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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOUTH MOVEMENT

VIVEKA TRIBAL CENTRE LEARNING, HOSAHALLI

ACTIVITY REPORT –– JULY 2006 TO SEPTEMBER 2006

Goal: Quality Education (focusing on values, literacy, numeracy and appropriate vocational training through joyful, experiential, child cantered learning process) – for the children in H. D. Kote Taluk in the 6-15 age group, particularly girls. 03rd –July –2006: Monthly Evaluation for the students from Class I to Class X was completed. 07th –July –2006: A Workshop on Evaluation and Assessment During the first session of the workshop Mr. Kumar the headmaster of Primary School put forth all the details regarding the evaluation system in trimester such as: - grading, distribution/ allotment of syllabus for trimester, mode of evaluation system in trimester for both curriculum and co-curriculum activities, about pre and post tests in the trimester systems. Discussion was held on the positives of the grading system. The Mentoring Concept in the school helped all the teachers to draw a new ‘Action Plan’ for the assessment. The Action Plan is composed with a pragmatic state of evaluation to create:

1. Positive attitude. 2. Develop self esteem \confidence. 3. Create a good learning environment. 4. Encourage the children to learn more. 5. Create self motivation & interest among the children in the school.

At the end of the session it was decided that grading would update the child’s performance without damaging the child’s self esteem. In the second session Mr.Premkumar.P the Assistant Teacher shared the basic information about formative and summative evaluation, gave a brief picture upon the types of evaluation for languages v/s core subjects. After the discussion Miss.Malathi .H D the Chief of Education concluded the workshop on the basis of the necessity and requirement of evaluation and the modes of evaluation relevant for the children. The evaluation for the children of Lower Primary School, Higher Primary School & High School was carried on the following criteria’s relevant for the particular subject. The criteria’s were worked out in a scientific approach to suit the needs of our children and are tabulated as follows:- Language Science Maths S.Science Expression Memory Abstract thinking General knowledge

Identify the letters Identification of living beings & non living beings Basic operations Mapping skills

Spelling Observation Logical thinking Memory

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Comprehension Questioning Sequencing Civic sense Reading Application of knowledge Values in maths Motivation

Writing Reasoning Identification of numbers Environmental awareness

Pronunciation Critical thinking Ascending & Descending order Assertive

Own sentences Experimenting Greater than & Smaller than Positive attitude

Communicative skills Concentration Fraction Managing Own essay writing Diagramming & labeling Decimal Planning/Organizing Vocabulary Creativity Percentage Team Spirit

Analyzing Measurements-KG,Lit,Gm,Km Presentation

Daily life applicable maths Coping ability Tolerance Self motivation Leadership Grade A+ Excellent A Good B Satisfactory C Needs improvement

D Needs expert consultation, more attention & care

Participants: All the Teachers of the school. 15th –July –2006 :Two children from the school Swamy.N & Manju.C of 10th standard participated in the District level Yogasana Competition held at J.S.S.Womens’ College in Mysore. 16th –July –2006: The children from 5th to 10th standard had a privilege to go for bird watching under the guidance of Miss.Sneha Latha (Bangalore) in which the children of came to know about the migration of birds, various methods\techniques in building their nests, loving & caring their young ones & also the various living styles of various birds, their colours, identification of males & females & also had an opportunity to watch the slide show of the birds. On the same day Miss.Radha Amarnath, who is a Volunteer from B’lore, visited the school & also visited the neighboring haadies of the school & had a video recording of the various day to day activities such as 'Tribal Songs’,’ Tribal Stories’,’ Dwelling upon \ Calling God 'etc .She wished to bring out a documentary\ book about the functioning of S.V.Y.M in the self sustainable growth of the Haadies. 18th –July –2006 : Y.M.Mahadevaswamy & N.Ramesha the 10th standard students along with S.Chella & S.Suresha the 9th standard students of our school participated in the District Level

