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IMPACT ANALYSIS of SRI SATHYA SAI VIDYA JYOTHI (SSSVJ), KARNATAKA

A Project as a Course requirement for Sri Sathya Sai National Leadership Programme for Self-Transformation

Venkatesh Patil SSSNLPST-2020-M106 Abhishek Parikshya SSSNLPST-2020-M001 Anil Ramadugu SSSNLPST-2020-M011 Sai Mohan Krishna SSSNLPST-2020-M072

Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, India

In association

With Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

(Deemed to be University)

Vidyagiri, Prashanthi Nilayam Campus

December, 2020



DEDICATED AT THY LOTUS FEET…



KARNATAKA


CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that this Project titled “Impact Analysis of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi Karnataka” completed by the participants for the Sri Sathya Sai National Leadership Programme for Self-Transformation Batch 2020 from the STATE KARNATAKA is a bonafide record of the original work done under the supervision of the undersigned as a Course requirement for the completion of the National Leadership Program.

Sri Venkatramana Gosavi Sri Kush Bhardwaj (Project Director - SP) (National Team Member)

Sri M. Padmanabha Pai Sri M. Rajashekar Reddy (Project Director – SP) (Project Guide – SYC) Place: Bengaluru Date: 20th November 2020



DECLARATION The Project titled “Impact Analysis of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi Karnataka “was carried out by the team under the supervision of the State President, the National Team Member, State Youth Coordinator for the Certificate Programme as a part of the Course requirement for Completion and has not formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma or any other such title by this or any other University.

………………………….. ...…………………………… Venkatesh Patil Abhishek Parikshya SSSNLPST-2020-M106 SSSNLPST-2020-M001

………………………….. ...…………………………… Anil Ramadugu Sai Mohan Krishna SSSNLPST-2020-M011 SSSNLPST-2020-M072



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We dedicate this project to our Eternal Charioteer, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who is the guiding force and source of all our endeavors. We thank the Chairman & the Academic Board members for their complete support and providing this wonderful opportunity. We thank the Registrar, the Controller of the Examinations, and the team of Experts from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, for providing focused direction and encouragement to achieve our objectives. We thank our All India President of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations Sri Nimish Pandya Sir for his inspiring words of encouragement and constant motivation. We also thank our National Coordinators for Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi and other National Team Members for spending their time providing support & guidance to the project report and at the same time giving valuable feedback. A big thanks to the State Presidents Sri. Venkatramana Gosavi Sir and Sri M. Padmanabha Pai Sir for providing us with all the resources and being a pillar around which we could create our project. We also like to thank the National Team Coordinator Sri Kush Bhardwaj for his guidance on this project. We would like to extend our gratitude to the State Youth Coordinator Sri M. Rajashekar Reddy for the most valuable support and feedback throughout our work. We would like to specially thank the Convenor of SSSNLPST Dr. Gopi Krishna Pidatala, faculty members of the SSSNLPST Program, all speakers who shared valuable inputs through Satsang sessions right from the inception of the program that inspired us throughout the project, SSSNLPST National team members who spearheaded the program and guided us along the project work under the guidance of the Convenor.



We are eternally grateful to our District Youth Coordinators; Youth wing Think Tank members of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Karnataka for helping us with filling up of questionnaire. We are thankful to all the SSSVJ volunteers and SSSVJ School principal/teachers who whole heartedly participated in the project.

We are deeply indebted to our family members, for instilling confidence and positive energy in us when it was most required. Thanks a lot!

Jai Sairam!



TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................9 1. Project Summary ................................................................................................................ 11 2. Objectives............................................................................................................................ 14 3. Scope ..................................................................................................................................16 3.1 Within Scope………………………………………………………………………...17 3.2 Out of Scope………………………………………………………………………....17 4. Roles & Responsibilities ......................................................................................................18

5. Project Flow……………………………………………………………………………………21 5.1 Conception & Initiation……………………………………………………………...22 5.2 Definition & Planning………………………………………………………………..23 5.3 Execution & Performance……………………………………………………………24 5.4 Performance Control & Closure……………………………………………………..26 6. Resources & Tools Used………………………………………………………………………27 7. Project Findings & Recommendations………………………………………………………...30 7.1 Level I Data Analysis – Categorization of Schools………………………………….31 7.2 Level II Data Analysis………………………………………………………………..38 7.2.2 Analysis based on Teachers’ response……………………………………..38 7.2.3 Analysis based on Volunteers’ response…………………………………..42 7.3 Challenges & Recommendations…………………………………………………….46 7.3.1 Recommendations & suggestions by volunteers…………………………..48 7.3.2 Recommendations & suggestions by SSSVJ Teachers……………………48 8. Lessons Learnt…………………………………………………………………………………50 8.1 Individual Learning…………………………………………………………………..51 8.2 Collective Learning…………………………………………………………………..51 9. References……………………………………………………………………………………...53 10. Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………..55 10.1 Python Code………………………………………………………………………..56 10.2 SSSVJ in Action in Karnataka……………………………………………………..63



LIST OF FIGURES Figure 5.1 - Strategy ................................................................................. ………………22 Figure 5.2 Definition & Planning ..................................................................................... 23 Figure 5.3 Categorization of Schools ............................................................................... 25 Figure Appendix-II SSSVJ in Action in Karnataka………………………………………63

LIST OF Tables Table 4.0 Roles & Responsibilities ...................................................................................19 Table 5.2 Project Plan Preparation………………………………………………………..23 Table 5.3 Data Collection ................................................................................................ .24 Table 5.3.1Data Analysis ..................................................................................................26 Table 5.4 Performance Control .........................................................................................26 Table 7.3 Challenges & Recommendations .................................................................... .47

LIST OF Charts Charts 7.1 Level-I Data Set Analysis.................................................................................30 Charts 7.2 Level-II Data Set Analysis................................................................................37



ABSTRACT

“The end of education is character. Education without character is useless. Earlier in gurukulas the sages took the students along with them wherever they went and taught them without conforming to any time schedule. This education was a continuous learning process. But today in schools and colleges education is limited to strict time schedules. Therefore, education has become limited. But true education, which moulds character, has no limits. When we learn about that which is “limitless,” we attain the end of education. Our character is reflected in our words, behavior and conduct in daily life. So we should speak pleasantly and not hurt others with our harsh words. It is true that we cannot always oblige, but we can speak obligingly.”

-Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

As Bhagawan has emphasized numerous times the importance of ‘Real Education’ which in other terms is ‘Educare’ – Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi project aims at providing holistic development to the children of Govt & Govt. aided schools and Sri Sathya Sai Schools across India. With the abundant grace and blessings of our most beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi (SSSVJ) programme was launched on the auspicious Aaradhana Mahotsava day, on 24th April, 2016. Since then SSSVJ programme has been implemented with full vigor in the state of Karnataka in 89 schools across 31 districts by the dedicated Youth and volunteers of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Karnataka. It is praiseworthy to note that 4 new Bhajan Mandalis have been formed in four different villages due to the effective implementation of the SSSVJ programme in these villages. We offer our sincere gratitude to Swami and all the stakeholders of SSSVJ program for making this spiritual sadhana extremely enriching for all.



This report intends to analyze the impact of SSSVJ programme in Karnataka to identify the areas where it has been effective in reaching out to various stakeholders such as students, teachers and parents along with identifying the areas of improvement.

The findings have also helped us to come up with a set of recommendations based on the data analysis done on the collated responses from the District Youth Coordinators, SSSVJ volunteers and SSSVJ school principal/teachers. Visual representation is also derived from the responses and presented in this document to show the holistic view of the impact of SSSVJ activities within a sample set of schools.

The primary goal of the Sri Sathya Sai National Leadership Programme for Self Transformation being the internalization of the knowledge, assimilation and deriving wisdom out of this process that shall aid in self-transformation at an individual level and the same has also helped us – the team members of the project to equip with tools and techniques that has tremendously helped each one of us to tread the path of transformation through inner enquiry and discrimination. We have also listed the same in this project document.



CHAPTER 1 – PROJECT SUMMARY



Intent: - To study the impact of SSSVJ project in the state of Karnataka over the last 4 years since its inception in the year 2016.At the end the outcome is to provide concrete and practical recommendations to further improve SSSVJ in the state.

Summary: - This report has been split into 5 sections

1. Objectives: - This section defines 4 key objectives of the project.

2. Scope: - Here scope of the project is defined and along with those that are out of scope.

3. Roles and Responsibilities: - Responsibility shouldered by each member is mentioned.

4. Project Flow: - The various stages of the project are mentioned here.

5. Resource and Tools Used: - A brief description about tools and code used for analysis.

6. Project Findings and Recommendation – using graphs and plots, the findings are analyzed and presented.

7. Lessons Learnt – what went wrong and the course correction.

Approach: - In order to achieve our goal, the following steps were undertaken.

1. Initial Planning: - We had internal discussion among our team on defining objective, approach, scope and time frame to do the impact analysis of SSSVJ in Karnataka which was then discussed with our State President Sirs from SSSSO Karnataka North & Karnataka South, along with the then SYC of SSSSO Karnataka.

2. LEVEL-I Data Set Collection and Analysis: - This data was collected with help of a questionnaire prepared by us and filled by DYCs and analysis was done to categorize the sample set of schools under Energize, Empower, Equip and Evolve phases.



3. LEVEL-II Data Set Collection and Analysis: - This data is collected with help of a questionnaire filled by Volunteers and SSSVJ Teachers to get an insight into various activities conducted as part of SSSVJ and their feedback on the challenges faced and way forward.

4. Recommendation: - Finally based on impact analysis and feedbacks recommendation is provided.

General Methodology: - The methodology is to collect data, collate, do data analysis, and provide impact analysis along with recommendations as is mentioned in detail in the subsequent sections of the document.



CHAPTER 2 – OBJECTIVES



• Study the progress of SSSVJ in the state of Karnataka. • Study the impact of SSSVJ on Teachers, Volunteers • Identify key strengths based on the progress of SSSVJ in schools. • Identify challenges and propose recommendations for the same.



CHAPTER 3 – SCOPE



3.1 Within Scope (area, beneficiaries, timeline, others)

We intend to define the Scope with respect to the stakeholders that were engaged during the survey – such as a)District youth coordinators (DYCs), b)SSSVJ Volunteers and c) School Principal or Teacher.

The first of questionnaire was addressed to DYCs and was centered on identifying the schools and categorizing them into 4 types – Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve.

The second set of questionnaire involved conducting a survey for SSSVJ Volunteers and SSSVJ School Principal/Teacher to identify areas of strength and weaknesses. And also to get first-hand account of functioning of SSSVJ in respective schools. The data so fetched is used to analyze and come up with a set of Recommendations for efficient implementation of SSSVJ across Karnataka. Thus, this analysis will also be helpful in future in making SSSVJ more enriching for individual and societal transformation.

3.2 Out of Scope (tasks not included in the Project Charter)

We have not considered collecting data from SSSVJ school students, parents and villagers due to the ongoing pandemic situation which restricted our movements.



