2012-13Yearly Update & Budget Proposal

Brief History

School Started in 2000 in Nagarkoodal village of Dharmapuri Dist.

Supported by Asha since 2002 81 children, 6 teachers Past disbursal

2008-09 -> Rs. 8,00,000 2009-10 -> Rs. 8,07,401 2010-11 -> Rs. 8,36,120 2011-12 -> Rs. 7,23,281

Focus

Experimental Learning Holistic Development of children Organic Farming Social & Environmental Awareness

Updates for 2011-12

New Curriculum Review by Ramachandar K. and Anita B. Inculcate life skills and NOT just learning

concepts Learning about the self Meaningful and constructive activities Children enact a play every month

based on a story from the modules

Updates for 2011-12

Follow-up on students’ progress 7 student alumni appeared for 10th

grade exams 2 score >400 out of 500. 3 scored

around 350. 1 failed math. 1 dropped out before exams and started working as a mason.

5 were selected by Asha Chennai for scholarship.

Updates (contd..)

Visits Teachers from Gudalur visited Puvidham

to learn about teaching methods People from two organizations in

Chennai visited Puvidham to learn about the curriculum with stories and songs

4 Puvidham teachers went to a workshop on life skills by an organization called Jeevanshala

Meenakshi went to JNU(New Delhi) to represent the case of small schools with regards to RTE

Updates (contd..)

1st-4th class students visited the Eco Development Project at Nekkundi

5th-8th class students went to Bangalore for an excursion with teachers. Their report is being converted into booklets

More details on the project page…

Nice to hear

Composting toilets in the school and hostel have been a great success. Less water; fertilizer for the garden

Reuse plastic bags as much as possible

Herb garden and home grown mushrooms

Animal Husbandry – Children learning about maintenance of the animals

Budget 2012-13

Asha SV Asha London Local Organizations Individual Donations

Appendix A

[a] I remember that Puvidham collects a nominal fees from all students who come to the school as school fees and also hostel students for hostel fees. I see that in the budget only nominal hostel fees are included.   

OUR AVERAGE FEE FOR THE DAY SCHOLAR IS AROUND 80/ RS/MONTH. We have around 36 day scholars.. @80x12x36= Rs 34560.00

FOR THE HOSTEL THE AVERAGE FEE IS 200/RS/MONTH. We have around 60 hostel children @ 200X12X60=Rs. 144000.00 . The fees mentioned in the budget proposal is only the hostel fees. This is all the fees we are able to collect from the students and there are fees records if you would like to see, We can send you a copy of the ledger.

 

Contd…

  [b] Budget line item Nutrition under school - can you please remind me what the nutrition is provided?

GREEN GRAM SPROUTS AND SPIRULINA. green gram is @70Rs/ kg.  We need 3 kg of green gram every day 3X20X10x70=42,000Rs annually. We also provide Ragi biscuits @Rs120/kg every morning at 11 am. The money for the biscuits comes from the NCLP program.  

[c] Textbooks under school - can text books be reused?  Text books are being reused for the past three year. But the

work books and work sheets need to be bought new or xeroxed every year. Work books are used from the first level to the eighth. The other major expense that comes under this head is painting and drawing material.  last year we received notebooks from local donors so our expenses were minimal.

Contd…

[d] Nutrition supplements under Hostel - can you please remind what nutrition supplement is provided?

This includes a special flour for kanji made from wheat sprouts, green gram sprouts, ground nuts, roasted red gram and sesame.  This flour costs us about RS 70/Kg . EVERY DAY WE USE 1KG OF THE FLOUR.  70 x 12 x 30=RS.21000/year.   They are given snacks like biscuits and muruku or mixture every Saturday and Sunday.  

  [e] Misc expense under administrative costs - can you please explain what this line item is?

Brooms, Tea & Snacks for teachers everyday , vegetable seeds for farming experiment, uniform stitching ( Cloth was provides by a local donor)

[f] Education trips under school - can you please tell what kind of education trips happen and what you have in mind for 2010-11?

The previous year's annual reports will give you an idea of the educational tours. We plan to take the children to Kanyakumari via Kutraalam falls, Mundandurai sanctury. The younger children will be taken to an old fort near Hosur as a day trip.