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Table Tennis Competition held at Viveka High School, Jayalakshmipuram-Mysore . They won the 1st league matches against Viveka High School & Kuvempu High School. 22nd –July –2006: VANAMAHOTSAVA: As earlier years, this year also we celebrated Vanamahotsava in the school. It was a special celebration. It was celebrated in a different way for four days. This celebration stressed the necessity of the protection of our ‘ENVIRONMENT’ for the well being of all living beings in the world. The 4 days activities from the children were as follows:-

Day 1 -Programme: - Documentary play & Drama by the children of H.P.S & H.S section about the awareness of forest resource, deforestation, necessity of reforestation

Day 2-Programme: Self created poems, songs about the nature, the necessity of environment, awareness about various pollutions etc.Participants: the children of Higher Primary School & High School section.

Day 3-Programme:- Drawing about the nature, pollutions caused by human beings etc. Participants: the children of Higher Primary School & High School section.

Day 4-Programme:- Closing ceremony of the festival. This function was presided by Mr.Prasad, Resource Manager -H.R.C. & Mr.D.T.Ramesh, Head Master-V.T.C.L-Hosahalli.

The formal function started at 9.30 a m as follows: 1. Programme Details by Ganesha-10th standard. 2. Welcome speech by Chella .K. 10th standard. 3. Prayer by Chandru .B. 10th standard. 4. Vote of thanks by Swamy N. 10th standard After the closing of the formal function all the children from 1st to 4th standard the saplings were planted by the labourers on behalf of these students & from 5th to 10th standard the students of the particular classes planted the saplings .Together they planted 400 saplings (gooseberry, tamrind, neem, eucalyptus, jack etc). The children enjoyed this festival which was very educative for both teachers & students. Program co-ordinator: Mr. Srikanth .K Horticulture teacher. HUNDRED PERCENT RESULT: -Result of the S.S.L.C. ‘Special Examination’ conducted in the month of May-2006 was announced on 13th –June-2006. The students who had failed in the public examination conducted on March-2006 had an opportunity to take a supplementary examination called as

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Special Examination during May -2006.In this examination the remaining 16 students (termed as freshers -2006) passed the examination successfully. School Average Attendance of the month of July -2006 SL.NO STD Average

attendance 1 1st Std 81 % 2 2nd Std 78 % 3 3rd Std 70 % 4 4th Std 94 % 5 5th Std 93 % 6 6th Std 90 % 7 7th Std 90 % 8 8th Std 93 % 9 9th Std 91 % 10 10th Std 98 % Total Average attendance 88 %

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Average Attendance of the Hostel For The Month of – July-2006

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1st 16 89%2nd 13 87%3rd 20 88%4th 27 90%5th 32 86%6th 31 87%7th 28 91%8th 38 93%9th 42 92%

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Workshop at ACT(Academy for Creative Teaching) in Bangalore On 5th August, 2006 Mr. P.Mahesh, Social Science teacher participated in the workshop conducted by ACT, Bangalore. This workshop was co-ordinated by Dr. Gururaj Karjagi and the resource person was Dr. Lalitha Appachu. This workshop focused on the important methods and techniques useful for teaching Social Science. They are stated below:-

1. Using fact sheets and fact cards 2. A Date with Dates :-Pinwheel 3. Using Mind mappings techniques 4. Using Dramatization techniques 5. Conducting quiz – The Pre / Post lesson quiz 6. Creating and using story boards in the social science class rooms 7. The scientific approach: Observation and deduction 8. Sing a song of Social Science 9. Multiple Intelligence and Social Science

On 06-08-06 1st year P.U.C students along with their teachers from Sri.Ramakrishna Vidhya Shala Mysore visited the school and had interaction with the children. They played volleyball match with the children in the school. Post lunch several cultural programs were given by the students .The children of the Viveka Tribal Centre for Learning performed Jenukuruba folk

