Education India Project #7411

Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra - ( Formal School)

by SETU

Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra - ( Formal School)

Project Report | Jun 4, 2012
Progress Report 2012

By Jyotsna Srivastava | Program Coordinator

Setu Marches Spring Edition Volume 5 march 2012

Contents

1. Setu Shiksha Jyoti Painting Competition

2. Republic Day Celebrations

3. Blood Donation Camp

4. Health Checkup Camps

5. English Communication Program

6. Dell Volunteering

7. Launches of Setu IT Skilling Centre

8. Cambridge School Volunteers Program

9. Adult Literacy Program

10.Cancer Awareness Camp

11.Upgraded Facilities for Students at Setu

Setu Shiksha
Jyoti Painting Competition 2012 : School Children of Noida paint to support education of their
underprivileged brethrens: SETU organized The Fifth Setu Shiksha Jyoti Inter
School Painting Competition on the 20^th.of January 2012 at Delhi Public School Noida.

There were over 300 students from 28 schools across Noida who participated in the competition. The purpose of the competition was to create awareness towards the education of the underprivileged so that they could also lead a life to build a great nation. The students created painting to generate resources for the education of their underprivileged brethren.

The Competition was inaugurated by the five children Pragya from Sakham, Ritimaan from Noida Deaf Society, Deepti from Evergreen School, Anju from Durga Public School and Rujul from Lotus Valley School.

The yearly shield for 2012 was awarded to Ryan International School of Noida and the second and the third prize went to DAV School and Delhi Public School Noida respectively.

Prizes were also awarded to individuals in two categories. In Category I class 5 to 7 , Rujul Dhalaria of Lotus Valley School, Noida claimed the first prize, the second went to Sakshi Somya of Delhi Public School Noida and third prize went to Jasmine Bhalla of Mayoor School Noida. In category I class 8 and 9, the First prize went to Javed Ali of Sardar Patel School Noida, The Second prize to Nitya Devga of Bal Bharti School, Noida and Third prize to
Nandita Mishra of DAV School Noida. In category II Anuj Kumar from Saksham took the first prize and the second and third prize went to Biprita Bala of SOF and Tapas from Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra respectively.

In additional Consolation prizes were won by Payal Mishra from Nai Disha School, Nasir from Setu , Apoorva Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar from Noida Deaf Society , Rajal Kumar from Sardar Patel School and Said from DPS Shiksha Kendra

Mr. Ravi Kaul, Chairman, SETU Foundation, wished all the children a bright future and also said that this will be an annual event and SETU will continue to strive for the development of the under privileged so as to impact society. As a gesture of Goodwill he presented Saksham, Noida Deaf Society, SOF, Om Foundation and Moser Baer Trust with Gift Hampers.

Republic Day Celebration at Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendras: The students and teachers of SETU have exhibited their patriotism through celebration of Republic Day. On a chilly 26th January morning all the students and teachers of Setu gathered together in the school premises to celebrate the Republic Day. The celebration started with flag hoisting by the Chairman Mr. Ravi Kaul and the National Anthem. The importance of Republic Day was emphasis while Students sang patriotic songs. The celebration came to an end with a small quiz with students by the Chairman Mr. Ravi Kaul. Finally sweets were distributed to all students. The functions where held at all Kendras of Setu.

Blood Donation Camps: On 3rd Feb 2012 Setu had organised a blood donation camp at RMSI in collaboration with Rotary Club Noida. Employees of RMSI had shown a great enthusiasm during the camp. Similar Camps were organised at NIIT ON 15/3/2012 and 23/03/2012 and at Dell on 14/02/2012. This helped collect units of blood during the camps. The camps were organised in collaboration with our partners for the event Rotary Blood
Bank Noida.

Cancer Awareness workshop Aegis : On 7th February 2012, cancer awareness camp was organised at AGEIS.
Our chairman Mr. Ravi Kaul conducted sessions on cancer awareness which was attended by more than hundred employees of AGEIS. Setu team pinned pink ribbon to their employees and they had contributed to create a
corpus for the treatment of Cancer patients.

