Shashwat Sahbhagi Sansthan

One of the most significant steps to improve functioning of government schools is passage of Right to Education Act in 2009. Under the Act, School Management Committees (SMCs) have been entrusted with many important roles. But in reality most of the SMCs are not aware of the Act’s provisions as well as their roles.

After collecting baseline data about SMCs Shashwat organised RTE campaign with special focus on training and information dissemination, leading to capacity building of 576 SMC members. Block and district level sharing workshops were also organised for promoting education among girls and providing them safe environment.

To replicate the learning environment and teaching methodology of Bridge Education Centers, seven similar centres have been started in government primary schools. One lower grade class in each school has been developed into a centre in which activity based learning is organised. The initiative has been supported by the parents and the school teachers.

Four government schools have been identified which are targeted to be developed into model schools. One trained teacher from the SSS team has been deputed in each school and they teach children following joyful teaching and learning processes.

Efforts are made to build rapport with government teachers, and employees and officials of education department at district and block levels.