TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. About Prayas.______Page 1
2. Student Strength______Page 4
3. Curriculum developed______Page 6
4. Stories of change______Page 7
5. School Activities______Page 8
6. Parents Teachers Meeting ______Page 9
7. Community outreach program______Page 9
8. Bal-Club Activities______Page 10
9. Capacity Building ______Page 10
PRAYAS
AMAGARH INCLUSIVE SCHOOL
REPORT: April to June 2015
Every citizen should be entitled to the rights provided by the constitution of this nation upon birth. Those rights include health, nutrition, education and equality of opportunity to lead a life with dignity. Society has however failed to provide the conditions necessary for these rights to be realized. Today these rights and dignity have to be fought for.
Thus, Ms. Jatinder Arora founded Prayas based on the recognition that something must be done. ‘Prayas’ means an effort. Prayas started its fight for human dignity to combat the desolate conditions and social stigma disabled and underprivileged children are all too often subjected to. With our efforts, children from the marginalized section of society have proved themselves competent enough to be a part of society. Prayas enable even the most marginalized child to create his own independent identity, showcase his talents and to be an inspiration to many. Prayas is dedicated to this fight for human dignity and our efforts are being rewarded by the social recognition that children are capable of growth, development and achieving their full potential, no matter what their physical, mental or social challenges are.
Our Efforts-
· Door to door survey and interaction with parents to identify non school going and children with special needs.
· Lesson planning for each subject for effective teaching.
· Special efforts with slow learner and CWSN for their academic development.
· Individualized program for each and every CWSN.
· Home based therapy for those who are not able to attend school due to severity of disability.
· Regular communication with people through community meetings.
· Guidance to pregnant women and their family to get enrol with Govt. Hospital and to avail schemes run by the Government.
· Rallies, awareness program, health camps and guidance for documentation.
· Workshops for Government as well as special educators to equip them with latest technologies in the field of Inclusion.
· Activities under bal-club to create awareness from grassroots level.
· Women empowerment by providing vocational training to them.
STUDENT STRENGTH IN PRAYAS AMAGARH INCLUSIVE SCHOOL
Category of Students / No. of Students(Jan to March 2015) / No. of Students
(April to June 2015)
Mentally Challenged (MR) / 16 / 16
Autistic / 0 / 0
Multiple Disabled (MD) / 01 / 01
Slow Learners (SL) / 11 / 11
Regular / 122 / 122
TOTAL / 150 / 150
Class wise and category wise breakup of students at Prayas Amagarh School
Class / Regular / CWSN / Slow learnersBoys / Girls / Boys / Girls / Boys / Girls
1 / Play Group / 17 / 14 / 1 / - / - / 1 / 33
2 / Prep / 9 / 15 / 1 / - / 2 / - / 27
3 / First / 9 / 11 / 1 / - / 1 / 2 / 24
4 / Second / 9 / 10 / 1 / - / - / 1 / 21
5 / Third / 7 / 3 / - / - / 2 / - / 12
6 / Fourth / 3 / 5 / - / - / 2 / - / 10
7 / Fifth / 6 / 4 / - / - / - / - / 10
Sub-Total / 60 / 62 / 4 / - / 7 / 4 / 137
Special Class / 9 / 4 / 13
Total / 122 / 17 / 11 / 150
The annual examinations started from 10th April and ended on 30th April. The results were declared on 15th May. The outstanding children in each class were appreciated and sweets were distributed to all children so that all of them feel good about the result and develop a positive feeling. Summer vacations started from 15 May. Homework in the form of project work, for holidays was given to each student.
Ten children have passed out class V from Prayas Amagarh School, out of which, three children joined Prayas Rajapark centre for further studies. Five students taken admission in other Government and Private schools and two students left studies due to their family conditions. Details of all 5th passed out students in session 2014-15 is as follows:-
Status of 5th pass out students of Amagarh in session 2014-15Sr. No. / Name of student / Current Status
1 / Aman / Sharda Public School
2 / Sahir / Azad Public School
3 / Fareen / Shifted to Ajmer and took admission in Pvt school
4 / Gulista / Prayas inclusive school, Rajapark
5 / Kajal / Prayas inclusive school, Rajapark
6 / Kanchan / Prayas inclusive school, Rajapark
7 / Sameer / Azad Public School
8 / Husna / Parents don’t agree for further studies
9 / Shaan Md. / Left studies because his father is ill and he has to run grocery shop of his father and family is dependent on this shop’s income.
10 / Fareen / Family shifted to Delhi and we come to know that she got admission in Government school in Delhi
CURRICULUM DEVELOPED
The teachers of all centers together made Hindi, English, Maths G.K.and social study lesson plans for grades 1 to 5. The new TLM list is as below.
· Model for means of transport.
· Poems.
· Chart of famous Indian Leaders
· Painting with moulds of lady finger.
· Mathematical formulas of area, perimeter.
· Chart of Various shapes for shape identification.
· Paper cutting and quilling.