CHAPTER 4 – ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

(Of Team Members)



The table below lists the roles and responsibilities of the individuals during the course of the project.

Sl.No Id Team Member

Name Contribution

1 NA Sri Venkatramana Gosavi Sri M. Padmanabha Pai

• Project Director • Project plan approval, budgeting and

final approval for project report • Continuous guidance and support

throughout 2 NA Sri M. Rajashekar

Reddy • Project Guide • Inspired and motivated throughout the

project • Guided to connect with youth wing

DYCs 3 NA Sri Kush Bhardwaj • National Team member

• From the initiation guided us on the approach to be taken for project planning

• Helped extensively all the team members in any doubts/clarifications and challenges faced

• Valuable suggestions on project strategy and Gantt chart

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Venkatesh Patil • Discussion with State office to finalize project plan

• Preparation of project plan PPT and Gantt chart

• Preparation of questionnaire for DYC • Preparation of Google form for

Volunteers and teachers’ feedback and data collection.

• Regular follow up with DYC, teachers and volunteers for filling questionnaires.

• Preparation of final Project document in adding various sections


Abhishek Parikshya

• Discussion with State office to finalize project plan

• Review of project plan PPT • Preparation of questionnaire for DYC • Preparation of Google form for

Volunteers and teachers’ feedback and data collection.



• Data Analysis with Python coding and Google forms summary.



Sai Mohan Krishna • Discussion with State office to finalize project plan

• Review of project plan PPT • Review of questionnaire for DYC • Review of Google form for Volunteers

and teachers’ feedback and data collection.



Anil Ramadugu • Discussion with State office to finalize project plan

• Review of project plan PPT • Preparation of questionnaire for DYC • Preparation of Project document in

adding various sections • Review of Google form for Volunteers

and teachers’ feedback and data collection

• Data Analysis with Python coding and Google forms summary.




CHAPTER 5 – PROJECT FLOW



In this chapter, the project flow from initiation to closure is described.

5.1 Conception & Initiation: In this phase the approach to perform impact analysis of SSSVJ project was formulated. The below diagram depicts the approach from Data Collection to the Recommendations part.

Fig 5.1: Strategy

• As depicted in the above flow diagram, through questionnaire and survey form - the raw data is collected. It is then analyzed and the results of analysis are shown using graphs.

• Specific recommendations are derived out of the questionnaire/survey form shared with SSSVJ volunteers and SSSVJ School Principal.



5.2 Definition & Planning:

a. The tasks and sub-tasks were developed to achieve the above mentioned objectives. The survey/data collection part was divided into Level-I & Level-II for assessing the impact through the stakeholders of SSSVJ.

Fig 5.2: Definition & Planning

b. Gantt chart was prepared to assign individual responsibilities and track the progress. Below is the phase-wise Gantt chart prepared from planning phase.

i. Project Plan Preparation:

TASK ASSIGNED TO START END

PROJECT PLAN PREPARATION Discussion with State Presidents, Guides and Project Leads TEAM 8/1/2020 8/4/2020

Preparation of Project Plan PPT TEAM 8/4/2020 8/15/2020 Finalization of Project Plan TEAM 8/15/2020 8/18/2020

Table 5.2: Project Plan Preparation



Note: Please refer to the ‘Reference’ section for attached Gantt chart for detailed plan.

5.3 Phase 3&4 - Execution & Performance: Data collection via questionnaire and survey forms is part of this process. Also communicating and following up with the stakeholders such as District Youth Coordinators of SSSSOKA, Volunteers and teachers of SSSVJ schools. It further involves Collation of the raw data received from these various sources.

Data Collection:

Task Assigned To START END

Preparation of Questionnaire - for SSSVJ School Classification into Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve

Venkatesh Patil 8/15/2020 8/19/20

Communication with DYCs TEAM 8/20/2020 9/6/20 Preparation of Questionnaire for SSSVJ School Teachers Abhishek Parikshya 8/24/2020 9/2/20

Preparation of Questionnaire - for volunteers of SSSVJ - Sevadal Sai Mohan Krishna 8/28/2020 9/5/20

Communication with DYCs/Sevadals/Teachers TEAM 9/5/2020 9/27/20 Collation of Answers from Questionnaire Anil Ramadugu 9/27/2020 10/4/20

Table 5.3 Data Collection

LEVEL-I Data Collection & Analysis: In the initial phase of the project, a questionnaire was shared with the District Youth Coordinators who are the responsible members for carrying out SSSVJ activities by including other members of the adopted Samithi and any other volunteers. This questionnaire helped to classify the 57 schools thus surveyed into the 4 phases of SSSVJ growth viz., Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve as listed below.



Fig 5.3: Categorization of Schools

Energize – Student-centric; where the primary focus is on providing value based education to children through Balvikas classes, value games etc.

Empower – Along with student-centric activities, the other stakeholders of SSSVJ such as Teachers are also engaged in programs such as Teachers’ training, Balvikas training for school teachers, Guru Vandana etc.

Equip – In this phase we slowly move beyond the school premises and start engaging with one of the most important stakeholders of SSSVJ – the parents. Since the environment at home becomes an extremely crucial factor in overall development of a child, programs such as Parenting, medical camps for parents, and health & hygiene programs for parents of SSSVJ school children are carried out.

Evolve – This is a phase where we involve the larger village ecosystem under SSSVJ and formulate programs to engage villagers, village youth via programs such as Sri Sathya Sai Satyanarayana Vratha Pooja at a village temple, Household Bhajans, village festival and procession. Through these activities and involvement of all stakeholders starting from children to villagers the project will be self-



sustainable and an opportunity to form new Bhajana Mandali gets created on the long run.

