ASHA DARSHAN · BACKGROUND • Asha Darshan is one of the oldest AfE-SV projects, running since the...

ASHA DARSHANASSAM

BACKGROUND, UPDATE & PROPOSAL

Vidhya May 2018 - April 2019

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BACKGROUND• Asha Darshan is one of the oldest AfE-SV projects, running since the year 2000• Asha Darshan Trust is a grassroots NGO and an AfE affiliate, similar to Asha Trust• Biju Borbaruah is the principal coordinator of Asha Darshan and has been working

in the area since 1998• Asha Darshan’s work is broadly organized into:

• Education • Women Empowerment• Community Development

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OVERVIEW• Asha Darshan’s education program spans 8 villages in Baksa and Tamalpur

districts of Assam• Education Program has expanded into Manipur with support from Stamford

• Primary site of Asha Darshan’s is Bodo tribal area• Primarily agrarian society with large population dependent on small farming or

seasonal labor • The region has been historically marred by violent conflicts and militancy • Political agreements and arrangements over the past decade have brought some

normalcy to the region , however, there’s little improvement in the lives of people• Access to affordable and quality education and healthcare continues to be a

challenge • Relatively high [and rising] drug & substance abuse in the area


EDUCATION PROGRAM• Asha Darshan runs schools with community support where there is a need and demand• Since 2001 Asha Darshan has started 24 schools, of which 15 schools have been either

converted (to) or adopted by the Government! One school was merged with the local govt school in 2017

• Asha Darshan currently runs 8 schools• Nagapur (Assamese medium)• Nagapur (Bodo medium)• Shimliguri • Shantipur #1• Shantipur #2• Devinagar• Satyanarayanpur• Abhayapur


EDUCATION PROGRAM• Most schools are in temporary construction, with concrete floors but bamboo walls/roofs, and

need annual (or frequent) repairs, especially during the rains • Community generally works together on maintenance and repairs of the schools • Schools are typically constructed on community [donated] land • Field staff visits the schools 2/3 days every week and parents frequently visit and meet at the

school• SMC meetings are conducted every month, students, parents, and community at large attends

the SMC meetings to discuss issues including, but not limited to, the school.• Teacher meetings are held in rotation bases every month or two months• There’s a monthly meeting, last Sunday of every month, of teachers at Asha Darshan center in

Bogajuli or Tamalpur• Progress of all schools is discussed along with a post-training follow-up

• Annual teacher training program for all teachers • Conducted with help from Asha Trust or other local NGOs with expertise in teacher training


School Photos Aug 2018

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Name of School Year of support Year of closing Classes Number of students

Activities in 2017-18 (Cultural competitions, sports day etc)

Any evaluation done? Pass percent?

Students dropped out number Reason for drop out

SatyanarayanpurLP school 2000Continue PP-V

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Shilpi Divas (17 Jan), Saraswati Puja (22 Jan), Republic Day (26 Jan),

Me-Dum-Me Phi & Chilarai Divas (31 jan), World

Environment Day (5 June), International Yoga Day (21 June), Independent Day (15

Aug), Play Day (3 Sept), Teacher's Day (5 Sept), Gandhi Jayanti (2 Oct),

Children's Day (14 Nov), Lachit Divas (24 Nov), Asom Divas (Chukapha Divas (2

Dec)

Yes, 100% passed

Satyanarayanpur ME school 2006Continue VI-VIII95 Yes, 98% passed (failed 2 in

class VI) 5Works in Bhutan to run family

2No.ShantipurLP school 2006Continue I-V 98 yes, 100% passed 2 (Class V-1, Class III-1) health problem NagapurME School (Bodo)Medium 2007Continue VI-X 115 yes, 100% passed

DevinagarLP school 2007Continue I-V 57 yes, 100% passedNagapurLP & ME school (Assamese) Medium 2008Continue I-VIII 131 yes, 100% passed

SimliguriMEschool(Bodo ) 2009Continue VI-VIII

54 yes, 94% passed, ( 3 failed in class VI) 1 in class VII no parents to lookafter, went to

bhutan for work

SunmuniLP school 2011Merged with govt school - 2017

1No. shantipur LP school 2013Continue I-V

78Yes, 90% passed (unsuccessful

1 in class III and 7 in other classes )

