Samadhaan. Enhancing the quality of primary

education.

A unique solution proposed by St. Xavier’s College, Patna.

The Problem Of Disparity.

In our research the low standard of education and disparity between enrollment and attendance were the two main problem that we identified.

Source: DISE survey report 2011-2012

Reasons behind the Problem.

• Old structure of

pedagogy. • No Innovation in the

delivery of content • Lack of Co-Curricular and

Extra-Curricular Platforms.

• Low level of interaction between teachers and students.

• According to a recent survey, the percentage of completion of Infrastructural facilities is 90%. The total percentage of teachers are just 60%.

• 52% teachers are below graduation.

• Only 33% of teachers in public sector in India are graduates.

• Only 48% of the teachers in Government Sectors are trained.

• 76% of the total private schools in India have no trained activity teacher.

• Existing generation gap between parents and students.

• Retaliation to adapt the new technique.

• Excessive faith on the traditional pedagogy.

• Many illiterate poor parents in rural India send their children to earn than to study .

General facts. • Total schools in India - 14,12,178 • Total students in primary section - 199.06 million • Total teachers - 6.69 million. • Number of repeaters - 5.5 million *Source: DISE survey

report 2011-2012

Proposed Solution Our solution to the problem is to implement the “PRACTICAL SCHOOLING PROGRAM” in our current primary education system. We tend to build 6 innovatively designed practical schools for kids to identify their latent talent and develop their skills by engaging them into live education.

• This program will develop awareness, knowledge, attitude, skill and participation level of kids. • Creative Workshops, Meets, Activities, Training Camps, Events, Field Trips and development of

Scientific temperament will be promoted both at government and private school levels. The program is divided into two parts.

• This will encompass grade 1st to 4th. Students will get their training in all the six schools.

• They will sit for an aptitude test at the end of their session. Beginner's Level

• Schools will be allotted according to results of the aptitude test.

• Students from class 5th onwards will get the training in their specific school. Advanced Level

THE PROGRAM INTENDS TO OUTREACH AND BENEFIT THE MAXIMUM.

Enhancement of Quality Education at primary level.

• Practical knowledge base of the students.

• Introduction and Experience to alternative activities of schooling.

• Rise in motivation and confidence level.

• Access to Global Level Exchange programs and activities at low price with effect of economy of scale.

Creation of Resources. • Mobilizing and Training a

vast pool of untrained and unemployed graduates.

• Creation of quality and easy

assessable content for best outcomes.

• Creating opportunities for

various other action teams by implementing Franchisee model and sharing the rich resource.

On national level the program has the audacity to cover more than a million school which encompasses approx. 200 millions of students who will get benefits from our program. Enhancement of Quality education, Creation of Resources and Employment Generation are the major concern of the program.

Our program will just not enhance the quality of education at primary level

but will also generate employment for the unemployed graduates.

• Generating the employment opportunity for youth.

10.8

0.7

In millions

Unemployed

Graduates

Unempoyed

Gradutes

from arts

We are going to give paid internship to the unemployed graduated from arts background for the duration of six months. They will be working as mentors, trainers and in administration & operations . We will give permanent jobs based merits.

College Students

Unemployed Graduates

Interns/ Permanent

Schools

Trainers

Management

The process of the recruitment and positioning.

*Source: India employment report 2011-2012

Key Steps Involved for the Implementation

Research* Number of Government and private schools in a zone. Number of Schools with proper infrastructure. Rate of

enrollment and total number students in primary section. Number of train and untrained teachers. Total

requirement of interns and trainers.

Organizational set-up for the Initiative.

Quality Auditing: • The main function of quality auditing team is check the standard of

quality of the whole program.

• The Intern evaluation will take place at every two months. Students from

grade 5th onwards will evaluate their own intern.

• Interns need to update an e-portal every week to record the progress of

the program.

• Random inspection will be carried out in various schools across the state.

Chief of operations in a zone

Responsible for the recruitment and training of

the interns.

Responsible for marketing

the program in private schools.

The technology and content

development unit.

Will conduct all the monthly and annual events.

Responsible for quality check.

Enhancing the quality of Primary education in India @ Rs.150/Head.

Organizational Cost

Operational Cost

1. Interns 2. Trainers 3. Auditing 4. Content

Marketing and Publicity Establishment & Logistics Technology Events

Private Government

7,20,000 7,20,000

2,40,000 2,40,000

3,60,000 3,60,000

6,00,000

5,40,000

10,80,000 4,00,000

5,00,000 5,00,000

10,00,000 3,00,000

* Both the models will run on different source of funding. The private sector is self sustaining. It will work on b2b model. The schools enrolled in this program will pay a nominal amount of Rs.150 /head only for six months. Where as the schools in the public sector will run on the funds given by the governments, corporates and many big N.G.Os. Money collected from the private sector will also be used to expand this program at rural level for free.

Rs/Annually

Program Development and Implementation

Trainers Bank • Recruitment of Trainee and

Interns • 100+ hours of quality

training by industry veterans. • Low Cost High Quality

Trainee ready to Deliver. • Availability of trainee at vast

geographical locations.

Content • Core Content

prepared by experts in specific field.

• Innovative content to enhance the latent talent. Prepared in accordance to local conditions.

• 80:20 ratio of practical and theory respectively.

CORE ACTIVITIES Non Core Activities

Marketing

Finance

Management

Events

Quality Auditing

Handled by the Franchisee with support of the organization.

In order to scale the program we have divided the activities into core and non core activities. The core activities would be “content development” and creating “trainers bank”. All other activities will be considered as non core and a franchisee will be appointed for to carry out the same with the support of the organization.

Major Challenges

Process :

Though the program has been prototyped in various schools of India the program posses a challenge with respect to its process. The laid and planned process does not guarantees the success and the original success rate may differ.

Adaptability: •The concept of the program is considerably new and may take time by the benefiters to adapt it which posses a challenge and demands patience.

Building Resource: •The complete program is based on the exhaustive pool of internee and trainees. Planning the Right Motivational Factor for this resource is a Major Challenge.

Start Up: For any new idea the start up point is itself a challenge.