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AVEHI ABACUS PROJECT
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AVEHI-ABACUS PROJECT Avehi public Charitable trust founded in 1981.
AVEHI- Audio Visual Education. The Avehi-ABACUS project (AAP) was initiated in 1990 in Mumbai, to strengthen education in primary schools by promoting interactive discussions through stories and games. They focus on a parallel curriculum promoting values of equality, justice, gender parity, secularism, environmental sustainability. Asha is affiliated with Avehi since 1999 and Asha Seattle from 2000
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TEAM Core team members include well known educationist and artists
Simantini Dhuru -- Director of the project Deepa Balsavar, Deepa Hari, Nandini Purandare, Noella de Souza, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sandhya Gandhi-Vakil and Vasudha Ambiye About 65 qualified observers and field co-coordinators Help coordinate classes, workshops, provide support to teachers and feedback to core team
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AAP Initiatives Sangati (children) Manthan (teachers)
Saath Saath (children)
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Sangati Designed for 5th to 7th class students.
Used in 946 MCGM schools and has reached more than 10,000 teachers and 2 and half lakh children since last thirteen years. Also implemented in a few well-known private schools that engage in innovation across the country. Key impacts Enhance Life Skill Quality Education in Schools. Enhance general academic performance by making learning enjoyable. Enables teachers to refresh their teaching skills, self-growth & personality development. Supplemental course material with audio-visual material focused on social subjects integrating the learning in school with learning beyond the school boundaries. Builds valuable skills: critical thinking, listening, analyzing, independent decision making, harmony and diversity. Sangati Outreach: No of Schools: 950, No. of teachers : No of Students: 42000
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Sangati: Topics Covered
Myself, my body, our Needs I am unique and yet share something with every human being. Explores understanding of the potentials & limitations of the human body Regardless of all differences human beings have the same needs Our earth and the web of life Provides the resources that make it possible for us to fulfill our needs The web of life: all life has evolved as a complex, interlinked and continuing process How societies developed Will help understand our own lives better (supplements history well) The way we live today Continuing changes in technology and different social, economic, political and cultural institutions which influence how we live today (captures gender discrimination, economic inequalities, communalism, media influence) Understanding change which characterizes our relationships, with all forms of life and the environment. It is only by understanding these changes and their impact that we can learn to deal with them and create the kind of lives and society we want Preparing for our future Exploring alternatives for ourselves as well as our society and earth
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Sangati: Rollout History
Phase 1: (June 1991 to March 1996) Mahalaxmi municipal school children (same group from Std. III to Std. VII) Phase 2 (June 1996 to March 2001) 25 municipal schools – 6962 children (Std. III to Std. VII) 35 NFE centers with children age group between 8 & 13 2 private schools (Std. III to Std. VII) Phase 3 (June 2001 to March 2005) 180 municipal schools in 2 municipal wards in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, English, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu schools covering 42,000 children (Std. V to Std. VII) 120 Zilla Parishad schools in Yawatmal and Chandrapur districts – 27,924 children 50 NFE centers Several private schools Phase 4 (June 2006 to 2016) All 905 municipal schools of Mumbai Supporting one batch through three years instead of 3 batches at same time due to financial constraints Phase 5 (June 2016 to 2018) Supporting two batch and plan to cover all three batches in parallel from next year
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Impact Mumbai Municipal Upper Primary Schools in Mumbai
Municipal Secondary Schools in Mumbai Thane Aashram School in Thane district Zone No. of schools No. of classes No. of Children No. of Secondary Schools No of Children 5 Blocks in Shahapur Project No. of schools and Classes I 202 298 6436 35 43 819 36 1800 II 333 512 13227 13 25 834 III 323 534 10896 4 6 75 Grand Total 858 1344 30559 52 74 1728
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Current Achievements Parallel implementation of Sangati across three class will happen in next two years New batch of Class V will also be exposed to Sangati while the current batch enters Class VI During the academic year Sangati program was implemented in 1344 classes from 858 upper primary schools in 8 languages 52 secondary schools reaching 74 classes A total of 1456 classes from 946 schools Implementation in Ashram Schools (residential schools for tribal children managed by the Integrated Tribal Development Department) of Thane district. 36 Aashram schools, 36 teachers and children in a tribal belt in spread over Shahapur, Murbad, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Ambernath blocks Awareness workshops with high Government officials to educate them and communicate about the program Started Sangati Programme in 19 Special schools ( Mainly for Special needs children- physically as well as mentally) run by Mumbai Municipal Cooperation. “Teachers reported that due to Sangati students have started to express their opinions, ideas, feelings without hesitation.”
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Manthan Training course designed for teachers enrolled for the Diploma in Teacher Education (DTEd) Two year foundation course with 50 sessions First pilot was conducted during 1998 and 2000 with 200 students Due to overwhelming response, Manthan was been granted permission by the Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training for implementing the program in Panvel District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) and 10 other affiliated colleges Awareness workshops organized for principals and teacher educators which has helped with implementation of the program District No of Blocks D.ed colleges No of trainee teachers Thane 4 14 538 Raigad 6 77 Grand Total 8 20 615
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Saath Saath Saath Saath course focuses on gender equality in schools
It is currently available in English medium schools under the Archdiocesan Board of education, Mumbai AAP proposes to translate it in Hindi for wider use both in school set up and in community set up Problems raised because of Gender Discrimination and other basti level issues are being addressed because of Saath Saath programme.
