T E A C H - Matching Grants

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T E A C H - Matching Grants
Rotary T-E-A-C-H Mission
Name
National Committee Member
Today's Agenda
• Opening Remarks
• Overview of Literacy in South Asia / India
• Initiatives of the Government of India
• Rotary’
s vision (Kathmandu Declaration)
• Organizational Structure of Rotary TEACH
• Suggested committee structure at District level
• Discussions on T –E –A –C –H
• Level II (District level) training seminar
• Our Region’
s Plan of Action
- Our focus areas
- Our targets / goals
OVERVIEW OF LITERACY
Global Literacy Rates
South Asia Literacy Rates
Literacy Rates in India
GOVT OF INDIA INITIATIVES
Government of India Initiatives
• Operation Black Board
- Started in the year 1987
- Focused on improving infrastructure in primary schools
• National Literacy Mission (NLM)
- Started in the year 1988
- Focused on imparting functional literacy to non literates
in the age group of 15-35
• District Primary Education Program
- Started in the year 1993
- Aimed at providing access to primary education for all
- To reduce dropouts to less than 10%
Government of India Initiatives
• Sarva Siksha Abiyan (SSA)
- Started in the year 2001
- Promote community ownership of the school program
- Ensure all complete five years of schooling by 2007
• Mid day meals
- Started in the year 2001
- Recognized the connection between poverty, hunger
and education
• Right to Education (RTE)
- Started in the year 2009
- Mandatory for Governments to provide free and
compulsory education
ROTARY’
S VISION AND
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
ORGANISATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Rotary's Vision
• Towards a “
Literate India”
- Advocacy for Literacy by developing
parternerships with Govt/ other NGOs
- Harness Information Technology
- Adopt Schools
- Strive to Improve Quality of Education
- Make Education inclusive by bringing
marginalised sections/ children at risk to the
mainstream
Organizational Structure
Chairman
Executive Committee Members
National
National
Committee
National
Committee
National
Committee
Member
National
Committee
Members
National
ICommittee
Members
National
Committee
Member
National
Committee
Member
National
XCommittee
Member
National
ICommittee
Member
ICommittee
Member
I Member
I Member
I
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Rotary Literacy Sub Committees
Teacher Support
Committee,
Chair
DEVANG
THAKORE
ELearning
Committee,
Chair
PRAMOD
JEJURIKAR
Adult Literacy
Committee,
Chair
TIKKU
Child
Development
Committee, Chair
RAVI
VADLAMANI
Happy School
Committee,
Chair
RAJA MICHAEL
The committee members
South Asia Committee Chair
PRIP Kalyan Banerjee
South Asia Literacy Chair
PRID Shekhar Mehta
Co Chair
PDG Kamal Sanghvi
Secretary
PDG Anirudh Roy Chowdhury
Executive Committee
Web Master
PDG Ashok Gupta
PDG Ashok Panjwani
PDG Pramod Jejurikar
PDG Raja Michael
PDG Ravi Vadlamani
PDG Satyanarayan Lakkaraju
PDG Sushil Khurana
PDG Venkatesh A S
PDG Vijay Jalan
PDG Angsuman Bandyopadhyay
The committee members
Think Tank
Chair
PDG Venkatesh A S
Members
PDG Gulam Vahanvathy
PDG Raja Michael
PDG Sunil Zacharia
PDG Ramesh Chander
PDG Sandeep Narang
Resource PeopleTeam
PDG Ashok Gupta
PDG Ashok Panjwani
PDG Ravi P V
PDG sam Babu J
National Committee Members
Member
Districts Assigned
PDG Ranjan Dhingra
3010, 3070, 3080 and 3090
PDG Ashish Desai
3051, 3052, 3053 and 3060
PDG Bansi Dhurandar
3131, 3132 and 3140
PDG Pradeep Mukherjee
3100, 3110 and 3120
PDG Sanjay Mishram
3030, 3040 and 3261
PDG Debasish Mitra
3240, 3250, 3262 and 3291
PDG Jawahar Vadlamani
3020, 3150 and 3160
PDG Rajendra Rai
3170, 3180 and 3190
PDG Raja Seenivasan
3201, 3202 and 3230
PDG Asoka N
2980, 3000, 3211 and 3212
District Level Structure
• District Rotary Literacy Committee Chair
- three year term recommended
• Sub Committee Chair for each sub group
of T-E-A-C-H
- Three sub committee members for each sub group
- Committee members could be on a staggering basis
• Appointments to be agreeable to DG, DGE and
DGN
ROTARY T-E-A-C-H PROGRAM
Rotary T-E-A-C-H Program
• Teacher Support
• E Learning
• Adult Literacy
• Child Development
• Happy Schools
Teacher Support
• Periodic evaluation and appraisal of teachers
• District / National Level recognitions
- Standardized evaluation method
- To include cash prizes
- Recognised on our websites
• Trained Volunteers as teachers
- Training modules to be available online
- Volunteers to be tested before being deputed
- Special emphasis on youth/ senior citizens/ spouses
of rotarians
Teacher Support (contd..)
