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Project Asha Nutanhat Development Society

Project Asha Nutanhat Development Society. 2011 – 12 Proposal by Tanushree and Somesh, AID Penn State. Purulia, West Bengal. Drought prone, semi-arid region 31% of Purulia’s 2.5 million people live below the poverty line (according to WB government)

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Project Asha Nutanhat Development Society

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  1. Project Asha Nutanhat Development Society 2011 – 12 Proposal by Tanushree and Somesh, AID Penn State

  2. Purulia, West Bengal • Drought prone, semi-arid region • 31% of Purulia’s 2.5 million people live below the poverty line (according to WB government) • Purulia has one of the highest rate, 11.8%, of out-of-school children of age 6-14 (ASER08)‏

  3. Mission statement of Nutanhat Development Society (NDS) • To help the less privileged in our community by making them aware of developmental issues; • To utilize resources optimally and bring in a sustainable change in society; • To educate, organize and build capabilities in community members; • To enable them to demand social justice, a clean and green environment, and self-reliance.

  4. Project Asha • Aim • Creating an environment to promote education among the less privileged tribal and backward children in Purulia. • Helping drop-outs and non-enrolled children to avail of this opportunity to learn in centres designed for self-growth. • Target Population • Children up to class IV from 10 remote villages of Hura block, Purulia. • The affected population mainly comprises indigenous tribal communities (Santhals, Kherias, Mudis, Mundas) and dalits (scheduled castes, and other backward castes).

  5. Situation • Large drop-out rate amongst tribal children • No one at home or in the community to guide or teach them properly • Most parents are illiterate and there is no environment in the village for education. • The government-run primary schools are practically non-functional • Child to teacher ratio is 100 : 1

  6. Project facts • Budget approved in • 2008-09: Rs. 4,09,350 • 2009-10 : Rs. 2,97,884 • 2010-11 : Rs. 4,10,396 • Persons Involved: • 300 students • 10 teachers • 1 Supervisor (Rasaraj)‏ • 1 Office staff (Nakul) • 1 Project coordinator (Kabori) Project poster in NDS office

  7. Performance evaluation methods • Site visits in 2008 (Simanti), 2009 (Arijit, Somesh), 2010 (Rini) • Quarterly conference calls to NDS project coordinators and grassroots workers • Quarterly report from NDS with performance data of each student

  8. Distribution of students Gender Class

  9. Overall student performance

  10. Student performance: Bengali

  11. Student performance: English

  12. Student performance: Math

  13. Project performance: Dropout

  14. Project performance: Graduation ratio

  15. Project performance: Bengali readiness

  16. Project performance: English readiness

  17. Project performance: Math readiness

  18. Observations • Steady progress in performance across all skills and villages; • Some villages are performing better than others; • Progress in English / Math is as good as Bengali; • The standard of education in outgoing class is more or less equally distributed among villages. • Lot of interest among parents and kids; • More villages want this kind of schools. Photo Courtesy: Kokonad Sinha, Ritendra Datta

  19. Future and concerns How to sustain: Look for government funding No response Cooperation of local panchayet Hope for some minimal amount Implementation of a fee structure Requires involvement in livelihood generation of the locals Propose to follow up implementation of NREGA in the locality Look for more external funding Requires our help: we are preparing a detailed report on the project progress and model

  20. Budget for 2011 - 12 Please open the Google Docs

  21. Proposition Vote to fund NDS for Rs. 403,850.00 for 2011-12

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