Olcott Memorial High School Besant Nagar, Chennai 90

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Olcott Memorial High SchoolBesant Nagar, Chennai
90

• Proposal for continued support for the school
• From Asha St. Louis
• May 2013

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Olcott Memorial High School (OMHS)

• Free school for socially and economically less
  privileged children
• School seeks to remedy built-in disabilities of
  environment and nutrition

• Established 1894
• Location Theosophical Society Campus, Besant
  Nagar, Chennai

• Co-education
• Classes I through X
• Tamil medium
• BoysGirls 260199
• Student strength 459

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OMHS Context

• Children from nearby slums fisherfolk, coolies,
  housemaids etc
• Homes of children
• Below poverty line
• Rampant domestic violence, alcoholism, women
  child abuse

OMHS seeks to provide a vibrant, happy
environment for holistic learning
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Curriculum

• Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu State Board
• Tamil - first language
• English -second language
• Maths, Science, Social Sciences subjects
• Students appear for SSLC (Class X) certificate
  examinations after 10 years of schooling
• Students of Class VIII X learn vocational
  skills
• Tailoring, Embroidery, Drawing and painting, Food
  preservation and baking, Book binding, Screen
  Printing, Fabric design, Jewellery making

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Initiatives

• Nutrition program
• Mid-day meal enriched with sambhar, rice,
  vegetables banana
• Breakfast at 930 am of Kanji (ragi, cereals,
  pulses)

• Classroom provisions
• All students provided with good quality notebooks
• TN Govt covers 100 of textbook needs
• Uniforms 2 good quality uniforms/year/student

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Initiatives

• Technology Aided Learning (TAL)
• Projection equipment and digital lessons to
  enrich learning of maths, science, social studies
• Special Program for English and Language Learning
  (SPELL)
• To help students with comprehension, oral and
  written expression in English
• Primary Resource Centre
• To improve social and thinking skills through
  educational games and associated activities
• Library Reasonable collection
• Science lab- Refurbished recently
• Games and Sports Large playground

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Teachers The Schools Lifeline

• Teachers come from community in and around Adyar
• Teachers interested in education of
  under-privileged children

Committed teachers are responsible for the
unique set of initiatives in the school
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School Std 10 SSLC Results
SSLC March 2013 Results expected on 31 May
2013 See graph below for progress in the last 8
years (after syllabus change)- from 2004 to 2012-
a steady uptrend
From 54 passes in March 2004 to 97 in March
2012 - 38/39 students passed in the March 2012
SSLC Board Exams. Just one child could not clear
Maths in March but passed it in June 2012 and
joined class 11 with his classmates. An all pass
situation
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Asha St. Louis Funding 2012-2013

• USD 6000 INR 333,290
• received by school in July 2012
• For
• Notebooks and Stationery material
• Maintenance of library and labs, including
• computers
• Maintenance of crafts and introduction of
  vocational training
• Annual educational excursions / field trips

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Asha St. Louis Funding 2012-2013 contd.
Heads of expenses Budget Amounts INR allocated from Asha St.Louis donation 2012-2013 Actual expenses INR FY 2012-2013
Computer Room/ Maintenance 25,000 41,978
Craft section 40,000 48,543
Exams and tests 50,000 60,042
Library expenses 5,000 4,170
Science lab/EngLangLab/Maths Lab 40,000 13,128
Educational trips 70,000 45104
Notebooks Texts 103,290 111906
Grand Total 333,290 324871
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Funding Requested 2013-2014 For the following
Educational support Expenses Amountsin INR
Classroom Expenses 50,000
Computer Room/ Maintenance 45,000
Craft section 50,000
Exams and tests ( stationery material) 65,000
Library expenses 10,000
Medical health 40,000
Science lab/Eng Lang Lab/ Math Lab 20,000
Educational trips 50,000
General Resource Room, Counseling Sp Ed. 25,000
Printing stationery 20,000
Notebooks Texts 150,000
Grand Total 525,000
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Proposal Summary

• Seeking support for educational support expenses
• 2012-2013 Asha St. Louis support
• INR 333,290 USD 6,000
• Request from Asha St. Louis
• INR 525,000 USD 10,000

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School Plan for later years

• The school committee has approved the opening of
  higher secondary classes - Plus 1, Plus 2. This
  will materialize in June 2014.
• Focus on exposure to computers, internet, email
  improvement of English language
• Improve employability at 18 years of age
• Provide vocational training during after Plus
  2
• The school plans to seek Asha St. Louis help for
  the Plus 1 plus 2 student requirements from the
  academic year 2014-2015