Dell Volunteering Visits: In January 2012 Dell team visited Salarpur Center. They conducted painting competition for class first and colouring competitions for KG and played games with them. On their next visit they distributed prizes to the winners and colours to all the children. This was for the first time when visitors had conducted some
activities at Salarpur center so the enthusiasm level of the children as well as of the volunteers was worth seeing.

On 10th Feb 2012 Dell team visited Nithari Shiksha Jyoti Kendra. They conducted Hindi poetry competition class wise. They had good time with children and facilitated them on the occasion. After that they were taken for a conducted tour of the Setu computer lab and given a small presentation on SETU.

Cambridge School Volunteer Visits : In the month of January 2012 Cambridge School students visited Nithari
School for Hindi story telling activity. They came prepared with puppets and demonstrated in front of our students and taught them how to do the same. This was an interactive session. Students enjoyed a lot and at the same time learnt the art of making puppets. This activity was further taken by our Setu teacher for other classes.

Health Camp : A series of Health camps were organised across all locations of Setu.
On 17th February General Health check up camp was organised at Nithari for our students and staff helped of doctors of district hospital Noida. A Para medical team conducted the camp. All the students and staff along with teachers were examined and were provided medicines like Multi- Vitamins, Folic acid, Calcium and medicine for de-worming was also given to them. Around 115 people were benefited from this camp.

On 18th Feb 2012 immunisation camp organised at Nithari center for students in collaboration with district hospital. ANM was appointed for this job from the hospital. Around 65 children and support staffs were immunised with TT. An alternate team also facilitated another immunisation camp at Setu Salarpur for 30 students. At this center community people were also involved. Around 28 children were immunised by the ANM was appointed from
the district hospital.

On 22nd February 2012 General Health camp was organised at Salarpur where community was also involved along with Setu children and staff. Around 100 children including their parents and siblings were examined by doctors. Medicines like, iron calcium, vitamins and albendajole tab were also provided to them .

Setu Launches Skill Centre for IT Skilling of under-privileged Youth particularly Girls. - Young Girls from disadvantaged communities face barriers in joining the formal economy – lack of quality education, skills, social confidence, communication and language problems and often issues with grooming and etiquette and also
parental pressure to marry and keep house, to community pressure to only take ‘respectable jobs’ and limitations on being allowed to travel ‘too far’ from the family home. Setu shall be offering Courses from the NIIT Foundation in Basic IT Skills enabling the first step towards employability. This course shall enable a respectable, much sought after and prestigious career for such young boys and girls; not only does it provide a decent salary, but also fits in with raising a family and provides her with status in her community.

We aim to enroll and train 400 young women at our Nithari Campus Noida in 2012 .

Mr. Ravi Kaul, Mentor and Chief Trustee, SETU wished all the children a bright future and also said that Setu shall continue to strive for the development of the disadvantaged so as to impact society. He also announced launch of MY VILLAGE ACADEMY CAMPUS which shall be a single window learning and development facility aimed at providing education and employment oriented skills the youth of India. My Village Academy offers:

Formal School Education
English Communication
Personality Development and Grooming
Information and Communication Technologies related Skills
Vocational and Employment oriented skills
Adult Literacy Programs
Women Empowerment Skills

He said "We also welcomed all to Join in the Campaign to SECURE THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH and help in empowering disadvantaged young men and women to become professionally trained and Support SETU to inspire, share, educate, skill, enrich, elevate, develop and motivate."

Tie up with Liqvid on English Speaking : Corporate support for setu reached a new milestone with Liqvid providing content and Trainer the trainer training to provide English Communication Skills to the children at
the setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra Nithari and Salarpur. The Bilingual course in Hindi and English shall help improve the English Communication skills of the students.

Tailoring Classes: With Support from Navratan Foundation Setu embarked on its Women empowerment program. A tailoring institute was set up at the My Village Academy Campus at Nithari help self employment/ employment of the women thru an Industry recognised tailoring Certificate.

