Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra - ( Formal School)

Dear Readers

Looking at the COVID situation and the norms of the government, offline classes started for classes 9th to 12th and online for Classes 2nd to 8th. Our teachers come to school on scheduled time and take classes accordingly. These classes are being taken regularly by the teachers through WhatsApp Audio Video. We also continued to take online classes for the students of classes Prep-1 to class 1st (Pre-Primary). Online classes were taken regularly by the teachers through ZOOM app. In spite of facing lots of challenges the teachers continue to teach the students regularly with full enthusiasm. All the teachers are continuously being innovative to make their teaching interesting and easy to understand for the students by adding multiple activities to the content.

Impact and Highlights

1. CBSE Board Results declared for class 12 18 students appeared – Humanities 10 students and Commerce   students - 100% pass percentage, 72 % students got over 60% and the balance 28% over 50%.
2. For class 10 CBSE Board Results the total students were 24 and we had 100% results - 9 students over 60%, 13 got between 50% to 60% and the balance 2 got 49%.
3. Online classes continued – Digital device handover to sustain online classes Computer handed over to 88 students between classes 9 to 12.
4. Currently 476 students in school out of which Girls 332 are girls and 144 boys
5. Student Attendance – Mainly Online – 85 %

Remedial Online Classes: With the Help of our volunteers from sorporate sector, we arranged remedial classes the weak students to brush up their knowledge. All these classes were held online.

Digital Aids Distribution: Most of our students were facing difficulties in taking classes and were not being able to take classes because their classes were getting clashed with their siblings. Looking at their problem Setu decided to distribute desktop to the needy ones thanks to FI and other Sponsors. 110 students have been provided with Desktops and Tabs for online learning. Data recharge for sims installed in these systems was also provided by Setu. This was to ensure no extra burden on the family which was already impacted by the recent lockdown.

Supplementing Midday meal with Food Distribution: To motivate students for taking online classes food was distributed to the students who belongs to a needy family or who last their job due to COVID. Food was distributed taking care of the social distancing and all the Covid norm. The distribution was done successfully and shall be continued on monthly basis for the needy families. As part of our drive to ensure nutrition of our students Juices hampers covering a child’s monthly needs was provided to them. We also hope to sustain this activity on a bi-monthly basis.

Cultural Activities:  Students were guided and motivated to participate in the following ways:

• A competition was conducted amongst students which got executed successfully.
• Students got dressed up as the freedom fighters and presented short speech on the ‘characters’ they dressed up as on the occasion of the 75^th Independence Day.
• They got dressed up as Shri Krishna and Radha and shared the photographs with the respective class teachers on the occasion of Janam Ashtami.
• They were guided to make beautiful Rakhi and crafts on Independence day celebrations. They also presented short compositions in both English and Hindi.
• Craft activity was conducted for students in which they were asked to make tri colour caps using A-4 size coloured sheets and the students made beautiful craft out of it and send the picture to their class teacher. The work done by students was outstanding.

Some Impact Stories

• Yashwani is studying in class 8^th. She had joined Setu in the year 2019. She was a very shy girl but after joining she got a good exposure and also an opportunity to present her talent.  Her hobby is dancing and desires to become a pilot. Yashwani belongs to a family of 5 members. Her father is an electrician but due to COVID-19 he went out of job and the family situation turned from bad to worst. Her   mother is a homemaker. Yashwani is doing extremely well in her studies. She is a true fighter who in a very tough condition managed to attend all her online classes in spite of the fact that her other sisters had to also attend their classes and they had only one smart phone. She is a true example of “Where there is a will there is a way”.

• Harshit is studying in class 8^th. He had joined Setu in the year 2019 in class 6^th. He is a very sincere, good in academics as well as co – curricular activities. His hobby is cycling and drawing and his ambition is to become a Police Inspector. Harshit belongs to a family of four members. His father is an auto rickshaw driver and he recently lost his mother. The monthly income of the family is Rs 10000 /-.  After the sudden demise of his mother, it was difficult for Harshit to come back to his usual  routine. He has been trying his best to come to his normal life and is doing well in his student. He is a strong boy and he has strongly handled this situation and his determination and love for his mother will definitely lead him to success.

• Laxmi joined SETU in the year 2020 in class Prep-1. Laxmi went to village during lockdown. Her family was unable to afford smart phone for her online class. It was very difficult for her to study without phone. She did not give up and studied by herself and had done very good in exams. Laxmi belongs to a family of six members. Her father puts a stall in Atta Market and her mother is a home maker. The monthly income of the family is Rs. 12000/-. During this pandemic Laxmi’s family had supported her very well without which it was impossible to achieve her goal. Laxmi is now promoted to class Prep-2. She is doing good in her studies

• Ayush joined SETU in the year 2019 in class Prep-1. In the beginning he was very shy and doesn’t take initiative in various activities such as playing and studying after one year I noticed that he started interacting with his friends and teachers. Ayush belongs to a family of five members but he lost his father during pandemic. After his father’s sudden demise his elder sister started working. The monthly income of the family is Rs. 10000/-. In the past two years we have seen lots of changes in Ayush such as sharing his thoughts and also participating in activities. Because of his hard work he had done very well in final exam now he has been promoted to Class-1.