1. 1 CLT Project Proposal for Asha AZ Nirmal Govind June 5, 2005 Asha AZ Projects Meeting

2. 2 CLT Overview CLT: Children’s Lovecastles Trust Founded by Bhagya Rangachar in 1997. Based out of Jakkur village in Karnataka. Objective: Prevent school dropouts in rural sector. The Need: –More than 50 % of the children drop out before they reach the 6th grade. –Less than 8 % finish 12 years of schooling. –Only 3 % make it to the end in rural areas.

3. 3 CLT’s Approach Create an informal layer over formal layer of government schools. Approach: –“Adopt” a school. –Build momentum for education in the community. –Provide kids with additional learning resources (computers, mentors, etc.) – add on to formal school education. –Make learning fun! CLT model is scaleable, repeatable, renewable, and technology-powered.

4. 4 CLT Model in a Nutshell Address the major issues of the only available education system for the children in under-served communities. CLT in partnership with the Government schools with intervention as well as integration of CLT Learning model. –Land from the Government + Computers from the Corporates + Learning Modules from CLT Technology is introduced for Technology-Aided Teaching / Learning. Empower teachers with skill-building tools. Strengthen schools with infrastructure support – e.g. Library, Science lab, Digital library, computers and furniture etc. Give the ownership of the program to the school.

5. 5 Current Activities Intel Clubhouse (~ 850 kids) –Setup by donation (in kind) from Intel; partnering with MIT Media Labs. –One of only two Intel clubhouses in India. –Variety of computers, educational softwares, multimedia softwares, etc. Teachers’ Resource Center (~ 24 teachers) –Computer lab, digital library, library, science lab, art/theater, technology-aided training program. Mid-day Meal Program (~ 650 kids) Tsunami Project (Arakattuthurai village 2hrs from Nagapattina) funded by Intel Foundation. Other programs: rain water harvesting, etc.

6. 6 Measurables Jakkur School, more than 75 years old, ~ 850 students drawn from 10 villages, 75% fail rate in the 10th grade examination. CLT intervened in 2000 10 th Grade Results –2004: 44% passing –2005: 64% passing with 13 students above 60%, 6 above 75%, one with 92%! Most of them continue on to college; 5-6 kids sponsored by CLT scholarship program. About 55 girl student-dropouts from the surrounding villages contacted CLT recently to continue their education and finish 10th grade.

7. 7 Rural School Cluster Proposal Outline Adopt a cluster of 6 schools in a District (Hoskote Taluk). Rooms from the existing Government Schools. Computers from Corporates (Cisco). Non-digital and Digital Library. One Resource Person from CLT to train the Goverment School teachers (all 6 schools) once a week for Technology-Aided teaching. An After School program with Hands-On experience with the self- directed learning model for the kids. Give the ownership of the program to the teachers after 2 years. Give them CLT Network support and on-line support throughout the year and refreshers every year. Reach: About 2500 children, 60-70 teachers. Obtained approval and support (classrooms, electricity) from Commissioner of Public Instruction.

8. 8 Proposal Budget ItemBreakupCost Resource PersonRs. 12,000 *12Rs. 144,000 FurnitureRs. 60,000 Digital LibraryRs. 180,000 BooksRs. 120,000 TotalRs. 504,000 Suggestion: 1 st year: Resource Person + Furniture = Rs. 204,000 ~ $5000 2 nd year: Resource Person + ½ Digital Library = Rs. 234,000 ~ $5500

9. 9 Questions Percentage of funds from local community/corporates Opportunity to tap further into local donors?

10. 10 References Letter from Public Instruction Commissioner Main project pages –Children’s Lovecastle Trust: http://www.cltindia.orghttp://www.cltindia.org –Asha AZ CLT Project Page: http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=486http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=486 Newspaper articles –Deccan Herald – Jakkur Kids goto Boston: http://cd.educationinindia.net/cd-cc2.htmhttp://cd.educationinindia.net/cd-cc2.htm –Business Line: http://www.blonnet.com/2003/06/06/stories/2003060601431700.htmhttp://www.blonnet.com/2003/06/06/stories/2003060601431700.htm –Intel Computer Clubhouse: http://www.intel.com/community/india/cc2.htmhttp://www.intel.com/community/india/cc2.htm –AZ Intel: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/AZIndiaArticle_Jan2004.dochttp://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/AZIndiaArticle_Jan2004.doc –Newspaper article 1: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article1.jpghttp://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article1.jpg –Newspaper article 2: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article2.jpghttp://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article2.jpg Powerpoint presentations –Hands On Science: http://www.ashanet.org/projects- new/documents/486/HandsonScience.ppthttp://www.ashanet.org/projects- new/documents/486/HandsonScience.ppt –Media Labs Asia (IIT): http://www.mlasia.iitb.ac.in/edu/http://www.mlasia.iitb.ac.in/edu/ –Overview: http://www.employees.org/~mahaloki/CLT/CLT.ppthttp://www.employees.org/~mahaloki/CLT/CLT.ppt