ALP- Adult Literacy Program: designed by The CBFL programme teaches reading skills to illiterate adults, between the ages of 18-50 years, who have not attended a formal school. It uses animated graphics and a voiceover to explain how individual alphabets combine to give structure and meaning to various words. The settings for the lessons are visually stimulating and crafted in a manner that learners can easily relate to blended with spoken word and written language, and an appealing graphical interface. Setu acknowledged the support provided by TCS in facilitating launch of this program by providing the content.

Upgradation of facilities at Nithari : The facilities at the Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra were upgraded with a creation of a new lunch room and library of the students. New furniture was arranged for both for the library and lunch room and library books were provided by our donors Teksons and Pearson.

A water cooler was also installed to provide Potent drinking water to the children especially during summer months.

On 29th January 2012 Setu children participated in a painting competition organised by Sri Radha Krishan Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir in Nithari Sector 31. Our children won first and second prize in the competition.

Meet Kusum our Senior most Employee Kusum Sharma, Senior Facilitator, at Salarpur Center stays with her family at Salarpur. Her husband is an accountant in a private company. She is blessed with three children, her elder son is studying MBA first year, daughter is doing BBA second year and youngest son is in class IX. She is
associated with SETU since December 2007. Her contribution for the growth of Setu is commendable. She joined when Setu was in its initial stage. Her involvement started with developing curriculum and teaching aids for the out of school children, field work which included in identifying the children and place for starting center at Salarpur. According to her this is a very different organisation as compared to others. She had worked with many other
NGOs in Noida. She says activity based learning is the main focus of this school. Scholarship facility for the girls is also a unique system in its self. In this organisation lot of space is given to the staff to share their views and express their grievances openly and not only that they all are addressed which is very rare. According to her each member is given opportunity to grow in their professional life by attending trainings and seminars. Staffs are given chance to go out of city for picnics cum trainings.

She always stand with organisation at the time of need even if it is a holidays or has to work till late evenings. She feels it’s a noble job and gives her great satisfaction working with underprivileged children. She has seen Setu growing and she also looks her future growth with that. She further says “mein setu ke liye huin aur Setu mere liye”. She says her family is very supportive and they see her future growth with Setu.

Also meet Shalini, the Youngest Setu Tuition Teacher Shalini, is a tuition center incharge of J.J. Colony. She
stays in sector 15 with her mother who is a house wife; she has one elder sister and two younger brothers. One of them is doing law and other one is in class 10th. Her elder sister and younger brother are physically challenged. She
lost her father at an early age. She has done NTT training from Khajani and doing B. Com final. She has been teaching at Setu from last two years. In her batch there are ten school going girls of different classes. She says before joining Setu she was very introvert but now she has developed confidence and openness in her self. She is
doing B. Com final and completed her NTT training from Khajani.

Before joining Setu she was taking tuitions at home but for underprivileged children initially she was little uncomfortable but now she says there is no difference in teaching them. In fact they are more curious to learn. Along with studies she also teaches art and craft. During holidays also she takes classes if a student asks her to do so. All her students share their family problems with her. She really works hard for their benefit.

She feels this type of tuition facility should be given to more and more girls who really want to do well in their life and because of financial problems they didn’t get such support.

Let's all Applaud Aarti on her success Aarti student of Class VIII, Government School, Naya Bans, Noida comes to SETU tuition center at J J Colony in the evening. She is a regular student and very hard working. This year she got double promotion based on her performance. According to tuition in charge she is very sincere and good in
studies. At home she doesn’t get support for her studies. But her mother and elder brother gives her moral support. Her mother is a housewife and father is a rickshaw puller. Her elder brother collects garbage from Greater Noida. Her younger sister is a school dropout so Aarti is the only child in her family who is seeking education. She is very satisfied after joining Setu tuition classes. She says she gets support for English, Hindi and Maths. Other than studies she has learnt art and craft at the center

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Feb 13, 2012
Progress Report 2011-2012 - an Update

By Jyotsna | Asstt Project Coordinator

Setu Marches Winter Edition Volume 4 December 2011

Contents :

1. Film Leadership Workshop 2. SOF Inter School Competition 3. Blood Donation Camp 4. Health Checkup - Abha Mission 5. Children's Day Celebrations
6. Setu at Airtel Marathon 7. Teachers Training Workshop 8. Cambridge School Volunteers Program 9. Paint for Setu at Mayoor School

Film Leadership Workshop: PVR Nest works on various issues concerning the environment and children and engages with young adolescents across India by training them on visual and performing arts and turns them into creative ambassadors YOUNG LEADERS of tomorrow who believe in Being the Change.

