By Prasanna | CEO
Appareddy Palya Government Higher Primary School, located in Domlur in Bangalore was featured in a leading national monthly magazine, Outlook Business in its September 2012 issue. The feature was a cover story, highlighting the efforts and interventions of Sikshana Foundation. The improvement in reading and writing skills in the school got a special mention in the magazine.
Bharti, an English teacher in the school expresses her happiness with the improvement in children because of this initiative. She shared her thoughts with the magazine too. She says, “There is a lot of change in the attitude of students; they just don’t want to miss school now. The star initiative has gotten students to learn faster because they all want to flaunt their stars on their uniform,” she says proudly. “It wasn’t like this before.”
The ‘star initiative’ started by Sikshana, focuses on giving stars as a reward for improvement in learning skills. The children can trade these stars for gifts too. This has led to an increase in the enthusiasm levels in the children to learn and do well in academics.
Other initiatives such as introduction of newspaper reading, laptops and access to books in libraries in the school find a special mention in the magazine. The full article can be found at Outlook Feature Story
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