Note: In our questionnaire, we had listed few of the activities that form the basis for categorizing the school into the above 4 phases.

Data Analysis:


Classification of Schools into 4 Levels: Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve TEAM 10/4/2020 8/19/20

Detailed Analysis based on the feedback received from Teachers and Sevadals

TEAM 10/10/2020 9/6/20

Identifying challenges for schools in Energize Phase & Identifying success factors of schools in Equip & Evolve phases

TEAM 10/25/2020 9/2/20

Discussion with Project Guides, committee members & Project Lead TEAM 10/25/2020 10/29/2020

Table 5.3.1 Data Analysis

5.4 Phase 4 – Performance Control & Closure: identifying and collating recommendations & Project Report creation.


Recommendations at Each Phase of SSSVJ TEAM 10/29/2020 11/2/20

Vision Document for 2021 & Beyond TEAM 11/3/2020 11/6/20

Final Project Report TEAM 11/07/2020 11/20/20

Table 5.4: Performance control



Note: For Phase 3 & 4 – The Assigned to member is mentioned as TEAM for all the tasks. This has actually been divided among individuals as sub-tasks and can be seen in the Gantt chart under ‘References’ section.



CHAPTER 6 – RESOURCES AND TOOLS USED

(Finance, Manpower, Hardware, Software, Technology, Etc.)



Microsoft tools such as Microsoft word and Microsoft Excel were used extensively right from the initiation of the project to prepare project charter, project plan and definition. Microsoft word and excel were also used to compile first set of questionnaire that was shared with the District Youth coordinators for the Phase-I of data collection.

Gantt chart was created for the sake of identifying action items by individuals and tracking the tasks against the time scheduled.

Google forms were used to conduct survey for Phase-II of data collection from SSSVJ volunteers and SSSVJ school principal/teachers.

Python programming language was used to develop code that would populate the graphs based on the dataset for analysis. Pycharm 2020.2 was used to write the code, test and execute.

Listed below are the tools used.

• Microsoft Office – Word & Excel • Google Forms • Google Drive • Google Docs, Google Charts • PyCharm 2020.2 • The code is compiled and executed in PyCharm 2020.2 to generate bar

graphs and pie chart required for data analysis.



CHAPTER 7 – PROJECT FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS



In this section, the details pertaining to the findings from the data collection are detailed out along with graphs and charts.

7.1 LEVEL-I Data Set Data Analysis: Categorization of Schools into 4 phases Plot Set-1

Analysis Description

We are plotting the reach of SSSVJ activities across various schools with respect to 4 phases each associated with a stakeholder – such as student, teacher, parent and villager. In Y axis of the graph we have number of schools catering to the activities for each of the 4 above mentioned phases of SSSVJ.



Outcome • The plot shows most of the SSSVJ school have excellent student centric

reach with a 100% success rate. • The reach for the next two stakeholders that is teachers and parent centric

activities is at least 40% lower than the reach of student centric activities that is they have a 60% success rate.

• Last but not the least we have found the reach for Village centric activities is moderate due to activities such as Pallakki procession, Sri Sathya Sai Satyanarayana Vrata Pooja and thus achieving 80% success.

Plot Set-2 Resource utilization in Student Centric activities



Resource utilization in Teacher Centric activities:

Resource utilization in Parents Centric activities:



Resource utilization in Village Centric activities



Plot Set-3 Distribution of Student-Centric activities

Distribution of Teacher Centric activities



Distribution of Parents Centric activities

Distribution of Village Centric activities



Analysis

Description In the above Bar Graphs, we are plotting the distribution of SSSVJ various activities specific to each Level of SSSVJ across various schools. Level-1 refers to SSSVJ activities which are Student centric, similarly Level-2, Level-3 and Level-4 refers to Teacher, Parent and Village centric activities, respectively. Here we are plotting number of SSSVJ schools/SSSVJ villages that are having a specific activity. This is plotted for all the 4 in each level.

Outcome • PHASE-I Energize: First bar graph is for student centric activities. BalVikas

is the most successful in this segment and are being conducted across almost all the SSSVJ schools in Karnataka.

o Other activities such as Notebook/Stationary distribution, Sai Protein distribution, English/Math training and medical camps also has a very high reach if not present in all SSSVJ school.

o Only activity which needs improvement in terms of reach is student centric competitions such as in Drawing/Rangoli.

• PHASE-II Empower: Second bar graph is for teacher centric activities. BalVikas training are being done for nearly 75% of the SSSVJ schools; Guru Vandana is being done for 50% of the SSSVJ school and teacher centric subjects such as English/Maths/Computer Science training is being done in least number of SSSVJ schools i.e., 14% only.

• PHASE-III Equip: Third bar graph is for parent centric activities. Apart from health and hygiene awareness which has a decent reach of 75% across SSSVJ school all other activities has reach lesser than 50%.Activities namely household bhajan, door to door session and parenting session has reach of grossly around 20%.

• PHASE-IV Evolve: Fourth bar graph is for village centric activities. Two activities Swachchata se Divyata Tak/Vruksh Ugao Jeevan Dilao and Infrastructure changes for the school has 60% reach across SSSVJ schools. Formation of Bhajan Mandali has been at 1%.



7.2 Level-II data set data analysis 7.2.1 Data Analysis Based on School Teachers’ response. Plot Set-4



Analysis

Description In the above Pie chart, it is intended to analyze impact of SSSVJ activities based on feedback from 42 school teachers/principals

Outcome • Most of the schools i.e almost 90% of them agree that SSSVJ balvikas has

helped in imparting human values. • BalVikas, Value games, Notebook/Stationary distribution and awareness

about Hygiene are the most commonly conducted activities in SSSVJ schools.

