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Read Jehanabad. Jehanabad district , Bihar Reading program by district administration Program led by cluster coordinators Supported by Pratham. End June : Meeting with DM at his request July 2-3-4 : 3 day training for Cluster coordinators (CRC) for 2 blocks of district
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Read Jehanabad Jehanabad district , Bihar Reading program by district administration Program led by cluster coordinators Supported by Pratham
End June : Meeting with DM at his request • July 2-3-4 : 3 day training for Cluster coordinators (CRC) for 2 blocks of district • July : 15 working days : CRCs conducts “practice class” for 1.5 hours a day. 3 CRCs in a school • July 28 : Review meeting to discuss way forward • August : CRCs assess students in each school. Materials finalized and sent for printing • Early Sept : All Headteachers meeting/orientation • Sept 4-9 : 2 batches of teacher training by CRCs simulataneously in each cluster. 1 Pratham person to help in each training • Sept 10-15 : Materials distributed to each school • Sept 15 : Program starts
CRCs did reading assessment of each child in the schools in their charge. At the start of the program, close to 60% of all children in Std 3-4- 5 in these schools could not even read words.
“Read Jehanabad” launched in mid Sept 2012 Program runs well : mid Sept to mid Oct Holiday breaks for one month : DurgaPuja, Diwali and Chhatth Program resumes : Third week of Nov Mid test conducted : First 10 days of December. Sample : Cluster name : M.S. Kako Total : 11 schools and 48 teachers. New BH govt order: Focus on “weak” children from 2:30 to 4 pm each school day .