Eight of our students along with the Principal and our English teacher visited PVR, Saket for an event organised by PVR Nest, along with CINE ART. This was an introduction to the "Film Leadership" Project 2011 - Design for Change.

The PVR team headed by Sarika Negi. and her team facilitated the program and after a brief introduction on Design for change by Ms. Nandini Sood, some interesting theme oriented films of 2010, made by the young students of different schools were screened. Setu was one of the 23 schools shorted listed from 3000 schools across NCR to participate in a film making workshop.

On 8/09/11 eight selected students of SETU along with the Principal and the teacher, Seema Bhatia, were invited to the Young Leaders Conference - Setu being one of the 23 schools selected for the Film Making out of 3000 schools of NCR.

A workshop by the well known film Director, Mr. Vishal Bhardwaj and Mr. B Diwakar, Professor of Film Production, on FILM MAKING PROCESS - about story idea, production and story board etc.

This was followed by on the spot scene creation by Vishalji with the children, where few students including Ajay from Setu were selected. It was a fantastic event which was followed by a Question Answer Sessions.

The children enjoyed and were exposed to the art of film making on themes close to their. The next step for them was the FILM MAKING itself which started in third week of September 2011 and the Setu children would now be part of BE THE CHANGE........... mission.

The final stage of the film-making process was the 5-day film-making workshop by PVR in American-Excelsior of Gurgaon, where the children of SETU interacted with the Gurgaon school students.

Finally, the children selected from SETU made a fabulous film on environment and the film made by them during the Cine 2011 Film Leadership Project for Design for Change.

Setu has embarked on the Mission to Keep the Environment around its school Clean and Green.

At the premier on 24th November 2011 at PVR Anupam, Saket. Mr. Rahul Bose, the eminent actor was the chief guest. Diverse NGO heads, embassies and corporate bigwigs were present on the premier of the film to be screened in one of the PVRs in Delhi November onwards. Rahul Bose appreciated the films made by all the children and also felicitated the children. The event was also graced by World Billiards Champion Geet Sethi.

SOF Interschool Cultural Event: SOF - Social Outreach Foundation Noida organised an inter school fest from 19th Oct to 21st Oct 2011. The Program included competition in Recitation, Drama, Bhajan, Debate , Rangoli etc. Various students from different schools like SSJK, Om Foundation, Nai Disha etc participated. Setu students also
participated in almost all the events and won prizes as well. Chandrashekhar of Class 2nd won prize in English Recitation and Barkha of Class 5th won prize in Bhajan Solo.

Blood Donation Camp: Setu in collaboration with Rotary Club Noida organised a Blood Donation Camp on 6th
October 2011 at Dell. The employees of Dell thru its over whelming support helped collect 141 units of blood. The blood donation camp was an initiative under the Setu Health Program.

Health Checkup with Abha Mission: A free general health check-up camp for the children of Setu was organized
on 5th Nov 2011 at SSJK Nithari with the help of Abha Mission. The chairman of Abha Mission Mr.Avijit Guha was also present.

The Health camp was handled by a team of Doctors from Prakash Hospital, Dr. Gagandeep and Dr. Shradha.
The children went thru a general health checkup and after the diagnose prescribed medicines accordingly by them.
Gifts were distributed to the children which was reciprocated by the children by handing over handmade artifacts to the team of doctors.

SETU celebrates Children's Day: Children from the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendras (SSJK) in Noida came together to celebrate Children’s Day on 13th November at the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendra at Village Nithari, Sector 31, Noida.

The function was attended by apart from the children and teachers of SSJK by 50 volunteers from Dell along with members of the Village Community and some distinguished Guests.

After a quiz contest conducted by Volunteers from Dell, the children presented a Cultural show on the occasion and participated in various activities comprising of Group Dance, Group Songs, Recitation and a fancy dress show with the Theme "Rhyme n Rhythm in the Garden of Values.

