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Vadodara , Dang and Valsad districts, Gujarat State
Anandshala
Collaborative
UNICEF - Support and Guidance
GCERT/DIET – Facilitating Support
CEE – The Implementing Agency
DPE / DPEO – Admin. Support
What makes an Anandshala?
School
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Drinking Water, Sanitation and Waste Management
Units and Systems established, in use and
maintained
Personal Health & Hygiene concept understood and
practiced
Child friendly School environment
What makes an Anandshala?
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Teaching Learning Practices
Active Teacher and Parent participation
Learner-centre and self learning methodology
Locale specific creative material development
Life skills oriented vocational activities e.g.,
nursery, greeting cards, local artifacts, etc.
What makes an Anandshala?
Participation
 Village community (parents) sharing ownership
and responsibility for guiding educational
environment
 Institutional commitment to scale up - CRC, BRC,
DIET, DPEO
Aim /Objectives
Develop a Model and Methodology for Primary School Education in
partnership with village communities, state government, local
Institutions and individuals
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Upgrading quality of teaching-learning environment
Improve existing School Infrastructure Facility
Selection
Schools
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lacking basic facilities
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Up to 7 standard
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lacking proper health &
sanitation facilities
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lacking education quality
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literacy (less than 50%)
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high drop out rates
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gender balanced - student /
teachers
Villages
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accessibility and distance
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replication possibilities – CRCs
Process Infrastructure
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Sanitation
Drinking water
Common
meeting place
Fencing
Paved Areas
Greening
Processes – Soft Ware
Teaching learning
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Learning / Resource Corner
Vigyan Prayog Yatra
Balmelas
Child Retention
Institutional
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DIET Initiative
Anandshala Committee
Dharampur Science Centre
Principals’ Forum
Processes – Capacity Building
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Communication
Training
Gender training
Visualization work
shop
Teaching learning
Methodology
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Subject Specific Workshops
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Principal
CRC / BRC
Umang Tarang Training
Integrated Exposure Tours
Need based Training
Impact
“As a head of my village - Grampanchayat Maraghmal - I write to
express my delight for having included Maraghmal Primary school
in your Anandshala project. In this project there were components
like basic infrastructural facilities, quality improvement in teaching,
concern for environment, science promotion and integration of
villagers, teachers and students with each other. As part of these
processes, my relationship with the school has grown. This
change is due to Anandshala project. I heartily thank Anandshala
project for this positive change.” Sarpanch, Mrugmal Gram
Panchayat
Impact
“ I find it difficult to express the overwhelming joy in being
involved in a project of such a nature. We struck a cordial
relationship with the village community and were highly
inspired by the quality of input of the Anandshala team”
“We are thankful to the Anandshala team for providing us the
direction and inspiring us to be educators”
Laxmiben
Head Teacher
Primary School Bilpudi
Learning
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To establish physical facility and sustain them software
support is crucial and should be an integral part of the project.
Instead of tendering/contracting, delegating responsibility to
teachers that brings in
 Transparent in the system
 Quality
 Sustainability
 Ownership and
 Local contribution
Developing right perspective and minimum standards among
teachers and Panchayats lay the basis for use of funds for
appropriate care and maintenance of facilities.
Learning
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Linking classroom curriculum with exposure trip is very
effective tool / method to generate and sustain interest among
teachers and children.
Informal vacation educational activities improve enrolment
and retention.
Networking and liaison with appropriate agencies and
individuals results in multipliers.
PRA and collective visioning exercises with technical inputs
help improve and sustain quality of physical facilities.
The project implementation process working at / communicate
at several levels has helped mainstream the concept.
What a Way to the toilet…
Sukhala Primary School, Kaprada Taluka, Valsad
My toilet is also green
Dabkhala Primary School,
Kaparada Taluka, Valsad District
Are we Quality Conscious?
A meeting with staff
Dabhkal Primary School,
Kaprada Taluka, Valsad, District
Water? We catch all the rain here
Tiskkari Hatty Primaty School
Dharampur taluka, Valsad
Can we improve this further?
School staff discussing further possibilities
Dhandhoda Primary School
Chhota udepur Taluka
Vadodara District
Fresh Food from the backyard
A vegetable kitchen garden
Drinking water underneath, Cool place to
sit, A roof for protection, the nation’s flag
to hoist …. to learn amidst pleasantly green
surroundings and the peace of the village
Anandshala. My School
Clean and Green
Thank you !