• Provision of contractual employment of
volunteers
• Continuous Teacher training through E
Learning
E Learning
• Establishment of E Learning Centers in schools
• Provision of E Learning kits in needy schools
- Ensures fast and effective learning
- Improves attendance at schools by making learning
interesting and enjoyable
- Reduces school drop out
- Can help teachers learn new techniques
- Very helpful in a single teacher school
• Idea is to supplement staff and not replace them
E Learning (Contd..)
• It acts as an Urban- Rural Leveller
• Development of Software for each state
curriculum in local language and English to be
Govt’
s responsibility with Rotary’
s advocacy
• Other cost such as projector/ power back up etc
to be approx 30,000/- to be shared equally
between National committee, Club and school
Adult Literacy
• Use of ‘
E Learning’
module
- introduced by TCS (available in 9 languages)
• Promotion of formation of ‘
Self Education
Groups’
• Active participation of Rotarians, their Spouses,
Rotaractors and Interactors as Volunteers.
• Use social media as a tool to enhance our
objective of Adult Literacy
• Specialized training to housewives and girls
living in slums and bastis,
• Promotion of Literacy amongst mothers
Adult Literacy (contd..)
• Functional Literacy through
- Vocational training
- Basic education in maths, business
fundamentals, computer skills etc
- Promote ‘
Learning for Earning’
Working persons can benefit by Accelerated
Learning modules
Child Development
• Special emphasis on overall inclusive growth
- Children of prisoners
- Children of sex workers
- Children of migrant workers
- Other children at Risk .
• Eradication of child labor and provision for
proper education of the children liberalized from
the clutches of “
child labor”
.
• Bringing the school dropouts back to school.
• Provision for scholarships to meritorious
students
Child Development (Contd..)
• Equity in education for Differently abled
children
- Make use of provisions of RTE
- Ensure amenities
- Ensure teacher sensitivity
- Ensure appropriate training for
teachers
Happy Schools
• Clean Schools - Painted and well maintained
school buildings.
• Benches & Desks for better student teacher
interaction
• Clean and hygienic toilets for boys & girls.
• Ensuring clean and pure drinking water for both
children and teachers.
• Facility of Library for the schools having children
exceeding the count of 200.
• Provision of Uniform and footwear for every child.
• Well maintained space for teaching staff.
Happy Schools (Contd..)
• Clubs to identify schools which lack atleast
3 of the above requisites and provide them
to make them ‘
Happy Schools’
• Dists / clubs to report their initial
assessment as well as submit completion
report
Subsequent Focus
• Computers
• Notebooks and stationeries
• Compound walls
•To ensure security and safety
WAY FORWARD
Level II Training
• To be conducted at District Level
on or before 31st March 2014
- Under the direction of the DG
- Guidance and support from NLCM
• Mandatory Participants
- Club Presidents and Club RLC Chairs
- Past District Governors and Assistant Governors
• Objective
- To train and motivate the Club Leadership
- To get the Clubs to set their goals
• Funding
- National Committee would reimburse Rs. 300 for each
attending mandatory participant where not less than 60%
of the clubs participate
Project Funding
• National committee would share ideas and
suggestions
• Districts/ clubs can consider
TRF global grants
Through schools (eg. Child for Child)
Corporate funding through CSR
(NLC will provide supporting materials)
Brand Ambassadors
• Chhavi Rajawat (first woman Sarpanch in
India)
• Abhinav Bindra (Olympian)*
• Ravi Kishen (Bhojpuri actor)
• Amala Akkineni ( actress)
• Bikram Ghosh (musician)
• Usha Uthup (singer)*
• * confirmation awaited
Brand Ambassadors (contd..)
• Mrinal Kulkarni (Marathi actress)
• Shatrughan Sinha ( MP and actor)*
• Anand Kumar ( Educationalist)
(more will be added in the future. Districts can also
provide suggestions and assistance to bring
more celebrities as brand ambassadors )
* confirmation awaited
Recognition
• Top three performing DGs in each zone
shall be recognised and awarded at the
subsequent Institute