APNA SKOOL(Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti)

Background:Large number of migrant seasonal workers: agricultural

sectors and construction activities.Entire family lives in hutments/temporary sheds at the

construction site and brick kilns.Children of school going age are deprived of normal schooling

and just remain at worksites.Run errands for all and sundry and slowly get prematurely

inducted into workforce.girl child has to take care of the infants while parents are at

work and assist the family in household chores.Workers associate schooling with upper classes feel that

schooling is necessary only for those jobs that are in any case not available to them.

Reaching the School to these unreachable is the aim of Jagriti.

Apna SKool:Started by Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti, IIT Kanpur in 1994.Largely cater to migrant worker kids from state of Bihar,

Hariyna and Western UP at construction site/bricklin.25 schools near bricklins and other construction sites with

25-30 students in grade 1 to 5 and run 7-8 mos. Total 800+ students.

Acts as bridge school so that the migrant kids can continue education away from home.

Students learn Reading, Writing and Arithmetic's (traditional 3 R's) just as in regular schools and at the same time participate in many extra curricular mind-broadening activities.

Many extra curricular mind-broadening activities, such as Songs and Dances, Artwork, Dramatics, Story telling and Poetry recitation, Sports and Games etc..

Apna SKool:Provides nutritious mid day meals to the students attending

Apna Skool.Helps students with school uniform and Shoes, Sweaters

during winters and School supplies, such as Text books and Copies.

Provides basic health needs in the form usual immunizations and vitamin supplements.

Program in place to enroll Apna Skool graduates in various mainstream schools and assist to attain higher education in form of scholarships.

52 children are benefited in 2014-2015.Helps to generate awareness among parents to appreciate the

need to get their children remain in School at least until they reach 15 years, so that they become good citizens.

Provides various vocational training.

Challenges:Village school does not accept students joining in the mid-year

and there are administrative hurdles to be overcome. RTE might help, legislation for Compulsory Education till 14 years In village schools children remain totally neglected as no teacher

wants to attend them. The children find themselves out of sync with the school either in terms of the level, or in terms of the methods of instruction. School may appear either boring or fearsome. It results into the dropping out of these children from the schools.

Continuity is lost as migrant workers do not necessarily return to the same worksite or same works contractor having a network of Apna Skools at many locations, past two years

with mixed results supplementary instructor cum monitor to provide personal

attention through some one familiar with the strategies for learning developed at Apna Skools

Challenges:Temptation for the older children to enter the workforce

and become wage-earners Apna Skools try to introduce older children to various

vocational options and work with organizations such as Jan Shikshan Sansthan

Not the main objective of the concept of Apna Skool.

JBVS Partners:Organization Contribution

Asha for Education SV 1868000

Mala Foundation (Nutrition) 1610060

Mala Foundation (Qlty Edu) 499874

VSEI Canada 38588

SYI contributions, through AID Buffalo/Portland

572000

RV Foundation 200000Individual Donors 368935

TOTAL Resources 5157457

Budget Proposal 2015 -16SN Particulars Description Budget in

2014-15Proposed Budget 2015-16

1 Salary        MLP Coordinator  12 months @Rs.

11500120000 138000

  Project in Charge (2)

12 months @Rs 10500, 9500

180000 240000

  10 teachers at construction sites

12 months @ Rs. 5000 x 10

600000 600000

  15 teachers at Brick-kilns

8 months @ Rs 5000 x 10

600000 600000

  Health worker 12 x 4000 24000 48000  Conveyance

allowanceVarying amounts19200 30000

  Subtotal on Salary

    16,56000

Roles:Project coordinator and Project in-charge.

One coordinator there are two Project In charges who are responsible to supervise the schools, Help teachers at centers and to provide materials (education,

nutrition, etc.) from time to time. Coordinator is responsible for overall implementation,

designing course content, conducting training workshops, Visiting schools from time to time to ensure the quality

education, Doing all administrative paper work relating to project, etc.

Our MLP coordinator is Mr B N Sharma (Post graduate degree and has 15 years’ experience in this field).

Two Project in charge Mr Laxmi Kant Shukla (Under-graduate degree and 15yrs experience) and Ms Sangeeta Verma (Bachelor of Science and B.Ed. has 10 years’ experience with Apna skool).

Roles:Health worker

Health worker will organize the regular immunization camps at brick kilns

Coordinate with the nearby primary health centers, and will take the needy children or parents to the doctors.

