Saral Services Quality Education in Nalanda A Prospect Consultation Workshop (December 24, 2011)

Outline Nalanda District – 2021 Five Broad Area Identified to work  Community CALC  Residential Schools  School Pundit – MIS  Local Sourcing of content  Training of Teachers and Policy Advocacy

Nalanda District 2021 Population – 23 Lakh (2001) –> 30 Lakh (2021) Villages – 1183, Panchayats Children population – 7 Lakh (22%) G. Schools – 1130 (P), 829 (M) -> 1250 Small Private School – > 1000 Enrollment per school – 400 (G), 200 (P) Enrollment = (5 + 2) Lakh Teachers required – 25,000

Community CALC For Government and Small private shcools Housed in Government school or rented rooms 10 computers and Display screen 2 teachers per centre who will stay and teach Identify students not doing well and provide extra time to use the centre Monthly quaterly test (automated) 1000 CALC in 10 years

Residential Schools 200 Schools (40,000) Separate for girls and boys Learning environment Integrated arrangement Students stay in group of Provide CALC facility Seek registration under SSA Loan for education Health, Hygine and Happiness

School Pundit + MIS Web based MIS that tracks attendance, marks obtained by students, fees, teachers input School Pundits who service 10 schools for data entry, delivering monthly reports Provide quaterly advisory note – on how to improve the quality education Sharing the monitoring tools with parents Self sustaining model Database for 2000 schools

TOT and Policy Advocacy Training of teachers in leveraging the power of CALC, computer and Internet for education Set up a center with 100 teachers learning at the same time Completely residential Short duration training modules Assignment on survey and study and pilot testing Training of 5,000 teachers per year

Local sourcing of content & Resources Local content generation excercises Local content around agriculture, health, sanitation, livelihood, family, market, growth Local web side/ Database development Community ownership/ Sharing Excercises to improve language, maths and science, understanding and confidance Participation of parents in management of content and building the learning environment

District Advisory Committee A committee that takes the flag forward Meets once a Quarter Saral Services: Secretariate office for committee Committee size (Minimum 5 and Max 20) Organizes one consultation workshop per year Organizes one Yatra for quality education once a year Sets directions for Quality Education in Nalanda District