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THOUSAND SMILES PROJECT Bringing Smiles On The Faces Of 6 Schools · 2500+ Children · 90 Parents · 20 Teachers
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THOUSAND SMILES PROJECT
Bringing Smiles On The Faces Of
6 Schools · 2500+ Children · 90 Parents · 20 Teachers
The Problem
Abbas Baig, Age: 47 (School)Occupation: Principal•Doesn’t see parents as collaborators•Last year’s marketing budget: INR 75,000 | Output: > 90 admissions•Fees overdue in last quarter: 45%
Raziya Begum, Age: 33 (Community)Occupation: Zari/EmbroideryMonthly Household Income: INR 18,000•Doesn’t believe she has a role to play in her child’s education•Hasn’t attended a parent-teacher meeting in last 8 months•Hasn’t paid fees in last 2 months
The Problem
There Is No Constructive Dialogue Between The School and Parents. They Add To Each Others Problems
The Result?
Muzammil Ahmed, Age: 9 (Child)Class – IV, Fees: INR 250
•Cannot read a Grade 1 English text•Doesn’t have any role models•Doesn’t see the point in studying•Hesitates to meet new people
The Solution & Market Landscape
Thousand Smiles Project, in its pilot phase, aims at bringing together :
6 Principals · 90 Parents
Which in turn will impact: 2500+ children
We aim to create and mobilize leaders within low-income communities who will make schools accountable and help in their functioning as partners. The result, a happier,
confident child.
How Big Is The Market?
Source: DISE 2012
ASER, 2013 suggests there’s a massive increase in pvt. School enrollments and decrease in school quality each year.
We aim to scale to 200 low-income and mid-income pvt. schools by 2016,
Impacting over 100,000 kids
Phase I
PHASE I : Building trust and collaboration between schools and community (parents).
MODULE ACTIVITIES PARTNERS STAKEHOLDER BENEFITS
Health
(Basic Health benefits for kids @ less than $2)
Parents will be trained by doctors to screen students in vision and dental issues
All students will be administered de-worming pills
Hygiene and sanitation taught to kids to implement at homes
Paneeniya Dental College
Rotary Club
Aga Khan Health Academy
Dr. Levine, UC Berkeley
Select parents get part-time employment and earn compensation
Schools gain marketing leverage
Kids get a health card
Financial Literacy A school bank is opened – runs on kid’s savings – run by kids
Parents learn financial planning and are introduced to mainstream banking
GRAIN (Grassroots Action and Information Network)
Doing Good Fellows
Parents know projected costs for their kid’s education. They have access to banking benefits
School cuts their fees overdues
Kids learn to save
Arts Parents and kids are trained to make bags, candles, chocolate. School gives space
Rewheel
Rare Earth Designs
Parents teach kids – earn extra money
School gets money for space
Phase II
PHASE II : Formation Of School Development Committee
Level A (Duration – 1 and half months)
Level B (Duration – 3, 4, 5 months)
Level C (Duration - 6, 7 months)
Level D (Duration - 8, 9 months)
ACTIONS
There’s 20% attendance in meetings
No interaction between HM and community members
There’s 30% attendance in SDC meetings.
Less interaction between the HM and community members.
Meeting mostly led by facilitator
Attendance is 60%.
Bimonthly meetings. Interactions between HMs and community members happens.
Meeting led by HM
Attendance is 80%. Bimonthly meetings.
The agenda is decided by both parents and HM in collaboration.
One parent co-facilitates the session.
SKILLS
Understanding why student learning outcomes is important
Capacity building on conducting parent teacher meetings
Use of physical space
The procedure of analyzing SLO is explained by the accountability team.
Trainings to understand why is it important.
Parents use the data and have discussion forums.
Parents discuss the important issues for a parent teacher meeting
Discussions on phase I
Agenda around PTMs co-decided
Agenda around SLO co-decided
Pricing & Measurement
Pricing: Only For Pilot
Schools (annually) Community (annually)
INR 10,000 INR 120 per student
Sample Measurements
Stakeholder Measurement Indicator(s)
Medium Time Period
Children Decrease in dental and eye problems
Increase in attendance
Dental and Eye Tracking System
Attendance Registers
2 months
Schools Decrease in the percentage of fees overdue per quarter
Fees Collections 3 months
Community Parents avail banking benefits
See schools as partners
Asset evaluation 6 months
Developments
Selected among top-10 finalists across India for Microsoft YouthSpark Live
Partner School Orientation Meet
Won Edupreneur Quest by Central Square Foundation and Villgro
Parents’ Feedback Sessions
Tie-ups With External Partners
Team
Sarthak SatapathyStrategy, Measurements & School
@mynd_itGowtham SR
Health Module Lead & [email protected]
@mynd_it
Abhijit BiswasArts Module Lead & Finances
[email protected]@mynd_it
Rahul RainaFinancial Literacy Module Lead
@mynd_it