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dance, Kadukuruba dance, several folk songs, where as the students of Sri.Ramakrishna Vidhya Shala sang devotional songs and played musical instruments (keyboard and flute). Championship in Hobli level on 10thAug 2006:- The primary school children participated well in the ‘Hobli Level Sports Meet’ & won the rolling shield. Suresha of 7th standard won first and second place in 5 events. The events & the results are tabulated as follows:

Student’s name Events Placement in the event Suresha 4 * 100 mts Relay Second place Suresha Long jump Second place Suresha 100mts race First place Suresha High jump First place Mahesha Relay Second place Mahesha 600mts race First place Mahesha 400mts race Second place Nagesha .N. Relay Second place Ravi Relay Second place Prathima High jump First place Prathima Long jump Second place Suresha & team Volley ball First place Prathima & team Kabbadi First place Among the 18 participants, 17 of them were selected for taluk level sports SAMSKRUTHA SAPTHAHA: ‘Sanskrit Week’ was organized by Miss.Meenakshi a volunteer from Hindu Seva Prathistan from 28.06.2006 to 08.07.2006 for both children & teachers of our school. The program included various events such as:

1. ‘Memorization of Sanskrit Shlokas’ ,’ 2. Writing Poems in Sanskrit’,’ 3. Singing Songs in Sanskrit’, 4. ‘Number Games’, 5. ‘Memory Games’.

On closing day there was a drama competition by the students in Sanskrit. It was wonderful to watch children speaking fluently in Sanskrit. The children & the teachers who had won in these competitions were given prizes on the closing day (ceremony) by Miss.Malathi.H.D the Chief of Education, Mr.Prasad.S Resource Manager & the delegates from Azim Premji Foundation. The main feature of the closing ceremony were ‘Shanthi Mantra’ & ‘Dramas’ enacted by the children of the school in Sanskrit. Five Dramas were enacted in Sanskrit by both Primary & High school children of our school for which the delegates from Azim Premji Foundation along with the children & the staff of our school enjoyed the program. Miss. Malathi H.D. the Chief of Education stated that the curse of Samskrutha being called a dead language will definitely be eradicated from our country. After the program the members from Azim premji foundation from Bangalore had an interaction with all the teachers regarding the educational C.D’s developed by them. They got

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the feedback from the teachers about the C.D’s which they had developed; those are related to the curriculum. They assured that they are interested in conducting workshop to the teachers and help in developing C.D.’s for tribal students in their own dialects and the script will be in Kannada. CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY: On the eve of independence day, the festival was celebrated for 08 days as (swathanthrothsava -2006)in the school with various programs focused on conceptualizing the struggle for independence. The programs were:

1. ‘Patriotic songs’, 2. ‘Drawing competition which included the paintings\drawings of freedom fighters’, 3. ‘Dances for the patriotic songs’, 4. ‘Memory games related to the freedom struggle’, 5. ‘Role play’, 6. ‘Quiz’, 7. ‘Fancy dress’, 8. ‘Self written songs’ & the cinema songs tuned to the events on the struggle for

independence’. All these programs were organized by the children during the morning assembly i.e. between 9.15am to 10.30 am so that these programs would boost up the curriculum activities of the school. The winners in these competitions were awarded fruits as the prizes for their efforts. An Inspiring Incident Four groups participated in the quiz competition. During the final round, all these groups were directed to participate in the ‘Mime Show’ (pick & act without using voice) about the identification of the freedom fighters for which a selected participant from their group had to enact about the photo of the freedom fighter shown to him/her & the rest of the team members should guess & elicit the name of the freedom fighter within the stipulated time of ‘one minute’. All the teams performed well since they didn’t feel difficult to guess about Sri.Mahatma Gandhiji, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, & Jawaharlal Nehru, since these leaders had their own unique style whereas for the 4th group the picture was about Sri.Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose for which Kumari.Chelli.K had to enact the mime show but it was almost a difficult concept for her & her team since it is difficult to asses the individual style of this greatest personality .At the spur of the moment she conceptualized the idea from the movie they had seen about Subhas Chandra Bose & enacted it wonderfully by comprehending the concept where Nethaji after entering the border of Afghanistan took out the British coin from his pocket spitted on it & together with his friend stamped on it to show his revenge on the British. Thus the team wonderfully comprehended to the situation & answered it correctly. Thus the teachers & the students were delighted by the extraordinary performance. The comprehending & creative ability of the child Kumari. Chelli.K. who is studying in the 9th standard was wonderful & inspiring. INDEPENDENCE DAY: Dr. Sridevi (Pathologist) & Mr. Mota Grama Panchayat Member presided over the function. 200 parents participated in this function. After the speech of the guest & the chief guest, cultural programs such as;