KhumguriPP school 2000 2006

Schools transformed to the govt

BathouguriPP school 2000 2004Amlaiguri LP school 2000 2006AnthaibariPP school 2000 2011JhargaonPP school 2000 2003NagapurPP school 2000 2007KawliPP school 2000 2005SingramariLP school 2000 2010Namati LP school 2000 2011Hajongbasti PP school 2000 2015

LakhinarayanpurLPschool 2000 2010PaharpurPP school 2004 2007DanswarngLP school 2006 2010GarughutuLP school 2006 2010

LakhinarayanpurME school 2007 2015

Nearby govt school I. Satyanarayanpur LP school - within 3-5 km govt primary school

II. Satyanarayanpur ME schoolIII. 2No.Shantipur LP school IV. Nagapur ME School (Bodo) Medium - primary school (Bobo) is nearby, no local middle

school (Bobo medium)V. Devinagar LP school

VI. Nagapur LP & ME school (Assamese) Medium - more than 3 km for a Assamese medium school

VII. Simliguri ME school(Bodo ) - there is a primary school nearby , middle school is 5 km way

VIII. 1No. shantipur LP school

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UPDATES 2017-18▪ Mid-Day Meal: School kitchens are improved with essential utensils like saucepan,

serving spoon, big pan, kettle, water filter, plastic bucket, aluminum bucket etc. as per requirement of the schools. Meals have been served in all the school days 5 days a week.▪ Procured First Aid Box and Thermometer for the schools▪ Reading material Books, charts, Assamese dictionary ‘Hemkos’ and Assam Map▪ Teacher’s meetings are held regularly in a rotation basis in the schools of Asha

Darshan


School ActivitiesSports Day: on 3rd September sport’s day was celebrated in all the 8 schools of Asha Darshan by organizing game competitions, march-past and flag hoisting. There was short speech session about Olympiad Bhogeswar Baruah who is sports icon of Assam.

Other festival: Saraswati puja was organized in the schools on 1st February. Nagapur school celebrated pija with great enthuse, decorating school approach road with colorful glittery flags, worship, and Prasad Bitoron.

Science Activities (4-05-2017): 60 students were taken to Guwahati to show science museum, planetarium, Shankrdev Kalakshetra, Umanada Temple, Balaji Temple, Air port and Saraighat Bridge.

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Teaching Learning Materials▪ Stationary items bought: Teacher’s attendance registers, Students’ attendance

register, stapler with pin, cello tape, globes, gems clip, chart paper and green board etc are bought in 2017 ▪ Sometimes teacher shows the actual object (such as flowers, fruits etc) if it is

available. ▪ From Chennai some math teaching kits namely spiked abacus-7spikes, spiked

abacus-4spikes, fraction circle, base ten-3 Digit (new) and Ganitmala are bought. Teachers are using these kits in a rotation basis because quantity is not sufficient for all school. ▪ We proposed to buy more kits for all schools, quotations already collected from

Jodo Gyan Research Centre and Ramanujan Museum. This will be procured in 2018-19. Sample kit and pricing at this link


http://jodogyan.org/product/class-v-kit-35-children/

TLM - Quotes

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SL No Item/kit Qnty Rate A1 Discount A2 GST Amount

I. Ganitmala 100 (big) 10 400.00 4000.00 0 4000.00 18% 4720.00

I. Jodo blocks 10 525.00 5250.00 0 5250.00 18% 6195.00

I. Dienes blocks (plastic) 10 800.00 8000.00 0 8000.00 18% 9440.00

I. Spiked abacus-4 10 600.00 6000.00 20% 4800.00 12% 5376.00

I. 2. Spiked abacus -7 10 1055.00 10550.00 20% 8440.00 12% 9452.80

I. Fraction Circle 10 884.00 8840.00 20% 7072.00 12% 7920.64

42640.00 37562.00 43104.44

Transportation 7000.00

Total 50104.44

SCHOOL REPAIR▪ School-walls were temporary which were made of bamboo so every year repairs

are done to get its original shape. Mother’s group members in each school came forward to cooperate in school repair. In some schools they plastered school-walls with mixture of cow-dung & mud. Where this type repairing was not possible the walls were replaced with new torja bera (readymade bamboo sheet).


