Rotary T-E-A-C-H Mission

Name

National Committee Member

Today's Agenda

• Opening Remarks

• Overview of Literacy in South Asia / India

• Initiatives of the Government of India

• Rotary’s vision (Kathmandu Declaration)

• Organizational Structure of Rotary TEACH

• Suggested committee structure at District level

• Discussions on T –E –A –C –H

• Level II (District level) training seminar

• Our Region’s Plan of Action- Our focus areas

- Our targets / goals

OVERVIEW OF LITERACY

Global Literacy Rates

South Asia Literacy Rates

Literacy Rates in India

GOVT OF INDIA INITIATIVES

Government of India Initiatives

• Operation Black Board- Started in the year 1987

- Focused on improving infrastructure in primary schools

• National Literacy Mission (NLM)- Started in the year 1988

- Focused on imparting functional literacy to non literatesin the age group of 15-35

• District Primary Education Program- Started in the year 1993

- Aimed at providing access to primary education for all

- To reduce dropouts to less than 10%

Government of India Initiatives

• Sarva Siksha Abiyan (SSA)- Started in the year 2001

- Promote community ownership of the school program

- Ensure all complete five years of schooling by 2007

• Mid day meals- Started in the year 2001

- Recognized the connection between poverty, hungerand education

• Right to Education (RTE)- Started in the year 2009

- Mandatory for Governments to provide free andcompulsory education

ORGANISATIONALSTRUCTURE

ROTARY’S VISION ANDORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Rotary's Vision

•Towards a “Literate India”- Advocacy for Literacy by developing

parternerships with Govt/ other NGOs

- Harness Information Technology

- Adopt Schools

- Strive to Improve Quality of Education

- Make Education inclusive by bringingmarginalised sections/ children at risk to themainstream

Organizational Structure

Teacher SupportCommittee,

ChairDEVANGTHAKORE

ELearningCommittee,

ChairPRAMOD

JEJURIKAR

Adult LiteracyCommittee,

ChairTIKKU

ChildDevelopment

Committee, ChairRAVI

VADLAMANI

Happy SchoolCommittee,

ChairRAJA MICHAEL

Rotary Literacy Sub Committees

National Committee Member INational Committee MembersNational Committee MembersNational Committee Member XNational Committee Member INational Committee Member INational Committee Member INational Committee Member INational Committee Member INational Committee Member I

Executive Committee Members

Chairman

The committee members

South Asia Committee Chair PRIP Kalyan Banerjee

South Asia Literacy Chair PRID Shekhar Mehta

Co Chair PDG Kamal Sanghvi

Secretary PDG Anirudh Roy Chowdhury

Executive Committee

Web Master

PDG Ashok GuptaPDG Ashok PanjwaniPDG Pramod Jejurikar

PDG Raja MichaelPDG Ravi Vadlamani

PDG Satyanarayan LakkarajuPDG Sushil KhuranaPDG Venkatesh A S

PDG Vijay JalanPDG Angsuman Bandyopadhyay

The committee members

Think Tank

Chair PDG Venkatesh A S

Members

PDG Gulam VahanvathyPDG Raja Michael

PDG Sunil ZachariaPDG Ramesh ChanderPDG Sandeep Narang

Resource PeopleTeam

PDG Ashok GuptaPDG Ashok Panjwani

PDG Ravi P VPDG sam Babu J

National Committee Members

Member Districts Assigned

PDG Ranjan Dhingra 3010, 3070, 3080 and 3090

PDG Ashish Desai 3051, 3052, 3053 and 3060

PDG Bansi Dhurandar 3131, 3132 and 3140

PDG Pradeep Mukherjee 3100, 3110 and 3120

PDG Sanjay Mishram 3030, 3040 and 3261

PDG Debasish Mitra 3240, 3250, 3262 and 3291

PDG Jawahar Vadlamani 3020, 3150 and 3160

PDG Rajendra Rai 3170, 3180 and 3190

PDG Raja Seenivasan 3201, 3202 and 3230

PDG Asoka N 2980, 3000, 3211 and 3212

District Level Structure

• District Rotary Literacy Committee Chair- three year term recommended

• Sub Committee Chair for each sub group

of T-E-A-C-H- Three sub committee members for each sub group

- Committee members could be on a staggering basis

• Appointments to be agreeable to DG, DGE andDGN

ROTARY T-E-A-C-H PROGRAM

Rotary T-E-A-C-H Program

• Teacher Support

• E Learning

• Adult Literacy

• Child Development

• Happy Schools

Teacher Support

• Periodic evaluation and appraisal of teachers

• District / National Level recognitions

- Standardized evaluation method

- To include cash prizes

- Recognised on our websites

• Trained Volunteers as teachers

- Training modules to be available online

- Volunteers to be tested before being deputed

- Special emphasis on youth/ senior citizens/ spousesof rotarians

Teacher Support (contd..)