1. Patriotic songs, 2. Dances for the patriotic songs,

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3. Bharathanatya, 4. Drama, 5. Role play 6. Fancy dress, 7. Self written poems & songs all of which were based on the theme of freedom struggle

after the programme meals along with sweets was provided to the parents and to the children of our school.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN: - Since India being one of the biggest democratic nation in the world, it is our duty to make our children realize that it is the responsibility of each & every citizen of our country to choose the best representatives in order to uphold the dignity, integrity & the philosophical values of democracy in our country. Keeping this in mind & making children to realize the whole concept – ‘how & why’ the representatives are elected the Campaign of Election was organized in the school for 05 days. Activities carried out on the first day: - Introduction of the office of the Chief Election Commissioner & the powers exercised by this office. Activities carried out on the second day: - Submission of Party’s Mandate, Parties’ symbols, Selection of Parties’ Presidents, Filing the Nomination. Activities carried out on the third day: - Issual of ‘B – Forms’ by the party, selection of candidates by the party’s president, duration of canvassing for the election campaign & the announcement of polling date from the office of the Chief Election Commissioner Activities carried out on the fourth day: - Arrangement of secret booths, Voting on ballet papers Activities carried out on the fifth day: - The counting was carried out in front of our children & various inputs were given to them about valid & invalid votes in a practical way. On the eve of Independence Day the elected representatives were given directions to form the ‘School Ministry’ by the existing Governor (Master.Chandru.B.-10th standard) & all the elected members swore an oath in the name of God & School to be just & loyal for the upliftment of the school’s activities. PARENTS MELA: Parents mela was organized on 14th August, 2006 in our school in order to build a good rapport with the community and to ensure the parents about the learning’s of their children in which Mr. Kumar the Headmaster of Primary School addressed the parents about the present on going curriculum and co curriculum activities in the school and the newly designed workbooks by the teachers of our school and the newly introduced English books/ work books New Oxford Modern English and the preparation of syllabus for the children from 1st to 9th standard in order to increase the pace of their learning. Mr. D.T.Ramesh the Headmaster of High School addressed about the performance of the children in the annual examination and tests and also about the old students who are undergoing various training & about some of them who are continuing their education. Mr. Prasad the Resource Manager spoke to the parents about the

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money being spent on every child in terms of boarding, lodging, health, hygiene and education materials. Mr. Vasudevachar Assistant teacher also told the parents about Karnataka Open School so that, any child who has walked out of the school is liable to continue his /her education by being at home or doing some part time work. The parents had a highly entertaining program such as: -

1. leg beaten the ball, 2. one minute games, 3. musical chair, 4. horse game and 5. Identification of coins.