School Materials provided

Sanitary latrine Bookshelf

Nagapur ME (BM) Partition wall, tin sheet, concrete post

Simliguri ME Partition wall, Construction Completed

Satyanarayanpur ME Partition wall Completed Metal bookshelf

Satyanarayanpur LP Bookshelf

Devinagar LP concrete wall (3 ft height)

completed

1 No. Shantipur Partition wall Completed

2 No. Shantipur Partition wall

TEACHER TRAINING SESSIONS

Place Dates training conducted Number of participants

Resource Person

Maths Teaching

Office of the Asha Darshan 24, 25, 26 Feb, 2018 14 Budha Chetri, Science Teacher, Tamulpur Higher Secondary School

English Teaching

Office of the Asha Darshan 9, 10, 11 March 2018 17 Bhupen Kr. Nath, Lacturer, Anandaram Barooah Academy Degree College.


▪ 2 teacher training sessions conducted in Feb –March 2018

MISC▪ Interested in ASER assessment for kids. Biju ji wants to discuss how we can do it. ▪ Grants and other source of funding: Proposal submitted to get corporate funding

for education and health through KOTA EDUCATION & CHARITABLE TRUST. Implementing skill training scheme of PMKVY and Assam Skill Development Mission in collaboration with Valeur Fabtex Pvt. Ltd.▪ New teacher hired (will be part of 2018-19 budget). One more will be hired post

budget approval for Satyanarayanpur ME school


Name of the teacher

Date of hiring

Subject taught

Classes taught

Qualification

Name of the school

Mantri Narzary 02/01/18 Maths & Science

IV, IIV & IIIV

B.Sc Nagapur ME (Bodo medium)

EXPANSION PLAN▪ There is need to setup some new schools on the border and remote areas of Assam

and Arunachal Pradesh. ▪ No active plan to transfer any of the schools to government.


Women Empowerment Program

▪ Mahila Shanti Sena▪ Self Help Groups▪ RTI/RTE training▪ Tailoring training▪ Handicraft training

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Mahila Shanti Sena & Self Help GroupsMahila Shanti Sena have been conducting awareness, training programme on various social issues which created awareness against domestic violence, witch-hunting, dowry system.

This concept of women peace brigade is getting replicated elsewhere outside the region like the state of Bihar. The women’s brigades have successfully handled cases of domestic violence against women in many places.

450 SHGs of nearly 6,735 women have been formed to encourage the habit of small savings. These SHGs are linked to the banks.

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RTI/RTE Training 2017-18 Updates

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Training Topic

Venue Date No of participants

Resource Person Out come

1 RTI Act 2005

Ash Darshan Tamulpur

19 & 20 Jan, 2018

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1. Hemen Boro, advocate from Guwahati High Court 2.Satyanarayan Das, RTI Activist & founder Assam Farmers Club

Increased the awareness level of team of volunteers which can now directly monitor the implementations of govt. schemes at community level

2 RTE Act, 2009

Ash Darshan Tamulpur

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1. Mr. Hemen Boro, advocate from Guwahati High Court 2. Bhagirath Das, Former District Consultant, DPEP

Tailoring Training - 2017-18 Updates

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Tailoring training (Batch 1) Asha Darshan,

Bogajuli 23 Jan to 11 April 2018 30 Anju Gogoi

Rahila Munda

Assessment was done on 12/04/2018. They are preparing to establish their own business, 13 women have registered Trade Licence. Others are also trying

Tailoring (Batch 2) Asha Darshan, Bogajuli

13 April to 11 Aug, 2018

30 Anju GogoiRahila Munda

Training continued. Assessment of this batch will be done on 12 August, 2018

Handicraft Training 2017-18 Updates

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TrainingLocation Dates Number of

beneficiariesTrainers Comments

Handicraft (Doll making and Jewelry)

Asha Darshan, Tamulpur

10-14 June2017

30 women Minakshi Dubey and Pradip Singh from Banaras

The trainees are now making attractive dolls & jewelry for customer at home. They get a good price for it. The income used to meet family’s need.

