Field Vist to West Bengal and Jharkhand

Discover inspiring stories and valuable insights about our mission, education, and impact.

|February 2017

Dates:

– 26th and 27th of December 2016

Places Visited:

– Purulia, West Bengal

– Giridih, Jharkhand

– Deogarh, Jharkhand

People Met:

– Shri. Debashish Panda, and Biren Khan of CESR, Purulia, West Bengal

– Shri. Chakraborthy, HM of Govt. School, Jabrra Village, Purulia

– Shri Akbar Ansari, Community leader, Chargali Village, Purulia

– Shri Umesh Tiwari and Shri Diwakar Jha of SPS, Giridih, Jharkhand

– Shri. Shiv Banerjee, District Information Officer, NIC, Giridih, Jharkhand

– Shri. Murari Choudary, Smt. Madhu of NEEDS, Deogarh, Jharkhand

– Shri. Aditya Misra, Additional District Collector, Deogarh

Trip Summary:

Purulia:

– Visit of 3 potential new schools in Purulia cluste

– The inspirational story of Akbar Ansari, local farmer and a passionate individual, who has committed himself to make quality education a reality for the children of Chargali village.

– Discussion about plan for 17-18 for Purulia cluster and how CESR and eVidyaloka scale up and sustain operationally and financially. Target of 15 schools in Purulia cluster

– Discussion of various local social issues with CESR, around Child line, Tribals of Ayodhya Hills, the Deaf and Dumb school

Giridih:

– Discussion about overcoming operational issues in 3 KGBV schools in Giridih with NIC, Giridih along with SPS and arrived at action plan for Term 3 of 16-17

– Discuss scale up plan in Giridih cluster with SPS, for 17-18 and shortlisted 20+ potentials schools with a mix of KGBV and Upper Primary schools.

– Discussed strategy with SPS, for building partner capacity to manage eVidyaloka remote delivery, alongside financial sustainability plans

Deogarh:

– Discussion with NEEDS on their programs and how eVidyaloka NEEDS partnership can evolve

– Discussion with District Collector regarding Online classes in KGBV schools and Govt investment of Digital Classroom in additional 5 schools, alongside 7 KGBVs

Key Insights:

– Partners are excited about eVidyaloka program and show keen interest and enthusiasm, to develop local capability and financial capacity

– District administration is highly appreciative and supportive of efforts from programs like eVidyaloka in such remote locations

– Children demonstrate huge potential when provided with equal opportunity to quality education and advanced technology usage

– Local communities are highly aspirational and willing to extend any level of support, to make well meaning programs work for them

– Train travel, local food and love of people are some unique and priceless experiences to carry back from rural India

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