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Outreach of Saath Saath Programme 2015-17 Name of the Partner NGOs
Outreach of Saath Saath Programme Name of the Partner NGOs Mahila Jan Adhikaar Samiti ( ) Sahajani Shiksha Kendra ( ) Alwar Mewat Institute of Education and Development (AMIED) ( ) Siddharth Nagar , Andheri by Avehi Abacus Project ( ) Numbers of Community base centers 19 62 11 1 Numbers of adolescent and women's 600 Adolescent Girls- boys 1790 Adolescent Girls 2855 women's 275 25 Numbers of schools 5 60 Numbers of Students 530 (std 5-8) 1000 35 Grand Total of participants 1130 5645 310
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AAP- a success story AAP has been playing the role of a resource organisation for WIPRO’s Earthian initiative’s Continuous Engagement Programme along with the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) where elements of Sangati and Manthan have been used to develop and strengthen components of Education for Sustainable Development. Sangati and Manthan progress and achievements have motivated various organizations to seek help of Ms. Simantini Dhuru, project Director of Avehi to help revise their curriculum based on Avehi’s ideologies. The organizations include – TISS (Mumbai), MSCERT (Mumbai),State teachers training board (Mumbai). The organisation has been actively involved in working for Right to equal quality education for all and has connected with other likeminded civil society groups and eminent educationist to build State and National level forums. The Member Secretary of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), a central curriculum formulating and approving body for Pre-service Teacher Education had asked AAP to submit the entire two year course curriculum, which was presented and is waiting for approval.
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Funding Status & Budget
Sources of Revenue (Income) Donors Contribution ASHA FOR EDUCATION Expected 7,260,000.00 AID IN CHICAGO 450,000.00 AMMADA TRUST 125,000.00 HILTON FUND FOR SISTERS 1,500,000.00 AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE 2,500,000.00 NEA INDIA 200,000.00 12,035,000.00 Sangati Outreach: No of Schools: 950, No. of teachers : No of Students: 56000 Manthan Outreach: No of Colleges: No of teacher educators: No. of trainee teachers : 600
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Expense Head No of Units Time Cost per Unit Total Grant Total Rs Budget A Salary Management and Support Staff i Director 1 12 40000 480000 ii Chief Project Coordinator 45000 540000 iii Production Coordinator 22000 264000 iv Trainer, Writer & Researcher 3 20000 720000 v Accountant 31700 380400 vi Accounts Assistant 6500 78000 vii Office Administrator cum Computer Operator 10000 120000 viii Office Assistant 2 15000 360000 ix Helper 2600 31200 B Programme Cost of Sangati Salary for programme team Field Coordinators ( 7) 7 25000 Field Representatives ( 45) 45 11000 4 days Workshops with Teachers in Aashram in Thane 36 4 200 28800 Production of 2 Sangati Kits and other material Visual Aids 175 2500 875000 Manuals in Marathi, Hindi and English 300 105000 Children's Material in 8 languages 56000 25 Packaging (Bags ) 61250 Travel for kit distribution to schools 950 100 190000 Certificates and book mark for teachers 2300 20 92000 Travel for field Support & Monitoring of Sangati Programme Travel: Municipal School in Mumbai 52 1000 624000 Travel: Aashram Schools in Thane 24000 648000
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C Advocacy & Networking (Networking Meeting with Partners & Donors) i Field Coordinator 1 12 25000 300000 ii Local travelling exp. for Advocacy & Networking 1000 12000 vi Meeting with Partners 3 5000 15000 327000 D Programme Cost of Manthan programme 2 Planning and Review Meeting with all the Principals (Material, tea, food etc..) 30 400 2 days Workshop with Teacher Educators 24000 4 Monitoring visits : Travel for field Support & Monitoring of Manthan 4000 48000 5 Material Printing and Distribution Printing of booklet of Learning Material for Students (trainee teacher) 600 160 96000 Transportation charges for distribution of teaching learning material to DIET and DEd Colleges 10000 106000
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E Capacity Building workshop for staff 1 Capacity Building workshop 65 6 200 78000 2 2 days Annual Review 500 65000 F Administration Expenses i Rent & Maintenance 12 20000 240000 ii Communication 6500 iii Stationery 3500 42000 v Staff Welfare Expenses 14000 168000 vi Local travel for other staffs 800 57600 vii Documentation and Printing Costs( Brochures, letter head Annual-program report and others formats etc) 40000 viii Offices Audit Fees 50000 ix Website Maintaince Costs x Laptop and IT Systems Maintenance 10000 xi Furniture and Other Office Maintenance Expenses 715600 Grant Total
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Site Visit Rohit visited AVEHI in late July 2016 and provided a positive feedback
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Stay tuned for more updates .….
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