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The team of Honey Bee Network had a conversation with teachers about their extraordinary contribution towards open access high quality education for disadvantaged children. Also pursued with many teachers who provided access to education to children during the pandemic. The online education excluded the children who did not have smart phones. But then some government school teachers tried to include them as well. Responding to Covid-19 challenge in education. |
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"Vali Shala: A school run by parents
Poojaben Paija
Shri Dharampur Primary School, Ta. Dharampur, District. Rajkot
Ms. Pooja Pajja has been working as a teacher since 1988 and has been the principal of Shri Dharampur Primary School for about eight years. When she took over as principal in 2012, the number of students was less, with most parents sending their wards to a private school. The parents were unaware of what the students did at school; the teachers, on the other hand, could not ensure they did some lessons or homework post-school hours.
To develop a constructive solution to the problem, she formed a peer learning group to do remedial work
The group consisted of talented students from Classes 4 and 5, and they were tasked to help their juniors study for about one hour every day during school hours. Motivated by the success, the principal then extended the activity to the after-school hours. She requested the villagers to provide a venue for students to gather after school hours. Two SMC members responded to the request and allowed the children to gather in their courtyards to study. She introduced the concept of a 14-day parent school. She divided the students into two groups, one comprising classes 1 to 4 and the second with children of classes 5-7. In the evening, after school hours, the children assembled at a parent’s house for two hours, from 5.30 to 7.30. At first, the nominated monitor of the group conducted their attendance and reported to the host parent. The monitor then followed up with their work (reading and writing) and revised whatever was learned in school). Parents and other volunteers helped to ensure that the students focused on their work. The host parent also taught the children different things, including milking cows, bathing buffaloes, cutting vegetables, cooking, sowing seeds on the farm, embroidering, watering the plants, etc. Ms. Pajja was able to build a bridge between the school and parents, and in due course, the bond grew stronger, much to the benefit of each stakeholder. The school achieved Grade ``A” in Gunotsav. The Gram Panchayat allotted three bigha of land for sports. Inspired by the school activities, a donor provided air travel from Rajkot to Mumbai for all the children. The school was also selected in India’s Best 35 Innovative Teachers Festival.
Educational Application Development
Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati Govt. Senior Secondary Sanskrit School, Alwar, Rajasthan
In the era of social media, when students are using their phones, tablets, and computers to play games, watch videos, YouTube, and social media sites, Imran thought that it was possible to use this technology in education
He found that children learn easily by using technology in education. So, he decided to create interactive, engaging, and entertaining lessons for students. With no formal education in computers, he had to learn about computers from books and the internet. Imran Khan used the books left by his brother, an engineer, to learn how to create websites, fiddling with his computer and browsing through the internet.
He learned to design and develop mobile apps based on inspiration from the District Collector, Mr. Ashutosh AT Pednekar. Within weeks, he successfully designed his first mobile app in 2011, which was on General Science (Notes and Quizzes) for primary school children. Children engagement was encouraging, and he recorded around 15 lakh installations because of its user-friendly and colorful features.
Khan designs and develops apps voluntarily. His 80 apps mainly cover subjects related to the school curriculum. He has created apps for Primary and Secondary classes and for competitive exams. He has to his credit about 20 million users. According to the analytical reports, his apps are used not only in India but in 50 countries. Some of his famous apps are Project Dishari, Alwar Shakti, Digital Mewat, General Science, Maternal Care, SSC Exam, Kids General Knowledge, etc. Presently, there are over 4,85,000 users for the Dishari app, which was launched in 2017 for the benefit of college students to help them prepare for competitive exams. The app also features news updates and job alerts. Imran provides a platform for subject- wise online tests on a daily basis for competitive examinations.
Imran Khan also created Digital Mewat, an app to help groups and volunteers at the grassroots level to propagate social reforms like stopping the dowry tradition, encouraging girl child education, and extending educational support to potential students. His latest creation is the Alwar Shakti App for District Administration, Alwar. This app aims to strengthen youth and ensure positive engagement. It provides career guidance, skill development information, current affairs updates, positive words, and stories, etc. It is also an open forum for the users to discuss and seek responses from the panel of experts of the District Administration on various topics
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Honey Bee, 32(1-2)7-8, 2021 |
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