• Parenting, Drawing/Essay/Rangoli competitions are the least occurring activity in the schools

• 100% of the teachers surveyed agree that there is an improvement in students' behavior and progress overall.

• 60% of the teachers agree that students are able to practice lessons taught by SSSVJ volunteers in their daily life every day, while the rest 40 % say they practice it sometimes.

• All 100% teachers agree SSSVJ activities has helped in improving Student attendance in their school

• 75% teachers confirm that SSSVJ activities are happening every week in their schools.



• 70% teachers want the frequency of SSSVJ activities to be increased and the rest says current frequency can be maintained.

• 80% of the teachers are happy about the efforts made as part of SSSVJ program while the rest 20% seek improvement in this.

7.2.2 Data Analysis Based on SSSVJ volunteers response. Plot set-5



Analysis Description In the above Pie chart, it is intended to analyze impact of SSSVJ activities based on feedback from 42 SSSVJ volunteers

Outcome • 90% of the volunteers agree that SSSVJ BalVikas has helped in imparting

human values. • Only 50% volunteers confirm they are following standardized SSSVJ

BalVikas curriculum. Rest is either not following or doing it partially. • 100% volunteers agree that there is a positive impact of SSSVJ on the

students. • 50% of the Volunteers agree the students are able to practice lessons taught

by SSSVJ volunteers in their daily life every day, while the rest 50 % say they practice it sometimes.

• All 42 volunteers agree that SSSVJ helped them become a better individual and the process is ongoing as well. Thus all of them agree to continue as volunteers.

• 60% of the volunteers confirm that there is lack of volunteers in implementing SSSVJ in their school and 30% says there are sufficient volunteers.

• Most of the volunteers are involved in BalVikas, Sport activities, Drawing/Rangoli/Essay competitions. Very few are involved in House-hold bhajans, Art and craft, Computer classes and making seed balls.



7.3 Challenges & Recommendations The challenges listed below are the ones shared by the SSSVJ volunteers as part of the survey conducted. Listed against them are the recommendations from the project team to mitigate those challenges.

Sl# Challenges faced Recommendations 1 Lack of volunteers and no goal

oriented/structured programme has been set up.

• Create awareness programs at samithi and district level about SSSVJ to attract volunteers

• Structured program is shared in terms of calendar of activities that can be performed on a monthly basis which can be referred other than use cases from successful districts

2 Communication/Language difference makes it hard to interact with students.

• Take help from a SSSVJ volunteer who can speak in local language and prepare well in advance the activity/class you would conduct so the volunteer helping is aware and can do justice to the program

3 Financial support is required to conduct certain activity.

• This needs to be discussed with the Samithi Convenor under whose samithis the SSSVJ school is adopted. Having said that the primary goal of SSSVJ is to impart human values and that requires no financial support.

4 Villagers support is required in conducting training to them.

• As Swami always emphasized it is important to connect with villagers in their own ways such as striking a conversation on current affairs and then slowly start creating awareness about SSSVJ via door-to-door campaign on health & hygiene or



parenting. 5 We are willing to support

disciplined children, as volunteers are less it's very hard to control the class during any activity.

• Beginning the class with silent sitting or jyothi meditation for a short duration has proven to be effective in tackling these challenges

6 Half of the teachers in the school are not showing interest in SSSVJ programme

• Firstly it is important to strike a chord with the teachers and talk to them informally every week. Also important is to at least visit the school once a week so there is no long gap and they get familiar with our activities

7 There is a need to conduct Balvikas classes by teachers themselves in school

• Already Balvikas training was conducted for SSSVJ school teachers and the same can be done for new teachers too

• In order to make it sustainable, the Balvikas gurus need to hand hold the teachers when they take Balvikas classes and assist them in story-telling, value games etc until they are able to teach independently

8 Awareness needs to be created among parents about the importance of the programme

• Parenting session can be planned for parents of SSSVJ children

• Medical camps exclusively for parents has proven to be a great platform for awareness creation

• Door-to-door campaign, house-hold bhajans are few of the activities that can be conducted

Table 7.3: Challenges & Recommendations



7.3.1 Recommendations/Suggestions by SSSVJ Volunteers

1. Goal oriented SSSVJ programme is required to achieve results.

2. Financial support/Donation is required in availing computers and projectors to enhance pragmatic thinking.

3. Frequency of SSSVJ activities has to be set to at least twice a week, depending on volunteers’ availability.

4. Reward and recognize the students who perform well on monthly basis. For example: Provide notebooks/uniforms for the best performer in a month or so.

5. Spoken English class is mandatory in government/public schools.

6. More number of volunteers are needed to keep SSSVJ continued

7. SSSVJ day should be conducted once in a year throughout the schools, to appreciate Volunteers, Teachers, Villagers and panchayat leaders.

8. Hands-on assignments should be assigned to ignite creative spark amongst students.

9. SSSVJ volunteers should be imparted training on basic leadership and management skills.

7.3.2 Recommendations/suggestions by SSSVJ School Teachers

1. Industrial visit/Tour should be arranged once in a year (Ex: Visit to military establishments, Collectorate's office, Police academies, Fire training institutes)

2. Regular conduction of SSSVJ activities (frequency of conduction).

3. To get the expected results resources like animated / picture books, puzzles or brainstorming activity materials, drawing kits and tablets need to be used.