MISC▪ Funding cycle – (May to April based on 2016 checklist. 3 months were left out of

2017 checklist) (March to April according to the project partner)▪ Last Site visit – Jyotishman on Aug 11th 2018


Success Story▪ In the last year Banaraj Singa has completed BBA course from Punjab. He is a bright student, now preparing

for UPSC Exams in Guwahati. ▪ Last year many student of Asha Darshan origin are doing good in HSLC Examinations. Janaki Devi (70%), Roshan

Kharka (70%), Mintu Barman (70%), Abhimanya Mandal (67%), Nakul Das (64%) and Nirmala Barman (61%), Prashanta Sing (60%) and Maneswar Barman (60%) are some students whose result made Asha Darshan Schools proud.

▪ Some more students namely Ustu Barman and Tilak Barman, have passed HS science stream and doing degree in Arts.

▪ Dolma Lama was interested in music; she has completed visaradh in Indian Classical music. Now teaching as music teacher. One more girl Anju Devi did visaradh in this subject. Dolma Lama and Anju Devi also ranked 1st position in both the exams HSLC and HS. They have joined BA courses.

▪ Joycharan Barman is a student of degree 6th semester. He is contributing in teaching in same school (Satynarayanpur LP) from where passed. Thus, more than 30 students from Satyanarayanpur School alone are studying in HS courses. Nagapur ME school produced total 82 students who have passed in HSLC examinations in a period from 2012-2018. This year one student has achieved letter marks in Bodo Language. Hope, we will be able to create more brilliant student in the future.

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Budget March 2018 - April 2019

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Teacher’s Honararium

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Particular DetailAmount (2018-19)

Chapter changes

Reason for the cut

2017-18 2017-18 Amount

Honorarium M.E. Head Teachers- 4 5500X4X12 2,64,000.00 2,64,000.00 5500X4X12 2,64,000Honorarium M. E. Asst. Teachers- 16 4700X16X12 9,02,400.00 9,02,400.00 4500X14X12 7,56,000 2 New teachers hired

Honorarium L.P. Teachers- 4 4700X4X12 2,25,600.00 2,25,600.00

4500X5X12 2,70,000 1 teacher removed as Sunmuni LP is merged with govt school

honorarium L.P. Asst. Teachers- 10 4200X10X12 5,04,000.00 5,04,000.00

4000X11X12 5,28,000 1 teacher removed as Sunmuni LP is merged with govt school

Hono.yoga teacher 8 4000X8X12 3,84,000.00 Not approvedHono. Education Co-ordinator-1 6000X1X12 72,000.00 72,000.00 6000X1X12 72,000Honorarium Field Worker-2 6000X2X12 1,44,000.00 1,44,000.00 6000X2X12 2,16,000Hono. Health worker 1 6200X1X12 74,400.00 74,400.00 6000X1X12 72,000

Teachers Co-ordinator 1 12000X12 1,44,000.00 1,44,000.00

12000X12 1,44,000 Hired in 2017. Responsible for improving quality of education and teacher training

27,14,400.00 23,30,400.00 2,322,000.00

School Expenses

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Particular Detail

Amount (2018-19)

Chapter changes

Reason for the cut

2017-18 Amount

Mid- Day Meal Programme

Mid –day meal 839 students

132 days in a year &

honorarium for cook 4,50,000.00 450,000.00

5,50,000Budget reduced because Sunmuni

School is merged with govt. school

Stationary items for School 60,000.00 50,000.00 60,000

Teaching Learning material 50,000.00 50,000.00

Reading materials 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000

Teachers monthly meeting 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000

Travelling (School visit) 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,000

Refreshment 36,000.00 36,000.00 36,000

Repairing & Maintenance school 4,00,000.00 3,60,000.00

-10% as one school was removed

4,00,000

Health care 25,000.00 15,000.00 from audit report 25,000

Children Summer Camp 15 days

Food, Lodge, RP fee,

Stationary & travel cost. 1,50,000.00 Not approved

1,50,000

Only 50 children attended in 2017

Children’s day celebration, Games & sports,

cultural competition

Tent, Mike, Food, Mela etc 1,95,000.00 1,95,000.00

2,50,000

Play material 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000

15,16,000.00 13,06,000.00 16,21,000

The total for last year in item 10-22

was wrongly listed as 12,60,000

This mistake lowered the budget

from 57.15 lakhs to 53.55 lakhs

Teacher Training

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Particular

Amount (2018-19)

Chapter changes

Reason for the cut

2017-18

Amount

Comments

Teachers training 56,000.00

Will be reviewed in mid year

if proper documents are

presented.

