" LABORATORY PROJECT OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN INDIA ".

LABORATORY PROJECT IN FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS & FIVE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN REMOTE RURAL & TRIBAL VILLAGES 

Name of the project

“A project to fulfill the essential laboratory needs of 5 high schools and 5 higher secondary schools in remote rural & tribal villages to make teaching and learning easy both for the teachers, as well as for the students”.

Project location

The 10 project schools are situated in remote rural villages in Chengam Block of Thiruvannamalai district, Tamilnadu State, India.

    About the TargetArea:

The target area falls in Tiruvannamalai District and block of Tamil Nadu, India. The district is the identified the most backward district at national level. The target area is one of the most backward areas of the district. The literacy rate is about 28%. The targeted students are first generation school goers. The village is adjacent to forest and hill area. The target community is ‘ Dalt / Tribal community ’ and their parents  are belongs to bonded labors.

Background of the Beneficiaries:

As we have already said the target students are girls and first generation of school goers. They are studying in the grades of 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th. They have lost almost 18 months of education. Even though the classes were conducted online they cannot afford to buy even an ordinary non-smart phone. So they have lost total education. But they were promoted to higher grades, resulting in lack of capacity to cope with the syllabus due to non learning of some basic concepts. But for joining in any professional courses they have to learn all the basic concepts.

Activities

-          Purchase of all proposed equipments & materials

-          Keep the equipments & materials in place in the practical classrooms

-          Alterations of classrooms to suit the organization of the laboratory

-          Dedication of the laboratories for the benefit of students.

Outcomes of the project

• Increased ability of the teachers in giving students first-hand experiences.
• Improved motivation of the teachers to involve students making use of laboratory equipments and make of their teaching interesting for the students;
• Children’s learning becomes based on concrete, direct, first-hand experience and not based on abstract thinking.
• Involvement of the Parents & Teachers Association in project activities & create a Maintenance Fund to make replacements to laboratory materials.

Sustainability  of the project:

• Due to this project the target students will pass through 12^th grade public examinations and get qualified for job or to get financial assistance to become self employed.
• They will not drop out of the schools and child marriage will be reduced.
• As the students are educated the children born to them will get good education.
• There is increased employment of videos, models, educational television programs and internet will create and sustain the interest and motivation of the students and these in turn will facilitate easy learning.
• Active involvement of the poor Parents & Teachers Association in project activities.

LABORATORY PROJECT IN FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS & FIVE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN REMOTE RURAL & TRIBAL VILLAGES 

Name of the project

“A project to fulfill the essential laboratory needs of 5 high schools and 5 higher secondary schools in remote rural & tribal villages to make teaching and learning easy both for the teachers, as well as for the students”.

Project location

The 10 project schools are situated in remote rural villages in Chengam Block of Thiruvannamalai district, Tamilnadu State, India.

Outcomes of the project

• Increased ability of the teachers in giving students first-hand experiences.
• Improved motivation of the teachers to involve students making use of laboratory equipments and make of their teaching interesting for the students;
• Children’s learning becomes based on concrete, direct, first-hand experience and not based on abstract thinking.
• Involvement of the Parents & Teachers Association in project activities & create a Maintenance Fund to make replacements to laboratory materials.

Sustainability  of the project:

• Due to this project the target students will pass through 12^th grade public examinations and get qualified for job or to get financial assistance to become self employed.
• They will not drop out of the schools and child marriage will be reduced.
• As the students are educated the children born to them will get good education.
• There is increased employment of videos, models, educational television programs and internet will create and sustain the interest and motivation of the students and these in turn will facilitate easy learning.
• Active involvement of the poor Parents & Teachers Association in project activities.

Methodology:

1. Fulfill the essential laboratory

The aim of the project is to provide quality education to the target poor students and equip them for higher study. Hence, Science education with laboratory is must their knowledge improvement. This Project is to fulfill the needs and essential laboratory needs of 5 high schools and 5 higher secondary schools totally ten rural schools situated in remote rural & tribal villages to make teaching and learning easy both for the teachers, as well as for the students.

1. Conduct after school classes

Under these circumstances we propose to conduct the same ten school villages after school classes for the targeted students to equip them to excel in studies. We propose to rent a building in their community area and provide utilities, teachers, teaching materials, learning materials etc. While doing so we propose to train some of the graduates from nearby area to take classes to sustain the project.