DISHA BANDIPUR PROJECT
An Initiative by KSHITI Foundation
OCTOBER 25, 2021
KSHITI FOUNDATION TRUST
www.disha.kshitifoundation.org
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KSHITI FOUNDATION is a registered NGO founded by a group of passionate individuals in 2008 with a strong purpose of contributing towards improvement of education and environment through well designed Programs and projects. Our purpose is to engage communities, and passionate individuals to come together to address some of the important socially relevant problems with our special tailor-made projects. Over the past 12+ years we at KSHITI have undertaken several programs which include Tree Plantations, Lake Rejuvenation, Adoption of Schools in rural areas and the journey continues.
SMRUTI SADHNA is a professional promotional FOUNDATION that offers a full range of services and access to events, such as Promotion & Marketing, Making of Brand Model, Digital Marketing, Workshops, Creating Leaders, Women Empowerment, Culture heritage. Smruti Sadna is program partner for DISHA – BANDIPUR supporting with promotion and fund raising.
THE CHALLENGE
The pandemic has changed how millions around the globe are to be educated. This year, school closures due to COVID-19 have impacted the learning of 247 million children in India. Educational establishments are being challenged with finding the answers to provide continuity for education for children and are seriously exploring on-line education.
Online education is not an option.
Only 1 in 4 children have access to digital devices and internet.
Given the digital divide and lack of access to technology-enabled education, many children will be denied education and could widen equality gaps. Even more, with schools closed for over 18 months, there are significant learning losses which needs attention as we get ready for the schools to reopen.
Every single day of school counts.
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THE SOLUTION
We at Kshiti Foundation, have collaborated with leading academic scholars, educationists to create solution DISHA which will help to deliver education through well trained volunteers at the community. DISHA is a program designed with the following objectives: ❖ Enable children with continued access to quality academic engagement through well trained volunteers, right at their doorsteps. ❖ Curriculum aligned and activity based enriching learning programs. ❖ Access to rich digital content to create interest with children. ❖ Smart Technology solution to capture learning levels and prepare personalized learning plans for each child based on identified learning gaps. ❖ Current focus is for Primary School children from Grade 1 to Grade 5 aligned to Karnataka State Education Board.
DISHA Program Overview 1. The Program is being designed to be delivered for children from the forest areas of Bandipur, Gundalpete Education Block, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka. 2. The Programs objective is to reach over 5000 students as part of this DISHA Initiative 3. The Program will support students from Grade 1 to grade 5 to bridge their learning loss and learning gaps due to school closure for over 18 months due to Pandemic. 4. The Program will be delivered by trained Facilitator from the respective community to facilitate the learning of students in the community. 5. The Facilitators will be selected based on their education background, their interest to teach, their willingness to commit minimum of 6 months of their time for this purpose. The Facilitators with Teacher Training will be selected. 6. The Block Education Officers of respective Education Block will be informed regarding the program and necessary approvals will be sought from the Department of Education for the program. 7. Every Facilitators will go through a comprehensive training for 10 days enabling them with the right approach to teach, engage, and focus on learning outcomes for every child. Each of them will also be trained on Digital tools, Digital Pedagogy, as part of the program requirements.
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8. A Team of Educational Experts will design age appropriate and grade appropriate content to be delivered through these Facilitators in accordance with the DSERT Guidelines. 9. The program is spread over 20 weeks and each student will undergo, a series of well-designed set of learning activities resulting in better preparation of minds when they go back to school as and when it reopens. 10. The Program is designed with a plan to have one set of Facilitators who will focus on delivering Learning Content and activities and another team of Facilitators who will focus on conducting periodic assessments. 11. Each Facilitators will be assigned around 100 students selecting 2-3 adjoining villages. 12. Facilitators will go to the communities thrice every week to deliver well designed learning content through fun way engaging the children to learn important grade appropriate and age-appropriate content. 13. Detailed Performance report will be prepared detailing by-location, by-subject, by-student performance report, allowing the Facilitators to keep bridging the learning gaps on an on-going basis. A comprehensive remediation plan will be designed to minimise the learning gaps. 14. A Project Monitoring committee will be setup to oversee the Project Outcomes on a regular basis. 15. A dedicated team will also focus on Documenting the project – capturing and reporting Project Outcomes along with stories. 16. A focused effort will be to develop Tribal Digital Dictionary for some of the tribes through active involvement from the community. 17. Efforts will be made to involve children in capturing and documenting Native Knowledge, stories, folk, art etc. (Community driven initiative) 18. The Project will have comprehensive Project Management Platform to manage, report the performance on an on-going basis.
DISHA Project Location
1. Location 100+ Schools from across remote Forest areas of Bandipur, in Karnataka
2. Number of Students
5000 from Class 1 Class 5
3. Duration Nov 2021 to March 2022
4. Cost Per Child Rs 1500/- (for the entire program)
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Cost breakup
Area
Cost per student
1
Technology and Digital Infrastructure
Rs 200
2
Learning Kit for Teaching Staff to Teach
Rs 100
3
Study material kit for students
Rs 250
4
Education Content development and subscription
Rs 100
5
Teaching and Assessment Facilitation remuneration
Rs 400
6
Program Management
Rs 100
7
Logistics and Travel
Rs 50
8
Health Camp for students
Rs 200
9
Outreach to enrol students and community
Rs 100
Total
Rs 1500
DISHA - Expected Project Outcomes
1. Enabling learning for 5,000 students who are in the remote forest areas and ensure learning gaps are addressed.
2. Build easy to use digital learning content – activity based, in Kannada language which can be used by anyone in any place to enrich age appropriate and grade appropriate learning.
3. Developing Digital Tribal Dictionary – for select tribes.
4. Student wise Performance Tracking & Management for improved Outcomes.
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APPEAL to SPONSORS
KSHITI Foundation is looking for Institutional support,
1. SPONSOR ONE or MORE “ DISHA Community Learning Center (CLC) “
➢ Each CLC consists of approximately 100 students.
➢ the cost of supporting one such unit would be Rs.150,000/- (One Lakh Fifty Thousand only).
2. As Project DISHA Digital Infrastructure is being planned and we intend to seek support for 25 Laptops, 25 Projectors, 8-inch Android Tablets-100 etc. Donors can choose to support any of them in full or parts, based on convenience
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KSHITI Foundation Trust Details: Incorporation • Registration Date: 1st April 2010 • Registered as Trust under Section 12A • Kshiti has registered under Section 80G which entitles all the donations to 50% Tax Exemption Trustee Details Siddalinga Prasad S H - Managing Trustee • CEO, Leanovate Info-solutions pvt ltd • (99+) Siddalinga Prasad S H | LinkedIn Smita Kavatekar – Trustee • Asst. Professor, Jain University, Bangalore • (99+) Dr. Smita Kavatekar | LinkedIn
Registered Address: #408, 7th main, 2nd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore – 560078, Karnataka, India Bank Account Details: Account Name: Kshiti Foundation Trust Bank Name: Indus Ind Bank Account Number: 100136636064 IFSC Code: INDB0001543 PAN number: AABTK7334E Online Crowdfunding Platform Kshiti Foundation Trust is verified by online crowdfunding platforms •www.giveindia.org •www.millap.org
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