Insights into Asha for Education Initiatives in Mallarpur and Garia
Virtual site visits conducted on May 4, 2023, and September 5, 2022, revealed details about educational initiatives by Asha for Education in Mallarpur and Garia. The visits highlighted challenges faced, such as the need for quality teachers, language barriers, and lack of online education due to poor network connectivity. Efforts are underway to improve the quality of education and open a school, with support from local stakeholders like Ruby Hembron.
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Mallarpur Uthnau Asha For Education June 2023 Kunal Deb/Vish Viswanathan
Virtual Site visit summary- May 4, 2023 Participants: Asha for Education: S. Geetha, D. Sridhar, Katie Harrison, Vyom Khandelia, Subhadeep Basu, Madan Appiah, Kesava Viswanathan Mallarpur Uthnau Kunal Deb, Rocky Haldar, Sadi Date of visit May 4, 2023 Met the students at Mallarpur 10 of them ranging between class 5-8, one in class 12 Also met Rocky and Sadi in Habra Para Mode of education is Santhali and Bengali, pre primary and primary 3-12 years old, some are 14 years old, 12 students in all. Parents support the children with food. Groups are mixed, so it is individual education at the end or smaller groups. Bring books from Government schools. Struggling to go back to school and restart it Trying to CSR support from CII etc, then will go some exposure to computers There is a library they have with some books Link to Site Visit recording.
Virtual Site visit summary (9/5/22) Asha participants: Geetha, Madan, Sridhar, Nimish, Sailaja There are three initiatives by Uthnau. 1) Pre-primary school 2) Primary program 3) After School program We saw two locations, one a house in Garia, Birbhum, where 22 students come after their school for additional instructions. Teacher's name is Shadi (sp?). She teaches Bengali, Math and reading. The other location we saw was in Mallarpur where there are 9 students with 2 instructors, Mohan and Rocky. Quality of education is not high - some of the senior children know how to read in English, but it is not clear if they understand well enough. Questions had to be translated back in Bengali for them to respond (such as Math questions). Difficult to get and retain good teachers in the villages. Network is poor in Garia which inhibits online education. Kunal Da will provide a plan for the school in September/October. He thinks it will take 3 months to open the school, targeting December for the reopening. He needs to get some better quality teachers else the children will not learn. Ruby Hembron, editor of Adibani, a local magazine/newspaper supports Uthnau. Madan asked a good question - why is Uthnau being targeted by local hooligans? No clear answer other than they perceive it to be a threat.