4. More volunteers required for English, Maths and science education.

5. Volunteers should conduct at least 2 classes in a week, both for teachers and students.

6. Focus should be on imparting moral values and encouraging students to participate in sports activities.



7. Need to conduct unique activities quarterly like Walk for values, Festival of Joy, exhibition or project work on BalVikas classes.

8. Practical teaching methods should be implemented at least during SSSVJ classes.



CHAPTER 8 – LESSONS LEARNT

(Success & Failure Stories)



8.1 Collective learning (Project) At the very outset we knew we need to respect each other and bond well as Swami envisages and go about executing this project in a spirit of unity and team work. This helped mitigate few of the challenges faced initially such as clarity and way forward in the project.

The biggest learning in executing this project has been that sometimes we need to pursue and keep pushing to meet the goals even if we tend to lack the expertise in doing so such as an attempt in carrying out certain basic tasks as first-timer needs to be with full vigor and enthusiasm even if we know we are going to make mistakes on the way.

8.2 Individual learning (Self Transformation) Venkatesh Patil (SSSNLPST-2020-M106) – The quality of surrender to Swami and constantly keep working on the goal was the one thing that I strived to develop as there were challenges pertaining to time and resources when deadline approached. I believe that Time Management in my case appears to be a very critical factor and for me surrender to Bhagawan and praying to Him is a very important recourse in spite of all the work we do.

I think I need to also learn how to groom youngsters to get certain tasks executed or completed and the project helped me to identify right expectations from individuals.

Abhishek Parikshya (SSSNLPST-2020-M001) – During project I have come to know about this wonderful SSSVJ initiative for Government school and Villages in Karnataka by Swami. Together as a team we have worked on planning and execution of this project and finally bring it to conclusion with great teamwork and cooperation. I have learnt a lot from all the team members in terms of patience and perseverance to complete the project deliverables throughout various engagements towards personal and professional fronts. Thank you Swami and all for giving me this opportunity.

Anil Ramdugu (SSSNLPST-2020-M011): During the course of the project I realized that I need to be organized and time managing individual.



We followed “divide and conquer” principle to get the most of the work done. It’s a good experience in total.

Sai Mohan Krishna (SSSNLPST-2020-M072): SSSVJ helped me experience Swami's miracles through the achievements it made, like many schools forming their Bhajana Mandalis, Students changing their habits, volunteer's selfless service, teachers and parents exhibiting their happiness with the change that SSSVJ has bought into the schools and their lives. The thought that Swami has implanted in everyone that, "all are equal and we are all embodiments of love, look at the real Self, not the body or the mind" is driving force for us to do selfless service. It inspired me a lot experiencing Swami's presence at every step of doing the project. With his blessings I believe I could work wonders further in my life.



CHAPTER 9 – REFERENCES

(Documents, Links, Etc.)



• Swami’s divine quote: http://www.sathyasai.org/about-us/education

• To understand the working methodology of SSSVJ, the document attached was referenced.

SSSVJ report.pdf

• Gantt Chart used for project planning and tracking:

KAR SSSVJ Project Gantt Chart.xlsx

• Phase-I set of questionnaire in English & Kannada to classify schools into 4

categories viz., Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve.

SSSVJ Activities' Questionnaire.docx

KANNADA SSSVJ Activities' Questionnair

• Phase-II set of questionnaire Google form links (English & Kannada):

• Google form link for SSSVJ Volunteers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSuRTQpa3K6udbmZlgxhrcI0Q9fB4H_PzGDrB_cQz7VTlURA/viewform

• Google form link for SSSVJ School Teachers/Principal:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZGb4B7qg7-ASyiYD9fu0OfNqo8dmpkVFLfDo2vyacmWUGZw/viewform

• Google Drive link for all project related documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1ADuB7WUr766MYY2ZxTuwW-lW5LWFbYl6

• Appendix-II SSSVJ in Action in Karnataka: Photos and the story behind shared by the Youth wing of SSSSO Karnataka were used to showcase this in the report.

http://www.sathyasai.org/about-us/education

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSuRTQpa3K6udbmZlgxhrcI0Q9fB4H_PzGDrB_cQz7VTlURA/viewform

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSuRTQpa3K6udbmZlgxhrcI0Q9fB4H_PzGDrB_cQz7VTlURA/viewform



https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1ADuB7WUr766MYY2ZxTuwW-lW5LWFbYl6

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1ADuB7WUr766MYY2ZxTuwW-lW5LWFbYl6



APPENDIX



Appendix-I

10.1 Python code was written for generation of pie chart and bar graph for Phase-I data analysis to classify schools into Energize, Empower, Equip & Evolve.

Code -1:- import openpyxl wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('SSSVJ Questionnaire Consolidated.xlsx') sheet = wb['Sheet1'] #print(sheet['F6'].value) level1 = 0 level2 = 0 level3 = 0 level4 = 0 level1_no_of_yes = 0 level2_no_of_yes = 0 level3_no_of_yes = 0 level4_no_of_yes = 0 for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(6,20,1): k = (i,sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(k[1]=="Yes"): level1_no_of_yes = level1_no_of_yes + 1 if(level1_no_of_yes == 2 ): #2 level 1 activities certifies a school as student centric level1_no_of_yes = 0 level1 = level1 + 1 break for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(20,26,1): k = (i,sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(k[1]=="Yes"): level2_no_of_yes = level2_no_of_yes + 1 if(level2_no_of_yes == 2): # 2 level-2 activities certifies a school as teacher centric level2_no_of_yes = 0 level2 = level2 + 1 break for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(26,36,1): k = (i,sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(k[1] == "Yes"): level3_no_of_yes = level3_no_of_yes + 1 if(level3_no_of_yes == 2): # 2 level-3 activities certifies a school as parent centric level3_no_of_yes = 0 level3 = level3 + 1 break for i in range(7, 64, 1):



