Big Problems, Simple Solutions
Fighting with the problem of “Illiteracy”, we came out with a new solution and i.e. Our own “Paathshala”.
Problem:
There are many girl children whose parents don’t allow them to go school because of many reasons. One reason that is somewhat valid too, is that the girl has to take care of her infant brother or sister at home as there is no one else to look after them as both mother and father has to go to work. In those cases, no point of ours is able to convince them to send their daughter to school. But these girls are really very much interested in studying but they have no means to fulfill their dreams.
Possible Solution:
We started our “Paathshala” in their area itself. Their parents got ready to send them there, as here they can come along with their little brother and sister and that too for just 1 or 2 hours. We give toys or chocolates to those little children, so that they won’t disturb us much.
What’s all about this Paathshala.
Motive of this Paatshala: At the first step, the motive is to make these children at least capable enough to read and write basic things so that it helps them in their daily life. In the long run, if things work fine, then we can teach them some advanced stuffs which will help them in pursue some vocational or any education training courses to enhance their means of earning.
What, when and how it does work:
We are trying to teach in a very simple manner. We bought some “writing books having dots” so that it helps them to connect and form the letters easily. We provided them basic study material. We are currently using a flip chart as “Blackboard”.
This Paathshala was started three weeks back in a slum area of Sec-53, Noida by four people- Swati Khordia, Swati Aggarwal, Chittaranjan Nayak and Monika Bindal.
We teach them on weekend’s only for around 1-2 hour. At present we have six students in our Paathshala. Check out some of the attached pictures of our Paathshala.
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| Paathshala students |
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| Swati- our teacher |
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| Paathshala students |
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| Chittaranjan- our teacher |
NOTE: In our Paathshala, we strictly teach only those children who don’t have any chance of going to the school. We refuse to teach those children who can go to school as our paathshala is no where an alternative for schools.
It’s just a “Koshish” to fulfill dreams (up to some level) of these children who don’t have other alternative.
How can you help?
Apart from joining us for this noble act, we need your help in carrying it forward in a better way.
As we are facing some problems, like how to teach them in a proper and efficient way, as they don’t know anything and have to be taught from scratch. As we will be creating the base of their education so we want to take utmost care so that nothing is taught in an unconventional and ad-hoc manner.
So it will be really helpful if someone could guide us on how to teach them in such a manner which is both easy and correct way to teach.
So if you know any person who is teaching in primary schools who can guide us or any useful article that could help us with the same then please come forward and share.
Updation on our regular activity: It’s just to inform you that these days’ exams are going in government schools and after that there will be summer vacations. So, probably in July, the school resumes again.
Please share your viewpoint with us.
Your one reply is very motivating and helpful for us.
Come forward to make a difference in somebody’s life.
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