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Bhusandpur Girls High School December 2006
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Contents

• Background
• Salient features of School
• Objective
• Issues Challenges
• Way Forward

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Background

• Bhusandpur Village
• Population
• Literacy Rate

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Bhusandpur Village - Location
Background

• Located in Khurda district, Orissa
• 60 kms by road from Bhubaneswar
• One of the larger villages of Orissa
• Village Economy is dependent upon Chilika lake

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Bhusandpur Village Population Literacy
Background

• Population
• Is greater than 25,000
• Male Female ratio is 5248
• 35 of the total population in schooling age
  (less than 15 yrs)
• 33 of the total female population in schooling
  age
• Literacy Rate
• Total literacy rate is approximately 15
• Male literacy rate is 10 while the female
  literacy rate is 5 of the total population

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Girls Education in Bhusandpur Village
Background

• 50 students drop outs in VIIIth standard
• Only 17 of total girl student enrolled in VIIIth
  class pass the Xth class
• 2 of total female population pass the
  matriculation examination
• Admission in colleges/institutes after Xth class
  is dismally lower

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Root Causes
Background

• Reasons for poor literacy rate
• Poor background
• Financial problem of parents
• Poor educational background of the parent
• Social factors Issues related to marriage etc
• No clear cut career path
• What after Xth class
• No idea about vocational training or college etc

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Bhusandpur Girls High School

• Salient Features

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Bhusandpur Girls High School (BGHS)
Salient Features (BGHS)

• Established in 1996 by a group self motivated
  educated people of the village
• Envisaged that the high school will provide the
  required impetus to the girl child education
• Only high school in the Panchayat and the only
  girls high school in Block (5 Panchayats)
• Seven batches have appeared for Xth class
  examination
• Got the Orissa Government recognition in the
  academic year 2005 -06 but unaided
• No fees is collected from student
• Books, uniform is provided to the school to
  encourage the students

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Students
Salient Features (BGHS)

• Large drop outs after IXth class
• On an average 85 of the students taking
  admission into VIIIth class dropped out before
  Board examination

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Performance
Salient Features (BGHS)

• Seven batches from 1999 onwards have appeared for
  the Board examination
• On an average 55 of the total student in class
  Xth appeared for the Board examination
• On an average 40 of the student appeared for
  Board Examination student have passed the
  examination
• The performance has deteriorated in recent past

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Students Background
Salient Features (BGHS)

• 78 of the students belong to family with annual
  income less than 20,000
• 90 of the students belong to family with annual
  income less than 50,000
• Students are from poor economical background

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Student Background
Salient Features (BGHS)
Occupation

• Only 2 of the parent are Govt. Employee

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Summary till now

• Literacy rate of Bhusandpur village is low
  especially the female literacy
• Large dropouts in high school
• Poor family background, social norms, lack of
  direction are the cause behind it
• Bhusandpur Girls high was established in 1996 to
  address the above issues. It is now a Govt.
  recognized unaided school.
• Majority of the student are from economically
  poor background Recently the performance has
  deteriorated Lack of teacher, infrastructure
  management issues

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Objective
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Objective

• Objective for a time period of 3-4 years
• I Improvement in School performance Xth class
  result 90 pass percentage
• Bring Quality in Teaching starting from the
  VIIIth class
• Increase the motivational level of the students
• II Increase the strength in school
• Increase the intake
• Reduction in dropouts
• III Assistance for further career growth
• Assistance and support in admission into colleges
  and vocational training institute such nursing
  etc.

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Issues Challenges
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Improvement in School Performance
Issues Challenges

• Issues
• Lack of Teachers Quantity Quality
• Low student teacher ratio
• 113 students 4 teachers 128
• Teacher taking multiple courses
• Low salary Rs 500/month
• Difficult to retain good teachers
• Poor standard of student while taking
• admission into VIIIth class itself

• Solutions
• At least 4 new good experienced
• Teacher
• Motivating the old teacher training
• Hike in salary
• Appropriate Course Design - Persona
• lized care, Optimum class scheduling
• Regular tests assignments

Challenges Management Recruitment, Training of
teacher, Managing the teacher aspirations, Plannin
g monitoring Fund Requirement Salary to the
teachers
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Improvement in School Performance
Issues Challenges

• Issues
• Lack of motivation amongst students
• Lack of exposure Rural Background
• Fun part missing Lack of amenities
• Sports Facilities
• Science Laboratory
• Music Instruments
• Other extra-curricular activities