for j in range(36, 49, 1): k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(k[1]=="Yes"): level4_no_of_yes = level4_no_of_yes + 1 if(level4_no_of_yes == 2): # 2 level-4 activities certifies a school as village centric level4_no_of_yes = 0 level4 = level4 + 1 break print(level1) print(level2) print(level3) print(level4) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x=["Level1(Student)", "Level2(Teacher)", "Level3(Parent)", "Level4(Villager)"] y = [level1, level2, level3, level4] plt.xlabel('Level of reach') plt.ylabel('Number of schools') plt.title('Total output') for index, value in enumerate(y): plt.text(value, index, str(value)) plt.legend() plt.barh(x, y) plt.show()

Code-2 :– import openpyxl wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('SSSVJ Questionnaire Consolidated.xlsx') sheet = wb['Sheet1'] #------------------------------------ LEVEL-1-------------------------------------------------------------------------- #"--------------------------LEVEL1----------------------------------" number_of_yes_level1 = 0 number_of_yes_bal_vikas = 0 number_of_yes_em_training = 0 number_of_yes_comp = 0 number_of_yes_d_notebooks = 0 number_of_yes_value_shows = 0 number_of_yes_s_proteins = 0 number_of_yes_medical_camp = 0 #----------------------------Level1------------------------- for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(6,20,1): k = (i,sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) if(k[1]=="Yes"): number_of_yes_level1 = number_of_yes_level1 + 1 #Counting number of yes for the Balvikas



k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=6).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_bal_vikas = number_of_yes_bal_vikas + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=8).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_comp = number_of_yes_comp + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=10).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_em_training = number_of_yes_em_training + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=12).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_d_notebooks = number_of_yes_d_notebooks + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=14).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_value_shows = number_of_yes_value_shows + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=16).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_s_proteins = number_of_yes_s_proteins + 1 k = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=18).value) if (k[1] == "Yes"): number_of_yes_medical_camp = number_of_yes_medical_camp + 1 print(number_of_yes_medical_camp) print(number_of_yes_s_proteins) print(number_of_yes_value_shows) print(number_of_yes_d_notebooks) print(number_of_yes_em_training) print(number_of_yes_comp) print(number_of_yes_bal_vikas) print(number_of_yes_level1) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x=['Balvikasconducted', 'Eng/Math trng', 'student competitions', 'Notebooks distribution','Value shows/games','Sai protein distribution','Medical camps'] y = [number_of_yes_bal_vikas,number_of_yes_em_training,number_of_yes_comp,number_of_yes_d_notebooks, number_of_yes_s_proteins,number_of_yes_value_shows,number_of_yes_medical_camp] plt.title("Level-1") plt.bar(x,y,color='r') plt.show() import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # # defining labels activities = ['Balvikasconducted', 'Eng/Math trng', 'student competitions', 'Notebooks distribution','Value shows/games','Sai protein distribution','Medical camps'] # # # portion covered by each label slices = [number_of_yes_bal_vikas,number_of_yes_em_training,number_of_yes_comp,number_of_yes_d_notebooks, number_of_yes_s_proteins,number_of_yes_value_shows,number_of_yes_medical_camp]



# # # color for each label colors = ['r', 'y', 'g', 'b', 'm', 'g', 'c'] # # # plotting the pie chart plt.pie(slices, labels=activities, colors=colors, startangle=90, shadow=True, radius=1.2, autopct='%1.1f%%') # # plotting legend plt.legend() plt.legend(loc="center") # # showing the plot plt.show() #-------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL-1 ENDS----------------------------------------------------- #-----------------------------LEVEL-2 BEGINS---------------------------------------------------------------------------- number_of_yes_level2 = 0 bv_trng_teachers = 0 gv_conducted = 0 teacher_centric_training = 0 for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(20,26,1): l = (i, sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(l[1]=="Yes"): number_of_yes_level2 = number_of_yes_level2 + 1 l = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=20).value) if (l[1] == "Yes"): bv_trng_teachers = bv_trng_teachers + 1 l = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=22).value) if (l[1] == "Yes"): gv_conducted = gv_conducted + 1 l = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=24).value) if (l[1] == "Yes"): teacher_centric_training = teacher_centric_training + 1 print(bv_trng_teachers) print(gv_conducted) print(teacher_centric_training) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x=['Balvikas training for teachers', 'Guru vandana programme', 'Teacher centric training'] y = [bv_trng_teachers,gv_conducted,teacher_centric_training] plt.title("Level-2") plt.bar(x,y,color='m') plt.show() import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # # # defining labels activities = ['Balvikas training for teachers', 'Guru vandana programme', 'Teacher centric training'] # # # portion covered by each label