Stories of Change
Sachin
Sachin is a slow learner student, who joined Prayas Amagarh School in 2009 at the age of six. Sachin had never been to school before. He was disinterested in everything. He hardly spoke and had great difficulty in reading and writing. He used to be very shabbily dressed.
Sachin was assessed by our special educator and psychologist and a well-designed individualized education program was drawn up for him. He was made to sit in the class among some intelligent children. This helped him in his learning process. After school hours, he was given an extra half an hour of special help and also assisted with his home work assignments. Initially he used to absent himself from school very frequently. His parents were contacted and they were advised to see that he attended school regularly. His sister and parents were very cooperative in this regard.
He gradually started responding and picking up lessons, taught in class. At present Sachin in Class III. Although he is very slow in learning, but still he is able to read his text books, do sums and knows multiplication tables. He has developed a keen interest in studies along with special love with poem recitation and dancing as well. The most attractive feature of Sachin’s personality is that he always wears a cute smile on his face and tries to make others laugh with his activities. His elder sister is also studying in Rajapark School after completing class 5th From Prayas Amagarh School. Teachers, time to time provide him activities of his interest to keep him study well.
Nasreen-
Ten year old Nasreen is a child with multiple disabilities. When she joined Amagarh School, she was not able to perform activities of her daily living on her own. She used to sit in a corner with dull looks. Before taking admission in Prayas, she had never been to any school. At Prayas Amagarh School, Special educator and supervisor along with physiotherapist, made a comprehensive plan for Nasreen and started working on it. In a short period of time there is good and visible development in her. Now, she can walk independently. She not only sits in the class, but also participates in activities with other classmates and teachers. She is also doing good in academic field and her level of understanding is increasing. After recommendation of her special educator she is being shifted in class Nursery with other regular students. We hope that mainstreaming Nasreen in to inclusive class will help her bring more development and confidence.
Parents of Nasreen were shocked when we told them about promoting Nasreen in Class nursery at the same time they were extremely happy and grateful to her teachers for their efforts.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Prayas, through its continuous efforts in the community, has created an identity for itself. The people in Amagarh slums recognize our efforts. We strongly believe that Education for All can be made possible and we are working to achieve excellence through Prayas Inclusive School, Amagarh. In order to achieve excellence following are the activities held during this reporting period.
· 19th annual function was celebrated on 17th July 2015 at Jhalana. Various activities were organised on this day.
· Exams held and results declared.
· On the occasion of Autism day, students attended a lecture and developed their understanding about autism.
· Mahaveer Jayanti and Good Friday were also celebrated enthusiastically.
· On 1st May, World Labour Day was celebrated.
· 8th May, on the occasion of world Red Cross day, children learnt about first aid through a role play.
· 16th May was result day, students came with parents and they all were very happy and planning to enjoy their summer vacations in different ways. Teachers advised children as well as parents not to waste time here and there and keep studying.
· Prizes were distributed to students who did well in exams and all other were motivated with sweets and chocolates.
· New session started from 1st of July, admission festival was held and all the students were welcomed with sweets and motivated for study.
PARENTS-TEACHERS MEETINGS
Amagarh School organizes Parent-Teacher Meetings every first week of the month to motivate the parents about benefits of education and to update them about the progress of their children, discuss issues related to the children and their families. Frequent home visits were undertaken to follow up the cases of irregularity and drop outs.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
Prayas Amagarh staff goes for door to door survey in the community of Nagtalai, Shakti colony, Parvat colony, Vedpuri to identify non-School going children, Special children, Pregnant women, and to help solve their issues related to documentation, health, sanitation, schemes run by government and pension. Teachers make the community aware about the rights of disabled and normal children. They address the issues related to hygiene and work towards the development of better living conditions in these slums.
The teachers are also motivating parents to send their children to Government/private Schools under RTE.
The Pregnant women were advised to go to government hospitals and dispensary for delivery and medical assistance. They were also recommended to take balanced diet and necessary vaccination for normal and healthy delivery.
BAL-CLUB ACTIVITIES –
The member children of Gandhi bal-club are active and they show keen interest and participation in all the activities held under the club. Parents are happy to see their children getting right direction and not wasting time in roaming around. We hope they will be our flag holders in future.
Capacity building
Our project focuses on working to attain the long term goal of ensuring inclusive education for the children through a complete change in the way of thinking of people in the slums. Therefore, we focus on capacity building of all the stakeholders involved in the project. The details given below present a summary of Prayas’ approach for building capacities under this project.
1. Community development, the process of equipping people with the understanding, awareness and their access to policies run by the government, knowledge and vocational training that enables them to perform effectively.
2. Amagarh School development, the elaboration of inclusive education structures, processes and procedures, not only within School but also the management of relationships with parents and community
3. Children development, making physical and mental changes to enable them, at all levels and in all sectors and to enhance their capacities. The inclusive education model of Prayas bridges the gap in education and equality as now children behave equally with special and normal students.
4. Teachers’ development to equip them with new tool in the field of inclusion and other technologies. During this reporting period classes for teachers were organised to polish their skills in preparing effective lesson plan and its execution.
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