|
| Infant Schools & Day-Care
Centres |
| 8 infant or 'balwadi' schools catering
for about 200 village infants. We also have more
than 1000 children in our care, starting with babies
and toddlers who come to our day-care centres. |
| These are sickly children or children
of mothers who must go to work. They are given food
three times a day, are bathed, given medical care
and a lot of stimulation. Only the poorest children
are admitted. |
 |
| Primary/Middle Schools & Nursery
Schools |
| 3 Primary/Middle Schools, each catering
for between 200 and 300 pupils. For under 5's, we run nursery
schools or kindergartens. These are well equipped
and staffed. Again we care only for the poorest
children in many villages. |
|
|
| Higher
Secondary School |
| 1 Higher Secondary School for over
580 pupils
to age 16 (18 for girls). Children
of all categories are at the heart of all our work
and special care is given to them. The numbers in
our classrooms are kept small by running several
streams. Older children are supported through Higher
Education, College or University. |
|
|
| Other Educational Work |
| We have an Open School for the
benefit of slow learners and children who have
dropped out of mainstream education. We
supervise Study Centres in several remote villages:
Children in houses without electricity have
somewhere for evening study, and trained local
workers provide support. |
| Mobile Science Labs |
| 3 vehicles have been
equipped with instruments and materials for
scientific experiments and demonstrations.
These tour 94 schools
throughout the area, supporting the schools own
teachers in the national curriculum. 10,000
children are benefiting. |
|
|
| Teaching |
| 100 well trained teachers and support
staff. Each teacher can arrange the class as is
preferred. The older children have desks, but for
small children working at floor level is more natural
in Indian villages. Activity methods are encouraged.
|
|
|
| Meals |
| 1700 school meals - supplied daily.
Catering for school children and some older
folk. Cooking is done by using steam. A carefully
balanced diet is planned. |
|
| |
|
| Further Education Programme |
| Tailoring |
| There are 3 tailoring units,
one based on-site and 2 moving from village to
village. Each 4-month course trains up to 30
students in sewing and related skills that are
still in demand and provide good job
opportunities especially for women, |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
