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Eureka ChildAn AID INDIA Education Initiative
A project to improve learning quality of
10 million children in Tamilnadu
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Access to Schooling: Good
• India out-of-school children = 4.2 %.
• Tamilnadu out-of-school children = 1.2 %.
Learning Levels of Children: Poor
• India 5th Std: Only 58% children can read a simple story.
• India 5th Std: Only 42% can do a simple division problem.
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TamilnaduWorst Performing State
ASER results show: • TN worst performing state in
reading.
• Among bottom three states in math.
Out of 1 million children in 5th Std…
• 650,000 cannot read a simple story.
• 560,000 cannot subtract.
5th Std Children Who Can Read Stories
58%35%
82%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
All India Average Tamilnadu Himachal Pradesh
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Problem Summary
• Schools in Place• Children Coming to Schools• Teachers in Place• But Learning Not Happening
Urgently Required:Ways to quickly improve
Learning Quality in Schools
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Improving Learning Quality Requires…
Community Learning Initiatives –
Libraries, Learning Festivals
Community Engagement (“Education
Watch”) to support schools and to
ensure they function well.
Group and Self Learning Activities
Remedial Activities
Learning Enrichment
Skill Evaluation
Remedial Classes for children who are
lagging behind
Training Government school teachers on
child centric group activity methods
Focus on Learning Outcomes
Effective Resource Materials
Communities Involved in
Children’s Learning
Better Teaching Methods
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Pilot Programs Implemented by AID INDIA
Reading Program7,300 schools
in 5 districts
Math Program 100 schools
Pre-primary Program 100 centers
Community Libraries 2,000 villages
Science Program900 schools
in 3 districts
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Reading PilotCampaign Scaled up Quickly and Effectively
• Six-month pilot from October 2006 to March 2007.
• 450,000 children in 7,300 schools in 5 districts.
• 225 AID INDIA staff hired and trained within a month.
• 8,000 teachers trained and provided reading kits.
• Every school visited twice a month and implementation monitored.
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Reading Pilot: How it works
1. Reading EvaluationCategorized children’s reading skills into 5 levels: story, sentence, word, letter, beginner.
2. Attractive Reading MaterialsInspired
children to read.
3. Level-Specific Group ActivitiesAdvanced children – from letter to word to
sentences to stories – step by step.
4. Ensured Children Could Read Fluently.
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Reading Pilot: ImpactImprovement in Sentence Reading in 6 months
Children Who Can Read Tamil
85%
54%52%53%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Nov 05 Mar 06 Oct 06 Mar 07
AID INDIA started reading campaign
31% jump in 6 months!
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From pilots to State wide Systemic solution
The Question…How to reach and impact 10 million children in a sustained manner?
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Two Issues• Scale
• 30 Districts• 7.5 Million Children in primary and pre-primary
• Multiple Subject Areas• Basic Programs: Reading, Math, Pre-primary, Science Experiments• Advanced Programs: English, Life Skills, Advanced Math and Science, Social Science
30 DistrictsSustainYear 7-10
10 Districts30 DistrictsYear 4-7
Action Research10 DistrictsYear 1-3
Advanced ProgramsBasic Programs
3-Phase 10-Year Solution
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Project Plan for the Basic ProgramsPhased Scaling to 30 Districts of Reading, Math, Pre-primary and Science
Year 2 and 3
10 districts13,000 schools
Direct Impact3.3 million children
After 3 years
All 30 districts- State-wide Scale-up
by Government
Direct Impact10 million children
Year 1
10 districts7,000 schools
Direct Impact1.6 million children
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Proposed Program for Phase 1
Science Experiments for 6th-8th Std Children to ensure all children learn simple experiments
Young Scientist Network to nurture children talented in science.
4000
Govt Schools
1 million children
Ensuring Children Learn Science Experiments
Comprehensive pre-primary education for 3-5 age group childrenTo ensure children start learning well right from the beginning.
6,000 Govt
pre-primary centers
300,000 children
Ensuring Children Learn Pre-primary Skills
Remedial Math for 3rd - 5th Std ChildrenTo help children who are lagging behind.
Early Math for 1st - 2nd Std ChildrenTo ensure children do not lag behind.
13,000
Govt schools
2 million children
Ensuring Children Learn Arithmetic
Community Learning Initiatives Libraries, Village Remedial Classes
Community Education Watch
To support & ensure schools
function well.
5,000 villages
250,000 children
Community Learning Centers
Remedial reading for 3rd-5th Std ChildrenTo help children who are lagging behind.
Early Reading for 1st - 2nd Std Children To ensure children do not lag behind.
13,000
Govt schools
2 million children
Ensuring Children Learn to Read
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Expected Impact Direct Impact in 10 Districts
85% can do at least 100 science experiments.
Hardly any children know
Learn Science Experiments
1 Million Children
85% can read.Only 30% can readLearn to Read2 Million Children
85% attain language, visual, counting, motor skills
Only 15% have pre-primary skills
Attain basic
pre-primary skills
300,000
Children
85% can do arithmetic operations.Only 45% can subtractLearn to do Arithmetic2 Million Children
In 3 Years…TodayWhatWho
Learning Gains in 3.3 Million Children
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Leveraging the Impact
Across Tamilnadu: Use project results to get State Govt to scale-up to the entire state.
Across India: Use project to influence other states, particularly…• Bihar
• Andhra Pradesh
• Orissa
• Uttar Pradesh
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Average Costs
• Annual cost per school = $ 150
• Annual cost per child = $ 1
• 7000 schools in Year 1 = $ 1,050,000
• 13000 schools in Year 2 = $ 1,950,000
• 13000 schools in Year 3 = $ 1,950,000
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Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
• CIFF did a thorough review of our work for close to a year.
• Looked into programs, materials, M&E, costs, systems and people and ability to scale up and deliver results.
• Rated us as one of the best education groups in the world.
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Matching Funds from CIFF
• CIFF has approved $ 800,000 as matching funds for the project for the first year.
• CIFF will match $3 for every $1 we raise.
• We need to raise $ 260,000 to get the matching $ 800,000.
• CIFF will appoint external agency to evaluate the results.
• Based on results, CIFF will approve additional funds for the second year.
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Immediate Challenge for AID
• Raise $260,000 in the next 3 months!!
• How do we do it?• Reach out to existing donor base
• Reach out to other similar minded organizations such as Asha, CRY, Vibha etc
• Reach out to other children oriented foundations (there is a lag, but may be useful for next year)
• Reach out to Indian Regional Associations.
• Organize one or a series of fundraising events
• Conduct a targeted mailing campaign
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10 million children
learn to read, do arithmetic and science.
10 million children
like Ashwini grow up with confidence.