Initially the health worker was appointed for 8 months for the brick kiln season only, now made all year long.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16SN Particulars Description Budget sought

in 2014-15(for reference)

Proposed Budget 2015-16

2 Supplies(mostly Consumables)

     

  Educational Materials        a)  Blackboards (20 nos) @ Rs. 1500 30000 30000  b)  Books @ Rs. 100 (700

children)33750 70000

  c)  Slates @ Rs. 45 (600 children)

27000 27000 

  d)  Copy/Registers @ Rs. 1000 (25 centres)

18400 25000 

  e)  Pencils, Chalk, etc. @ Rs. 800 (25 centers) 13800 20000 

  f)  Other Study Materials like Charts, Posters, Puzzles, etc

  2500 3000

  g)  Games Materials @Rs 500 (25 centers) 4600 12500

  h)  Library            i) Children’s books   4000 4000     ii) Teacher’s Reference books   2000 2000

  Furniture Chair and mats @Rs. 1000 (25centers) 18400 25000

  Subtotal on Supplies     2,18,500

Expenses:Supplies

School uniforms and sweaters for winter, we provide to children out of this grant. Increase is inflation corrected.

 Medical and health related supplies includes the following. First-aid boxes with medicines at each center and contingency

medical expenses that we incur for the children from time to time.

Medicines also include regular doses of de-worming, vitamin-A, B and C tablets to every child.

We provide soaps, towels and mustard oil (in winter only) at each centers for children to keep themselves clean.

Repairing and maintenance charges are for the two mopeds that are used by the project in-charge to visit the schools. Besides it, education and nutrition boxes, black boards, school room, etc. also need repairing and maintenance.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16SN Particulars Description Budget in

in 2014-15Proposed Budget 2015-16

3 Child Centric Expenses

     

  Winter clothes + Uniforms

@Rs. 400 x 700 children)

135000 280000

  Health & Hygiene (Medicines, First-aid boxes, Soaps, Towels, Oil, etc.)

 @Rs. 2000 (25 centers)

46000 50000

  Children’s Educational Tour

  25000 40000

  Cultural Events, School Events

  5000 10000

  Subtotal on Child centric Cost

    3,80,000

Expenses:Child Oriented

Every year children of Apna Skools go for a trip to Zoo, museum or similar locations. This is a fun trip with an aim to provide them an opportunity to educate themselves on the large variety of flora and fauna, history and culture of India etc..

 Apna Skool celebrate their annual day program each year apart from celebrating the Independence Day and Republic Day. These are occasions when the parents get informed about the Schooling and take note of the progress of their children.

Expenses are also incurred by APNA SKOOL on Mid-day Meal/Nutritional Supplement, Transportation costs and Grant of Scholarship to Apna Skool alumni and are met from other dedicated projects.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16SN Particulars Description Budget in

2014-15Proposed Budget 2015-16

4 Teachers’ Training Program

  20000 36000

  Subtotal on Teacher Training

    36,000

5 Miscellaneous      

  Phone charges Rs. 600 x 12 6000 7200

  Stationery (office) Rs. 400 x 12 4800 4800

  General Maintenance 5000 5000

  Subtotal on Miscellaneous  15,800 17,000

Expenses:Teacher’s Training

We have regular teachers’ training workshop every fortnight at Jagriti office. Beside these workshops, we organize a 3-5 days intensive training programme (usually in the beginning of November) especially for the teachers of brick kiln apna skools by external experts in the field of education, such as Ekalavya, Hoshangabad.

Budget Proposal 2015 -16SN Particulars Description Budget

2014-15Proposed Budget 2015-16

1 Salary   14,63,200 16,56,000

2 Supplies(mostly Consumables)

   1,54,450 2,18,500

3 Child Centric Expenses

   2,11,000 3,80,000

4 Teachers’ Training Program

  20000 36,000

5 Miscellaneous  15,800 17,000

  Total (for the year)Fund dispersed from WAH 2014

  1,864,450  23,07,500-3,85,00019,22,500

Vocational Training & camps:Tie-and-Die, Fabric Painting, Embroidery, Sewing,

Tiles and Aim: To impart skills in the said areas as a hobby and also

which can help kids earn some pocket moneyComputer Classes

Aim: To acquaint kids with computer and impart working knowledge of MS Office( Paint and Word)

Sports Camp: Taekwondo Aim: To impart senior kids (class 5th onwards) especially girls

with basic self defense skillsSports Camp: Football

Aim: To provide senior boys a definite play time where they learn skills.

Music Training (Vocals)

Apna Skool on Web:https://www.facebook.com/apnaskool

http://apnaskool-kanpur.blogspot.in/

http://jagriti.seeyourimpact.org/