slices = [bv_trng_teachers,gv_conducted,teacher_centric_training] # # # color for each label colors = ['r', 'y', 'g', 'b', 'm', 'g', 'c'] # # # plotting the pie chart plt.pie(slices, labels=activities, colors=colors, startangle=90, shadow=True, radius=1.2, autopct='%1.1f%%') # # plotting legend plt.legend(loc = "center") # # showing the plot plt.show() #--------------------------------------------------------------level-3-------------------------------------------------- number_of_yes_level3 = 0 h_bhajan=0 mc_f_parents=0 d_t_d_campaign=0 parent_session=0 h_hygiene=0 for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(26,36,1): m = (i,sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(m[1]=="Yes"): number_of_yes_level3 = number_of_yes_level3+1 m = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=26).value) if (m[1] == "Yes"): h_bhajan=h_bhajan+ 1 m = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=28).value) if (m[1] == "Yes"): mc_f_parents = mc_f_parents + 1 m = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=30).value) if (m[1] == "Yes"): d_t_d_campaign = d_t_d_campaign+ 1 m = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=32).value) if (m[1] == "Yes"): parent_session = parent_session + 1 m = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=34).value) if (m[1] == "Yes"): h_hygiene = h_hygiene + 1 print(h_bhajan) print(mc_f_parents) print(d_t_d_campaign) print(parent_session) print(h_hygiene) print(number_of_yes_level3) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x=['Household bhajan', 'Medical camp for parents', 'Door to door campaign','Parenting session','Health and Hygiene'] y = [h_bhajan,mc_f_parents,d_t_d_campaign,parent_session,h_hygiene] plt.title("Level-3")



plt.bar(x,y,color='y') plt.show() import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # # defining labels activities = ['Household bhajan', 'Medical camp for parents', 'Door to door campaign','Parenting session','Health and Hygiene'] # # # portion covered by each label slices = [h_bhajan,mc_f_parents,d_t_d_campaign,parent_session,h_hygiene] # # # color for each label colors = ['r', 'y', 'g', 'b', 'm', 'k', 'c'] # # # plotting the pie chart plt.pie(slices, labels=activities, colors=colors, startangle=90, shadow=True, radius=1.2, autopct='%1.1f%%') # # plotting legend plt.legend(loc="center") # # # showing the plot plt.show() #-------------------------------------Level-3 ends---------------------------------------------------------------------- #-------------------------------------level-4--------------------------------------------------------------------------- number_of_yes_level4 = 0 ssd_vujd_prgms=0 infra_chgs_school=0 a_o_parentatctivity=0 bv_by_teachers=0 sn_vratam=0 ss_p_utsava=0 p_lev_conducted=0 n_bhaj_man_formed=0 for i in range(7,64,1): for j in range(36,49,1): n = (i,sheet.cell(row=i,column=j).value) # print(k[1]) if(n[1]=="Yes"): number_of_yes_level4 = number_of_yes_level4+1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=36).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): ssd_vujd_prgms = ssd_vujd_prgms + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=38).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): infra_chgs_school = infra_chgs_school + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=39).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): a_o_parentatctivity = a_o_parentatctivity + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=40).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): bv_by_teachers = bv_by_teachers + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=42).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): sn_vratam = sn_vratam + 1



n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=44).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): ss_p_utsava = ss_p_utsava + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=46).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): p_lev_conducted = p_lev_conducted + 1 n = (i, sheet.cell(row=i, column=47).value) if (n[1] == "Yes"): n_bhaj_man_formed = n_bhaj_man_formed + 1 print(ssd_vujd_prgms) print(infra_chgs_school) print(a_o_parentatctivity) print(bv_by_teachers) print(sn_vratam) print(ss_p_utsava) print(p_lev_conducted) print(n_bhaj_man_formed) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x=['SSDT/VUJDPrograms', 'Infra chgs fr school', 'Parent activity','Bal vikas by teachers','SN vratham','Palkki utsava','Panchayat activities','New Bhajan mandali'] y = [ssd_vujd_prgms,infra_chgs_school,a_o_parentatctivity,bv_by_teachers,sn_vratam,ss_p_utsava,p_lev_conducted,n_bhaj_man_formed] plt.title("Level-4") plt.bar(x,y,color='g') plt.show() import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # defining labels activities = ['SSDT/VUJDPrograms', 'Infra chgs fr school', 'Parent activity','Balvikas by teachers','SN vratam','Palkki utsava','Panchayat activities','New Bhajan Mandali'] # portion covered by each label slices = [ssd_vujd_prgms,infra_chgs_school,a_o_parentatctivity,bv_by_teachers,sn_vratam,ss_p_utsava,p_lev_conducted,n_bhaj_man_formed] # color for each label colors = ['r', 'y', 'g', 'b', 'm', 'r', 'c','b'] # plotting the pie chart plt.pie(slices, labels=activities, colors=colors, startangle=90, shadow=True, radius=1.2, autopct='%1.1f%%') # plotting legend plt.legend(loc="center") # showing the plot plt.show()



Appendix-II

10.2 Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyothi in Action in Karnataka: It is by the immense grace and blessings of our most beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba that the SSSVJ programme in Karnataka has matured from the day of its inception in 2016 when student-centric activities listed below were carried out initially.

Student-Centric Activities:



Catering to Teachers, various activities were conducted to involve them and engage them actively for the benefit of the children in the long run. Some of them are shown below. Balvikas training was conducted for school teachers of SSSVJ schools across Karnataka with a vision to sustain Balvikas program in the long run where SSSVJ school teachers themselves shall spearhead the value-based education programme.



In some of the schools special activities such as formation of musical band and assistance with roof/tile replacement for school building were also conducted :-



Catering to Parents and villagers through various activities such as Parenting, door-to-door campaigns, Health & Hygiene initiatives, village level festivals and specific programs such as Household Bhajans, village-level Pallakki procession on the occasion of Swami’s Avatar declaration day, Sri Sathya Sai Satyanarayana Vrata Pooja that offers a glimpse of the life and story of Bhagawan to villagers - an ecosystem is being built for the overall development of the children :-



New Bhajan Mandali formation: By the divine grace and blessings of our most beloved Swami and the efforts of volunteers through these years catering to students, teachers, parents, villagers, Youth, New Bhajana Mandali was formed in Shivamogga, Dharwad, Bagalakote and Davanagere districts.

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