Overview

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Overview

• Summary of Current Project
• Targeted Schools Information
• General Info on Each School
• Requirements
• Evaluation Metrics
• Funding Information
• Overall Budget
• Individual School Needs
• Sources of Funds
• Execution and Monitoring

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Summary of Current Project

• Three Rural Schools
• Two Urban Schools
• More Than 1,000 Children Impacted
• Budget 24,500
• Pragathis Proposed Contribution - 3,000

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School Locations
Yalahanka
Arali Marada Doddi
Kodi Halli
Sarahaddina Doddi
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Kodihalli Higher Primary School
Over 100 Years Old Grades 1 thru 7 625 Students
16 Teachers (3 posts vacant)
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Kodi Halli School Score Card

• Over a Hundred Years Old
• Serves Appx. 10 Surrounding Villages
• Performs Better than Its Peers (Cluster) and the
  State Average
• HM Wants to Focus on Math Science in the 6th
  7th
• Block Education Officer Committed to Training
  Teachers on Science Kits, Charts, etc.

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Evaluation of Learning Achievements

• Learning Outcomes are Measured
• Performance Evaluation Process Started by the
  Azim Premji Foundation
• This was Later Adopted by Karnataka State
• Evaluation of 45,000 Schools for the First Time
  in 2005-2006
• Pragathis Use of Evaluation Results
• Above Average Schools Hold and Improve
• Below Average Schools Improve

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Rural Schools
Aralimarada Doddi Grades 1 thru 5 125 Students 3
Teachers
Sarahaddina Doddi Grades 1 thru 5 100 Students 3
Teachers
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Arali Marada Doddi

• Settlement of Immigrants from TN
• Most Children from Tamil Speaking Families in the
  Kannada Medium School
• 4th and 5th Stds Negatively Impacted by Having
  Studied in a Single-teacher Env. (Teachers added
  over the past few yrs)
• Need Remedial Teaching Identified Local Youth
  with Tamil Knowledge to Help Younger Children
  Adjust to School
• School Engages with the Entire Village on August
  15th Independence Day Celebrations

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Sara-Haddina Doddi (Hamlet on the Border)

• Stones Throw Away from Tamil Nadu (TN)
• Many Kannada Speaking Children from TN Attend the
  School
• Excellent Environment
• Very Strong Performance
• Three Male, Bachelor Teachers from North
  Karnataka
• Teachers Keen on Learning About Computers
• Recognized by Peer Schools as an Excellent School
  

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Urban Schools
Yelahanka Pre-school thru Grade 6 200 Students
Malleswaram Girls School Digital Library K-12,
Senior Citizens
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Requirements Budget
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Sources of Funds (Planned)
Texas Rotaries
Lakeway Lakeline Downtown District Rotary
7,500
10,000
3000
PRAGATHI
TOTAL 24,500
Bangalore Rotaries
Bangalore West (Malleswaram, Rajaji
Nagar) Bangalore District
4000
Sub-Total
14,500
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Execution Monitoring
Pragathi
Rotary
US
Dept. of Education
Pragathi
Rotary
India
1. Kanakapura 2. Bangalore West
- Padmaja Prasanna Ragavendra - Manjula Venu
Kallur - Bharati and Arun Shankar
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Summary of Current Project

• Three Rural Schools
• Two Urban Schools
• More Than 1,000 Children Impacted
• Budget 24,500
• Pragathis Proposed Contribution - 3,000

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Partners Thank You!
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Backup Section
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Selection Process

• Below Average Literacy Rate in Bangalore Rural
  District
• Meetings with Secretary of Education by Pragathi
  (Su and Sri) Recommended that we Consider
  Kanakapura Taluk (Education Block)
• Other Reasons Include
• Travel logistics Close to Bangalore
• Strong Rotary Presence and Support
• Kanakapura Rotary
• Rotary Bangalore Clubs

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Yalahanka School Scorecard

• Overall Performance
• - 14 Better than Peers in the Cluster
• - 2 Below State Average
• Math and Social Science Need Attention
• Appt. of Temp. Teacher to Focus Primarily on Math
• Additional Math Teaching Programs being
  Considered
• Increased Time for Math in Computer Based
  Teaching Proposed