• Solutions
• Necessary Facilities Sports, Music,
• Art, Science etc
• Regular activities Annual Function,
• Picnic, Study trips, Festivals, Participa
• tion in other competitions etc
• Scholarships/awards for performing
• students
• Exposure Interaction with profession
• als/educationist/student group from Bh
• ubaneswar other cities

Challenges Management Planning Co-ordination
Fund Requirement One time expense for creation
of facilities recurring expenditure activities
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Increasing the strength of school
Issues Challenges
Issues Less admission High drop out rates Lack
of motivation amongst parents and Students
Lack of information Less clarity on future
career, opportunities Poor Background
Economically as well as literary
Solutions Personalized Counselling Regular
Parent Teacher interaction Information
Sharing Campaigns Camps, Road shows, Street
plays, Banners, literature
Challenges Management Planning Co-ordination
Fund Requirement Campaigns
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Career beyond Xth class
Issues Challenges

• Issues
• High drop out rates in IXth class
• Number of college going girls well
• below 1
• Lack of information

• Solutions
• Assistance to Xth pass students to join
• College/vocational training institutes
• Information sharing
• Tie ups with institutes such as nursing
• Lab assistants, Computer Institutes etc.

Challenges Management Planning Co-ordination,
Information Search, Tie Ups etc
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Integrated Approach

• Interdependent Stages Each will reinforce the
  other

Enrolments
Performance
Beyond Xth Colleges Vocational Trg
Mainstream
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Requirements
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Requirements

• Management Support
• Fund Requirement

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Management Support

• Management support will be provided by Shri
• Jogendra Behera,
• Native of the village
• Education B.Tech I.I.T Delhi, MBA I.I.M
  Ahmedabad
• Working in a MNC and currently located at
  Bhubaneswar
• Few other professionals behind this project

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Fund Requirement

• Operating Expenses
• Salary to teacher
• Monthly stationeries
• Extra curricular activities
• Capital Investment
• Building
• Equipments

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Fund Requirement for Operating Expenses
Fund required for monthly operating expenses Rs
30,000
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Fund Requirement for Infrastructure Development

• Building
• Construction of three new rooms for classroom
  purpose
• Furniture for new class rooms
• Refurbishment of three existing rooms
• Electricity Supply
• Electricity supply for the school
• Minimum Beautification
• Facilities Development
• Musical Instrument,
• Library Facility
• Sports goods,
• Scientific instrument,
• Computer
• Other Activities Sewing Machine, Handicraft etc

Fund Requirement for Infrastructure Development
Rs 6 lakhs (Approximate)
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Total fund requirements

Total Gaps in funds i.e. Fund Requirement Rs
15.00 lacs in three years
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Corporate Assistance

• Milestone based funding Disbursement of fund
  annually provided the milestones is achieved
• Milestone can be related to
• Performance of students
• Pass percentage, 1st Class secured etc.
• Admission into Colleges after Xth class
• Increase in admission into school
• Feedback from the student, teacher community at
  large
• Funding in kind
• Set up of all facilities by the corporate itself
  such sports goods, library facility, science
  equipments etc.
• Can fund for trips, camps, study tours, annual
  functions, competitions etc.

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Individual Assistance

• Various Schemes for individual donor
• Can fund for 1 month expense in a year
• Can adopt one girl child for her high school
  education Rs 250/month/student
• Can donate books, sports equipment, musical
  instrument and other equipments for usage in
  school
• Can send money for distributing sweets etc on
  festivals etc

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Return for Investment

• Will be an esteemed donor member of school
• Will be Informed about all the proceedings in
  school
• Can visit to school any time
• Appreciation in school magazine
• Appreciation in School Website (to be
  implemented)
• Tax benefits
• Satisfaction of contributing something to the
  society for improving the education

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Way Forward
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Way Forward
Infrastructure Development

• Recruitment of quality teacher
• Delivery of quality teaching
• Regular classes, tests, doubt clearing classes,
  support material
• Extra-curricular activities Motivational Factor
• Sports, Music, Dance, Computer Course
• Annual function, Organize competition in school
• Field trips sight seeing, study tours
• Regular Parent teacher Interaction
• Focussing on increasing the enrolment
• Personalized Counselling, Camps, Banners, Street
  Play etc
• Assistance in career beyond Xth class
• Vocational Courses
• Regular Colleges

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Thank You