By K.M. Paliwal | Secretary
We enrolled 250 Students 145 (48%) Boys and 105 (42%) Girls for the Academic Session 2013-14 from the under privileged rural population.
Formal Education
Value added Formal (Nursery to Class 8th) with computer education & Informal education (Tailoring training, Handy Crafts) was imparted. Normally the students who were given this education belongs to the poor families whose parents are living under below poverty line and professionally either doing the labor jobs or working in the fields and whose income is low and is not sufficient for their living and therefore they do not send their children for education and instead take them to work with them in the fields to earn the extra income. To avoid this formal and Informal education was given to them. With formal education the students were prepared for higher education or service and with Informal education they were trained to earn extra income to add to their families for better living.
To give the exposure various extracurricular activities such as Music (Vocal and Instrumental), Games and other social activities, educational tours were arranged during the year. Cultural programs were organized in the school on prominent days like Independence and Republic Day of the country which help them to develop the team spirit and a habit of working together to show their performance in front of the public. The education tours were arranged to visit historical places like Agra (Taj Mahal) which help them to plan, organize and learn from the tours conducted.
Since the children were from the poor families and could not afford the winter clothing, normally the attendance in the winter is low and children suffer from cold. To protect them, winter dresses were distributed free of cost to all the children by a prominent donor Mr. Kamal Aggarwal from Lion's club Janakpuri West, Delhi, India. This motivated the children to come to school regularly and was very happy and enthusiastic.
In the end of the session the class 8th students were given a farewell as to celebrate their passing out ceremony by the school students of grade 7th and school staff. This has created their attachments to the school and a memorable event and a pride to study in the school for all the past years.
Measurable performance of Formal Education:
Informal Education
22 Girls studying from 5th to 8th grade were trained for tailoring training, handy crafts and the other activities and therefore a skill was generated to do the tailoring and other related jobs. By using this skill they stitched the clothes of villagers and their neighbours and earn the money which added to their family income. With this the family status of living was improved. This work was performed after school hours at their homes and they need not to go to fields for labor jobs for earning extra money. After the completion of the training period a certificate is provided to the participants as a proof that they are qualified for the skilled jobs of tailoring and handicrafts and they can seek jobs in any of the small scale industries stitching cloths for export jobs or doing handicrafts for the local supply.
A girl student Ms. Sarita aged 15 years of B.D. Paliwal School studying in class 8th was from a very poor family. She completed training in tailoring course in the Informal tailoring training program of the school and after the completion of the course started stitching clothes beyond school hours for rural population on chargeable basis and earns money which she contributed to her family and ultimately the family got a support from her earnings and improved their living. She also continued her higher studies. Many such girls getting such training in the Informal training program and are expected to do well, we wish them all success.
We want to thank all the donors - individuals - corporates and employees who are working with the corporates, members of the society who have contributed and with their continuous support we have been able to achieve the targets, mission and objectives set by us for the benefit of rural poor Indian children without which it would not had been possible. We assure they will be continuing the support in future also which will motivate us working more vigorously.
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