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| Community – based Enrollment Drives |
The Satya Bharti School Program operates on “No child to be out of school in a village which has a Satya Bharti School”. It is towards this end that various initiatives have been undertaken to maximize enrollment at our schools. Regular enrollment drives, community sensitization activities and parent education are the key channels to achieve this goal. These have been built into the annual school calendar to ensure implementation.
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| Introduction of Pre-primary Classes |
It has been learnt that older children are unable to attend school because they need to take care of their younger siblings. The Satya Bharti Schools have provided for a pre-primary section, which not only starts age - appropriate education for these young children but gets them into the habit of attending school on a regular basis and provides care for the younger children thereby encouraging enrollment in higher classes.
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| Encouraging Girl Child Enrollment |
The Satya Bharti School Program has a very keen focus on educating the girl child. Numerous interactive sessions have been organized with community members to change their mindsets about sending their daughters to school. This has also led to an overall increase in enrollment of students. Special enrollment drives have been conducted by teachers and non-teaching staff to raise awareness about education.
Through an in-built strategy, the Satya Bharti School Program attempts to overcome the challenges that prevent the girl child from coming to school. The following are the key constituents:
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Separate toilets for girls |
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Focus on women teachers for the primary schools. Currently 57% of our teachers are lady teachers. |
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All the attending maids (1 per school) are women |
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Women - centric themes are in-built in the curriculum and school programs such as Bal Sabhas and Khas Batein |
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Special quarterly campaigns to gather data on the number of girls out of school and then devise strategy to enroll them with immediate effect |
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Special recognition campaigns for girl achievers |
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Special sessions with parents of girl students during Parent-Teacher Meetings to ensure regularity and completion of education |
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Community campaigns led by our girl students encouraging girl child education |
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All school programs have a special component incorporating gender issues such as women health during health & hygiene campaign |
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| Year-round Schools |
The Satya Bharti Schools are run as year- round schools with shorter breaks during the summer and winter season. This is done with the intention to reduce drop-outs, which is typical post a long break in rural settings. Additionally since these children are mostly first generation learners, they tend to show a decline in their learning levels post a long vacation.
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