Field visit – Shorapur

(18th and 19th March 2010)

Visit to schools and interaction with the

teachers

Interaction with the Margadarshis

Studying the need/possiblility of technology –based learning in the schools.

The Child Friendly School Initiative project started in 2004

to make the government primary schools

child friendly and child-centred

to encourage inclusive education

Number of schools - 350

School

environment

Classroom

environment

Teaching-

learning

process

Teacher

academic

dev.

Participation

of

community

KembhaviCo-ordinator - Devraj

ShorapurCo-ordinator - Mahadev

NarayanpurCo-ordinator - Suresh

Name of school

Teacher –student ratio Classes

1. Govt. school, Mudanur 70 children, 3 teachers.

Classes 1 and 2 together. Classes 3 and 4 together. Class 5 separate

2. Govt. school, Sanjivnagar

214 children, 6 teachersClasses 1-7

3. GHPS girls’school, Kembhavi

278 students and 11 teachers Classes 1-8

4. HPS Manjalapura 216 students and 7 teachers.

Classes 1-8

5. Peera Nayaktanda 72 children, 2 teachers

Classes 1 and 2 taken together Classes 3, 4 and 5 taken together

Nali kali classes active and vibrant. Classroom videos\Mudannorschool2.MP4 Classroom videos\Nali-kali class-Mudanoor.MP4

Classroom videos\Nali-kali class-sanjivnagar.MP4

Classes 3-5 heavily based on lecture and rote learning

The changing roles of Margadarshis. They need academic support and access to computers

3 TLCs –learning centres where teachers interact- fortnightly discussions and seminars

Support of the community - limited. The drop out rates 10 to 15 % each year

Jathas and melas organised to involve community. These activities generated interest. Recordings of these melas could be used for the teacher portal.

None of the schools in Shorapur have computers yet

Children do have television in their homes but very few have handled mobiles

The Technology in Education team is working towards giving computer training to teachers.

Teachers and margadarshis wanted access to computers. Margadarshis have been trained.

A grave reality - 12 hrs of power-cut a day

A lot of ground work needs to be done in this region before the teachers are ready to use computers in the classrooms