District |
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Garagori State: West Bengal | Rajarhat | North 24 Parganas |
Jamalpara–State: West Bengal | Rajarhat | North 24 Parganas |
Kalikapur State: West Bengal | Rajarhat | North 24 Parganas |
Kashinathpur State: West Bengal | Rajarhat | North 24 Parganas |
Umorhati State: West Bengal | Rajarhat | North 24 Parganas |
Objectives
- Bring all the children in to the educational environment and support to promote their social, Physical, creative & cognitive development
Methodologies
- Provide a fearless , joyful & conceptual learning to the children.
- Use custom made syllabus according to the merit of the child.
- Material used for teaching are flash cards, charts, name card, building blocks, pastel & crayon colours, puzzles, beads, along with marble paper, drawing sheet.
- Original material used like fruits & flower, vegetable, sand , stone, clay etc.
- Attractive visual media are also used from time to time to impart education.
- Impart conceptual education outside of bookish teaching.
- Students are exposed to education by story telling rhymes with action etc.
- Provide a daily nutrition support at the end of the classes.
- Teach then how to maintain good personal hygiene in their daily life.
- Provide daily nutrition support to all students keeping in mind the affordability of their families
Project Statistics
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2019
2020
Evaluations
- Daily attendance is showing a very positive curve upwards
- Initial resistance towards education from local communities dimishing rapidly
- Parents/Gurdians have become more aware as they regularly communicate with the school
- Improvement of Relationship with Local Community and Authorities by gaining their trust and confidence
Project Officials
Name of the Official | Official Designation |
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Supriya Roy Chowdhury | Project Lead |
Payel Sengupta | Accountant |
Camelia Chakraborty | Teacher, Point of Contact |
Doli Mondal | Teacher |
Suparna Ghosh | Teacher |
Saraswati Naskar | Non-Teaching Staff |
Monika Naskar | Non-Teaching Staff |