After this the parents saw the CD which focused on the functioning of our organization on various fields such as health, education and awareness for the society. 150 parents attended this mela. Gowri Ganesha Pooja was celebrated for 7 days from 27th August, 2006 to 2nd September, 2006. The nearby neighbours residents and the parents of Hosahally Haadi performed pooja for lord Ganesha & Gowri. The children had a great pomp and joy during the visarjan of Lord Ganesha. The idols of Lord Ganesha & his mother Goddess Gowaramma were made out of clay by Mr. Kumara, Mr.Shivanna & Mr.Surendra, the old students of our school who have adapted clay modeling as the source for their livelihood. The specialties of these idols were that they were with the natural draw of not being painted so as to reduce the risk of polluting the water. The children who were selected to the district level sports meet are as fallows STUDENTS NAME EVENTS PLACEMENT Prathima & Team Kabaddi 1st Prathima Long Jump 2nd Suresha & Team 4X100mts relay 1st Suresha 100mts race 1st Suresha Long Jump 1st Suresha High Jump 1st School Average Attendance of the month of August-2006 SL.NO STD Average attendance 1 1st Std 72% 2 2nd Std 85% 3 3rd Std 68% 4 4th Std 85% 5 5th Std 80% 6 6th Std 86% 7 7th Std 84% 8 8th Std 91% 9 9th Std 89%

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10 10th Std 94% Total Average attendance 83.4%

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Graphical Analysis Average Attendance of the Hostel For The Month of – August-2006

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• Evaluation for the children of the school from 1st to 10th standard was completed on 7th, 8th , 9th & 10th Sep 2006.

• Dasara Holidays was announced for the children from 20th Sep 2006 to 2nd Oct 2006. • From 6th to 8th of September education conference held at Noor-us-Sabah Palace,

Bhopal, by Wipro group The Azim Premji Foundation by taking support from Ekalvya

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Foundation, Madhya Pradesh. The program was named on “Wipro Applying Thought in Schools”. The team who are working in Azim Premji foundation,Wipro focusing on education in rural, initiated this program. The main objective of this program was to enhance the quality education in all over India. The people from all over India who are working in various field concentrating on education participated in this forum. Miss Malathi, Chief of Education attended the workshop.

On first day of the program Kavitha Anand of Shishuvan from Mumbai presented about her school, which is doing innovative methods and experiments on the quality education. Mr.Jinan from Kumbham spoke on sensing nature and de-schooling. Pravah a voluntary organization presented on Citizenship – A unique program on giving awareness to youths. Some movies which are related to Education where shown in between. On the 2nd day a field trip was organized where the staff of Ekalavya took the participants to various place in Bhopal to show and share their experience and work. The participants got the opportunity to observe the resource centres, schools, libraries which were established by Ekalavya.In the afternoon session the field staff and Volunteers of Ekalavya foundation shared about their programs, how they involved the Mahila Chetna manch a local body of Women groups. Then were queries and appreciation from the participants about the activities of Ekalavya and the program was ended by visiting to Sanchi a Buddist Stupa. On the final day, a voluntary organization who is training the teachers and principals in educational management and other academic skills presented about their program. Other NGO who are working in the same field named “Discovery centre for Education in Delhi “presented about their teacher training course. In the afternoon session their was a discussion on “Change through Assessment” a study on Metro student was presented by Sridhar Rajagopalan who developed a questionnaire bank booklet. He shared about his survey he did in urban schools in India, International level and rural area with questionnaire based on the academics. Then the program had been closed by Vijay Gupta and Prakash Iyer from Wipro by taking suggestions, opinions about the program from the participants.

• A video coverage about the opinions & the overall developments of our old alumni

students was documented on 25th – Sep – 2006.

• The care takers & the teachers of the school visited the Balle haadi, Golur Haadi & Magge Haadies inorder to create awareness about the education & its necessity for their children among the parents whose children are from these haadies and in the meanwhile advised them to send their children to school.

• Kariyappa, B.Chandru &Byrappa the 10th standard children participated in the

‘BANGHI JUMP’ an Adventure Sports conducted by the ‘Rotary Club of Mysore’ for the Dasara Festival at the University Ground in Mysore on 28th –Sep – 2006.

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H. D. Malathi Chief – Viveka Tribal Center for Learning