•Provision of contractual employment ofvolunteers

•Continuous Teacher training through ELearning

E Learning

• Establishment of E Learning Centers in schools

• Provision of E Learning kits in needy schools- Ensures fast and effective learning

- Improves attendance at schools by making learninginteresting and enjoyable

- Reduces school drop out

- Can help teachers learn new techniques

- Very helpful in a single teacher school

• Idea is to supplement staff and not replace them

E Learning (Contd..)

• It acts as an Urban- Rural Leveller

• Development of Software for each statecurriculum in local language and English to beGovt’s responsibility with Rotary’s advocacy

• Other cost such as projector/ power back up etcto be approx 30,000/- to be shared equallybetween National committee, Club and school

Adult Literacy

• Use of ‘E Learning’module- introduced by TCS (available in 9 languages)

• Promotion of formation of ‘Self EducationGroups’

• Active participation of Rotarians, their Spouses,Rotaractors and Interactors as Volunteers.

• Use social media as a tool to enhance ourobjective of Adult Literacy

• Specialized training to housewives and girlsliving in slums and bastis,

• Promotion of Literacy amongst mothers

Adult Literacy (contd..)

•Functional Literacy through- Vocational training

- Basic education in maths, businessfundamentals, computer skills etc

- Promote ‘Learning for Earning’

Working persons can benefit by AcceleratedLearning modules

Child Development

• Special emphasis on overall inclusive growth- Children of prisoners

- Children of sex workers

- Children of migrant workers

- Other children at Risk .

• Eradication of child labor and provision forproper education of the children liberalized fromthe clutches of “child labor”.

• Bringing the school dropouts back to school.

• Provision for scholarships to meritoriousstudents

Child Development (Contd..)

•Equity in education for Differently abledchildren

- Make use of provisions of RTE

- Ensure amenities

- Ensure teacher sensitivity

- Ensure appropriate training forteachers

Happy Schools

• Clean Schools - Painted and well maintainedschool buildings.

• Benches & Desks for better student teacherinteraction

• Clean and hygienic toilets for boys & girls.• Ensuring clean and pure drinking water for both

children and teachers.• Facility of Library for the schools having children

exceeding the count of 200.• Provision of Uniform and footwear for every child.• Well maintained space for teaching staff.

Happy Schools (Contd..)

•Clubs to identify schools which lack atleast3 of the above requisites and provide themto make them ‘Happy Schools’

•Dists / clubs to report their initialassessment as well as submit completionreport

Subsequent Focus

• Computers

• Notebooks and stationeries

• Compound walls

•To ensure security and safety

WAY FORWARD

Level II Training

• To be conducted at District Levelon or before 31st March 2014- Under the direction of the DG- Guidance and support from NLCM

• Mandatory Participants- Club Presidents and Club RLC Chairs- Past District Governors and Assistant Governors

• Objective- To train and motivate the Club Leadership- To get the Clubs to set their goals

• Funding- National Committee would reimburse Rs. 300 for each

attending mandatory participant where not less than 60%of the clubs participate

Project Funding

•National committee would share ideas andsuggestions

•Districts/ clubs can consider

TRF global grants

Through schools (eg. Child for Child)

Corporate funding through CSR

(NLC will provide supporting materials)

Brand Ambassadors

•Chhavi Rajawat (first woman Sarpanch inIndia)

•Abhinav Bindra (Olympian)*

•Ravi Kishen (Bhojpuri actor)

•Amala Akkineni ( actress)

•Bikram Ghosh (musician)

•Usha Uthup (singer)*

•* confirmation awaited

Brand Ambassadors (contd..)

•Mrinal Kulkarni (Marathi actress)

•Shatrughan Sinha ( MP and actor)*

•Anand Kumar ( Educationalist)

(more will be added in the future. Districts can alsoprovide suggestions and assistance to bring

more celebrities as brand ambassadors)

* confirmation awaited

Recognition

•Top three performing DGs in each zoneshall be recognised and awarded at thesubsequent Institute