1,50,000

Women Empowerment Program

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Particular Detail

Amount (2018-19)

Chapter changes

2017-18 Details

2017-18 Amount

SHG Coordinator -1 6000X12 72,000.00 72,000 6000X12 72,000

Field Worker - 4 6000X4X 12 2,88,000.00

1,44,000 6000X12X2 1,44,000 Salary for 2 new filed

worker post proposed - not

approved

Branch CO (Dhemaji Dist-)- 1 6000X12 72,000.00 72,000 6000X12 72,000

Field Worker (Dhemaji Dist.) - 2 4500X2X12 1,08,000.00

54,000 4500X12 54,000 Salary for 1 new filed

worker proposed - not

approved

Handloom weaving Instructor 2 4500X2X12 1,08,000.00

Handicraft training 1,10,000.00 1,50,000

organic cultivation awarness 1,30,000.00

tailoring Instructor 2 5700X2X12 1,36,800.00

5000X12X2 1,20,000.00 Not approved

Self defence training for girls 1,50,000.00

stationary 10,000.00

Tailoring training materials 95,000

RTE & RTI training for awareness 1,00,000

1,184,800.00 3,42,000.00 807,000.00

Admin Expenses

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Particular Detail

Amount (2018-19)

Chapter changes

Reason for the cut 2017-18 2017-18 Amount

Project coordinator 1 20000X12 2,40,000.00 2,40,000.00 20000X12 2,40,000

Accountant 1 6500X12 78,000.00 78,000.00 6500X12 78,000

Stationary 50,000.00 30,000.00 80,000

Electricity, Telephone, Internet postage 1,20,000.00 1,20,000.00 1,20,000

Newspaper & magazine 25,000.00

Misc expenses calculated based

on audit report

25,000

Travelling 80,000.00

School visits are already

covered in school expenses

50,000

House rent 84,000.00 Not approved 66,000

Refreshment guest and staff 36,000.00 36,000

Miscellaneous 50,000.00 50,000.00 80,000

Health care 40,000

7,63,000.00 5,18,000.00 8,15,000

Comparison with 2016-17 audit report

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Budget 2018-19 budget

2016-17

Audit report

Honararium 2,990,400.00 25,46,100 SHG group not funded + Increased salaries in 2017-18

Mid day meal 4,50,000.00 3,42,526 one school merged with govt + inflation

Children's day 1,95,000.00 2,21,763 Children's day + Women's day 2016 - one school merged..

Repair and maintanence of schools 3,60,000.00 4,98,489 entire plan not submitted..

Teacher's meetings + training 25,000.00 61,958

Traveling + Refreshments 1,01,000.00 2,68,204

Stationary, Electricity, Internet, Reading materials 2,80,000.00 2,24,813 Includes stationary + tailoring equipment for tailoring n weaving training..

Sports materials 30,000.00 32,880 one school merged with govt

Health care 15,000.00 13,657

Misc 50,000.00 60,027

hourse rent 62,800 Not approved

FCRA 15,000 One time expense

Solar light + biometric + water filter 27,900 One time expense

Building construction 8,26,608 Not asked in 2018

summer camp 1,84,190 Not approved in 2016 as well

44,96,400.00 53,86,915

This budget included the women's empowerment initiatives and construction

expenses

Excess from 2016-17 (based on audit report and

funds sent by SV) 16,76,085 Excess funds were used for repair and construction

Consolidated

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Proposed by project

partner

Revised

2018-19

2017-18

Budget

Teacher's Honorarium 27,14,400 23,30,400 23,22,000

School Expenses 15,16,000 13,06,000 16,21,000

Teacher Training 56,000 1,50,000

Women Empowerment Program 11,84,800 3,42,000 8,07,000

Admin Expenses 7,63,000 5,18,000 8,15,000

62,34,200.00 44,96,400.00 57,15,000.00

Calculation mistake

lowered the budget from

57.15 lakhs to 53.55 lakhs

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