Quality Education For Every Child In Punjab

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  • 01/31/2023

    Updates from Quarter 3 (October- December 2022)

    Updates from Quarter 3

    Our operations in the field are divided into two categories:

    1. Teachers Development
      -Cluster Academic Meetings (CAM)/ Teacher Collectives
      -Implementation observed post-teacher collectives
    2. Community Participation
      -Gram Sikhiya Sabhas (GSS)/ Community Collectives
      -School Management Committee (SMC) Meetings
      -Panchayat Collectives

    Following are some updates from the last quarter:


    I. Teachers Development

    Cluster Academic Meeting (CAM)/ Teacher Collectives 
    Number of collectives held : 24

    Purpose of Cluster Academic Meetings:

    To create a space for a cluster’s teachers to

    -Understand the importance of collaboration amongst them;
    -Share and innovate new practices that would help students attain LOs.
    -Brainstorm on the common challenges and design their solutions.

    Some of the topics of discussions during these meetings were:

    1. A conversation on how Storytelling can be used in teaching language skills was initiated. Discussion on the following themes took place:


    -What is storytelling? Why is it important?
    -How can it help children in language learning?
    -How to design storytelling sessions with the children?

    2. Oral comprehension:
    -How to build upon the children's existing knowledge in helping them become fluent in speaking?
    -A discussion on our focus on comprehending oral expression vs focus on the accuracy of pronunciation was also held.

    3. Discussion on the baseline assessment conducted in the month of July with the teachers, and address the gaps.

    4. Teachers discussed the areas where they face challenges with the students such as letter identification, vocabulary, reading and comprehension, face value and place value, and word problems.

     

    II. Community Participation 

    1. Gram Sikhiya Sabhas (GSS)/ Community Collectives
    Number of collectives held: 57

    Purpose of these community collectives:

    -To enable an effective dialogue between the community and the school;
    -To raise awareness on the community’s involvement and responsibilities in the school, 
    -To discuss the community’s vision of their school and planning the next steps for it.

    Some highlights from the Community Meetings:

    • The roles and responsibilities of the SMC and the Panchayat towards school were discussed.
    • There were certain infrastructural issues that were discussed in the meetings.
    • The parents also agreed to help in the provision of quality education to their children by actively engaging their children post-classroom and providing a learning environment at home. 
    • Issues related to low enrollment and how to improve enrollment were also discussed.

    2. School Management Committee (SMC) Meetings
    Number of meetings held:30

    Purpose of SMC Meetings:

    -To encourage parents and SMC members to participate in the school development plan & support its effective implementation.
    -To discuss the progress of the outcomes and tasks discussed in the previous meetings.

    Some highlights from the SMC Meetings held:

    • Discussed the importance of parents spending time with their children, importance of storytelling in their child’s lives;
    • Importance of having a healthy home environment and parent-child relationship for a child was also discussed;
    • Supported the teachers in facilitating the ‘Child Sexual Abuse’ aspect in the Mother’s workshop. Since this was an important topic of discussion, we invited all the parents (i.e. of all the grades);
    • Discussion on their roles and responsibilities and their significance to the school was held;
    • SMC & Parents were encouraged to frequently visit the school to discuss the school and their child’s needs with the teacher.
      SMC, Sarpanch, and Teachers volunteered to pay a salary of Rs. 3,000 for their computer teacher volunteer;
    • SMC agreed to meet monthly for discussing the school’s needs;


    3. Panchayat Collective
    Number of Collectives held: 01

    Location: Chamkaur Sahib, Rupnagar


    Purpose of Panchayat Collective:

    To bring different stakeholders from Panchayati Raj and Education Department together, namely BDPO, Panchayat Members, Panchayat Secretaries, BPEO, and CHT to discuss infrastructural issues in the schools of the cluster.


    Issues Identified and Discussed:

    Challenges put forward by the Panchayats:

    Way Forward:

    • More Participation of Panchayats in SMC meetings, Student Enrollment Drives, Child-friendly schools, and a community environment is needed to fulfill the initiative of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994;
    • Need for cordial cooperation between Concerned Teachers and Panchayats;
      Panchayats need better guidance on different types of funds available and how to avail them.
Name Donation Date
H. S. $50.00 March 2023
L. J. $21.00 March 2023
Administrator Dasvandh Network $100.00 February 2023
H. S. $50.00 February 2023
L. J. $21.00 February 2023
SURINDERJEET SINGH $100.00 February 2023
H. S. $50.00 January 2023
L. J. $21.00 January 2023
INDERJEET CHAWLA $51.00 December 2022
Sachin Halbe $250.00 December 2022
Angad Gumber $100.00 December 2022
H. S. $50.00 December 2022
L. J. $21.00 December 2022
Prasanth Nair $50.00 December 2022
Anonymous $200.00 December 2022
H Bedi $250.00 December 2022
Ajay Choudhary $100.00 November 2022
H K $100.00 November 2022
Prisca Mohabir $50.00 November 2022
Gurbinder Randhawa $100.00 November 2022
Pritpal Kohli $100.00 November 2022
Jaspreet Singh $300.00 November 2022
Navinder Dhir $1,000.00 November 2022
Sudeep Singh Sahdeva $100.00 November 2022
Ashveer Singh $500.00 November 2022
Hardeepak Munday $500.00 November 2022
Luna Das $80.00 November 2022
Primal Dhillon $100.00 November 2022
avneet Sharma $75.00 November 2022
ajmer randhawa $100.00 November 2022
Anonymous $11.00 November 2022
Bachitter Singh $50.00 November 2022
Vandana Prakash $50.00 November 2022
Vijay Bhardwaj $50.00 November 2022
Param Puneet Singh $100.00 November 2022
Varun Nasery $300.00 November 2022
Anonymous $8,500.00 November 2022
Match Fund $150.00 November 2022
H. S. $50.00 November 2022
Japinder Chawla $200.00 November 2022
Gurdas Dhadwal $20.00 November 2022
Dev kant Sharma $150.00 November 2022
Match Fund $150.00 November 2022
Jivitesh Singh $150.00 November 2022
Jagmeet Singh $1,000.00 November 2022
Ananthanarayanan T V $100.00 November 2022
Match Fund $400.00 November 2022
Tarun Deep Singh $450.00 November 2022
Match Fund $150.00 November 2022
Jaspreet Singh $250.00 November 2022
Match Fund $250.00 November 2022
Jaspreet Singh $250.00 November 2022
Match Fund $100.00 November 2022
Anonymous $100.00 November 2022
Prakash Chacko $1,000.00 November 2022
Match Fund $30.00 November 2022
Anonymous $30.00 November 2022
Match Fund $200.00 November 2022
Mayuri Pethe $200.00 November 2022
Match Fund $250.00 November 2022
Anonymous $250.00 November 2022
Match Fund $200.00 November 2022
Satbir Dhaliwal $200.00 November 2022
Match Fund $50.00 November 2022
Mandeep Singh Buttar $50.00 November 2022
Match Fund $50.00 November 2022
B. B. $50.00 November 2022
Match Fund $21.00 November 2022
L. J. $21.00 November 2022
Match Fund $50.00 November 2022
Tony Virdi $50.00 November 2022
Match Fund $50.00 November 2022
Baljinder Uppal $50.00 November 2022
Match Fund $75.00 November 2022
Navneet sahota $75.00 November 2022
Match Fund $75.00 November 2022
Japnik Singh $75.00 November 2022
Match Fund $100.00 November 2022
Pawan Sharma $100.00 November 2022
Match Fund $200.00 November 2022
Anmol Sharma $200.00 November 2022
Match Fund $50.00 November 2022
Anagha Mahajan $50.00 November 2022
Match Fund $400.00 November 2022
Anonymous $600.00 November 2022
Match Fund $31.00 November 2022
P. N. $31.00 November 2022
Match Fund $85.00 November 2022
Anonymous $85.00 November 2022
Match Fund $100.00 November 2022
Puja Gupta $100.00 November 2022
Match Fund $10.00 November 2022
Jai Saini $10.00 November 2022
Match Fund $400.00 November 2022
Anonymous $1,000.00 November 2022
Match Fund $10.00 November 2022
Mandeep Singh $10.00 November 2022
Rick Pal $1,500.00 November 2022
J. R. $100.00 November 2022
Prabhjit Singh $700.00 November 2022
Daizy Maan $50.00 November 2022
Kuljit Randhawa $100.00 November 2022
Priyanka & Anurag Sagar $101.00 November 2022
M. K. $100.00 November 2022
Anonymous $200.00 November 2022
H K $100.00 November 2022
Gurmeet Chahal $750.00 November 2022
Gurmeet Chahal $750.00 November 2022
Simranjeet Singh $100.00 November 2022
Jessica Pruthi $35.00 November 2022
Bhavya Nayna channan $30.00 November 2022
Aman Bhullar $200.00 November 2022
Anonymous $100.00 November 2022
Dj Singh $25.00 November 2022
Ashmita Randhawa $50.00 November 2022
Radhika Kumar $250.00 November 2022
KAMAL JULKA $100.00 November 2022
Anonymous $10.00 November 2022
Prabhjit Sandhu $50.00 November 2022
Nitin dogra $500.00 November 2022
sheetal uttreja $100.00 November 2022
Gundeep Kaur $500.00 November 2022

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