The event concluded with Mr. Ravinder Kaul Mentor and Chief Trustee Setu announcing the Master Atul Excellence Award for the Best Performing Children during the year 2010-2011 and distribution of prizes to the winners of the Quiz Contest.

The Children's Day Function was organised and coordinated by the Principal SSJK Nithari along with the Kendra In charges of SSJK Salarpur and Alibardipur and the teachers and facilitators of Setu.

Airtel Marathon 2011 : As in past Setu team was also present at the Airtel Marathon 2011, It was a wonderful
experience for participants who ran for Setu for the Marathon.

Setu Teachers Workshop: The Chairman of Setu as part of the teachers training program conducted a team
building exercises for the staff members. The staff members were oriented towards leadership, team building and Inter personal relationship skills thru activity based training. It was a fun-filled workshop and totally new experience for all staff members. This was part of a series of workshops which shall be held every quarter to improve skills of the employees at Setu.

Cambridge School Children Volunteering Visit : Cambridge School Noida Children visited SSJK, Nithari on the occasion of Diwali , 20th October 2011 for a Diya Decoration and Rangoli making Workshop. They taught our children how to decorate diyas and draw rangoli. They gifted the children rangoli material like colours, glitters and stencils .

On 9th Nov 2011 the students of Cambridge School Noida held a Science Quiz at our school SSJK, Nithari. Students of Classes 3rd, 4th and 5th class participated. The questions were based on benefits of recycling the paper and it was a great learning experience for all the children.

The Students of class 3rd, 4th, and 5th along with their teachers and one support staff of CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL Noida visited our SSJK Salarpur branch on 18th November 2011 along with the senior students and teachers of SSJK Nithari. The agenda for the visit was the KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.

The entire team on reaching the centre started cleaning the area by picking up all the waste on the ground. Within
half an hour the entire area was cleaned and beautified by planting plants around the school. The entire project was awareness cum learning exercise and also enjoyed by the students and the teachers.

12 Dec 2012 had an exciting theme of ART and CRAFT...JEWELLERY Making. The children from Cambridge school taught our children the art of making beautiful jewellery like ear rings and necklaces with the help of coloured handmade papers. It was a learning with a difference for all Children and the participating teachers

Education trip Okhla Bird Sanctuary: Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra Nithari organized a trip for the students of class 4th to 7th to Okhla Bird Sanctuary on 17th December 2011 as part of its educational trip program. All the office Staffs including the chairman, teachers and the School Principal accompanied the students.

A group of volunteers from DELL also joined in and assumed responsibility for guiding the students in the sanctuary. The students saw different types of birds and gathered knowledge about them. Being mid-winter various migratory birds could be seen and this enabled the students to gain knowledge about these birds.

Mr. Khatri, from Nature Care Foundation also guided the students and gave information on the different types of birds and their habitat. The students also learnt about “Nest making” there.

Paint for Setu and Christmas Carnival at Mayoor School : As a unique gesture the Students of Mayoor school got together on 9th December 2011 and held a PAINT FOR SETU competition at their school to raise funded to facilitate winter uniform for the children of Setu.

Students from Class Pre Nursery to Class VIII participated in the function, while the children from the nursery wing did colouring, the children from Class 1 to Class VIII expressed their feeling on canvass and created some wonderful paintings. Setu presented prizes to all winners and distributed sweets to the students in the Nursery Wing.

The events was personally coordinated by the Principal at Mayoor School Mrs. Madhok along with the teachers of Mayoor School. Further on 18th December 2011, the children of Setu were invited to the Mayoor School Christmas Carnival and twenty children from Setu spent the whole day playing games, participating in events. The exercise
were held on experimental basis as part of the Inter school Exchange program between Setu and Mayoor School Noida.

Correspondents: Sindhu and Jyotsna

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Nov 6, 2011
Sucess Stories

By Shweta Pandey | Asst Project Coordinator

Savitri Devi with Keshav and Madhav

1. Meena Devi is the grand mother of Jyoti, a pre-nursery student in the Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra. Jyoti’s father is a farmer in some remote village and her mother is handicapped and has no time to care of Jyoti. Her parents wanted to throw her because she is a girl child. Jyoti is now taken care by her grandmother who earns the living by working as a maid. Meena Devi feels that the environment in the school has helped Jyoti in moral boosting.

