Kasturba

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KasturbaSchool in a Box

• Project Champion G. Jadwani
• Project Liasons N. Chawla
• A. Chawla
• S. Sridharan

ASHA-AZ Project Meeting March 12, 2005
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Background

• Kasturba Vanvasi Ashram in Niwali was established
  in 1953. Ashram was created by Kantaben Tyagi for
  education of tribal children and women.
• Poor children in low-income tribal areas are
  lacking a good education.
• Goal Bring educational standard for tribal
  children education on par with other schools of
  Madhya Pradesh.
• 750 girls in 6-15 year old age group will be
  targeted.

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Project Objectives

• Project seeks to introduce school in a box kits
  prepared by Krishnamurthi Foundation of India
  (KFI).
• Kits contain several educational items for groups
  of children, grades 1-5.
• Kits are being used in KFI schools in Rishi
  valley and Varanasi with great success.
• The goal of this project is to introduce these
  kits at the Kasturba Vanvasi Ashram in Niwali and
  other tribal areas in Madhya Pradesh.
• Introduction of KFI kits will contribute to
  enhancement of standard of education, hopefully
  on par with other schools in the state

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School in the Box Concept

• Kits used are 3D learning aids
• Large collection of illustrated learning cards
• Teachers Manual
• Materials are used to introduce concepts in a
  lucid, comprehensive, and graded manner - Ladder
  of Learning
• Several place-holders are in place for activities
  to be filled in by teachers

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School in a Box how does it work?

• Sequence to achieving milestones
• Introductory
• Reinforcement
• Evaluation
• Remedial
• Enrichment activities
• Milestones in Class 1 Math Learning Activities
  (one unit)
• Student learns numbers from 1 to 5
• Student learns simple operations with those
  numbers.
• Milestones ascend from the first lesson in Math 1
  to the final lesson.
• Student begins a new Ladder for Math 2.

• Each card has a symbol for the type of learning
  activity.
• Rabbit - story cards that strengthen association
  of sounds with letters.
• Elephant - reinforce reading and writing skills.
• Dog - provide evaluation materials.
• Each card also carries a number to represent the
  level of its learning material.
• Yellow card marked Elephant 3 represents third
  step of writing for Class 4

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Mechanism for Achieving Project Goals
ASHA Funds
Purchase kits
Purchase kits
Teachers sent to KFI Varanasi/Rishi valley for
training
Teachers return to schools and use kits in class
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Background on Project Champion

• Mr. G. Jadwani is a retired engineer, actively
  involved with the Krishnamurthi Foundation. He
  has worked on other projects for providing
  education to underprivileged children. Mr.
  Jadwani lives in Indore.

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Site Visit December 2004
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Site Visit December 2004
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Site Visit December 2004
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Proposed Budget

• Travel to Varanasi / Rishi Valley Rs. 1500
• Stay and training in KFI School Rs. 1500
• Cost of each kit Rs. 1500
• Total Rs. 4500
• One-time funding request
• 50 teachers x Rs. 4500 Rs. 225,000
• ( 5,100)
• (1 teacher/ 15 students,
• 5 teachers trained per month)

5 teachers/month x 15 students 75
students/month or 750 students/year