With tears in her eyes she says “Pehle toh Kabhi bolti hi nahi thi lekin ajj kal thoda thoda baat karne lagi hain, thoda khush bhi rehti hain,sab app hi ki dua hain”. Meena’s only aim is to see Jyoti settled well in life.

2. A story of a Father!!! At the 3rd Saturday, Parent’s Teachers Meeting, Shyamlal Kumar is regular in attending the PTM. A driver by profession, with minimum income of Rs.4500. He has high aspirations for his daughter Sushmita, who is studying in class 4 in the SSJK. He wants his daughter to be a journalist and when asked for the specific reason he said that he drives the car of a female journalist and sees his daughter in her place. Sushmita is a bright student and loves to draw. She is regular in her studies and a daddy’s girl.

3. Mr. Ajay Sharma, father of Barkha Class 2 and Honey Class 4 at the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendra Nithari, is a tailor and his wife Aarti Sharma is a homemaker. He was looking for a good school to educate his daughters and his search ended at the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendra. According to Mr. Sharma he is anxious to attending the PTM (parents teacher meeting) on every third Saturday of the month because of his daughters. He feels the teachers are supportive and takes immense care of his children. While having a chat with him he says he is a proud father as his little daughters also teach him English which they picked up in the school.

4. Sonu Mondol, of nursery class and son of Madhavi and Chetan Mondol is mischievous. Madhavi was worried about the education of her children as Chetan is the only earning member of the family and has five members to look upon. Chetan is a rickshaw puller and Madhavi is a homemaker. Sonu’s sister Babita Mondol is also studying in the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendra, Nithari in Class 4.

Madhavi feels her children have started respecting her because of the environment in the school. In low voice she says “pehle toh yeah hamari itni izzat nahi karte the aur bahut batamizi se pesh aate thee” When asked whom she likes as a teacher and their behaviour towards them she giggles and says “Mujhe Principal madam zada pasand hain, waise sabhi acche hain”

5. Lets meet Savitri Devi, a house wife, and mother of Keshav and Madhav Singh. Her husband Ram Narayan Singh is a driver and gets little opportunity to even interact with the children. Keshav is studies in Class 5 and Madhav in Class 3 of the Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra Nithari. Savitri reveals that her children were really reluctant in going to the school in their village and how they complained of their teacher who used to beat them however after studying in the SETU Shiksha Jyoti Kendra both the children has shown extreme improvement in their education. She also feels their behaviour is good and also that the children are really happy coming to the Setu Kendra.

6. Lets help his education and help him become a scientist

A pint sized boy used to come and stand by the school gate and watch the students during assembly, lunch hours and even during class hours for the past one year. On being approached by our teachers he used to run away.

Annu Singh, who finally made up his mind and entered the Setu Shiksha Jyoti Kendra gate on 15-03-2010 had something different on him, he could not read the text given because of his vision problem and when further asked he poured out his emotions of how important “schooling” means to him. He wants to become a scientist and invent things which would be magical in his words “chamatkari chize” but since it was very difficult for him to read, and write, the teachers at SSJK Nithari took him to an eye specialist and helped him. On 20-03-10, he came in again with his new reading glasses and confidently told us that now I can read Madam please put me thru the admission test.

Annu was able to read and solve all the maths and successfully cleared the entrance test. Alas!!! Annu is a SSJK student, who is studying in class 1^stalthough he suffers from DAY BLINDNESS!!! , Litte did we realize about the zeal of a father less child with a paralysed brother and a Mother who does petty household jobs for an earning in 7 days time started dominating affairs in Class – studies, class discipline , helping others …., Another Phunsukh Wangdu in the making.

Babita and Sonu Mondol with their mother Madhavi

Meena Devi and her grand daughter Jyoti

Barkha, Honey and their proud father Ajay Sharma

pint sized Annu - a scientist in the making

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