1. An AID INDIA Education Project
eureka
Super
Kidz
Innovative village education centers that ensure children from the poorest families get quality education and reach their full potential
An AID INDIA Education Project
Proposal submitted to
AIMS 1

2. Vision
Every child in every village gets the best education, achieves her full potential and is ready to face the world with confidence.

3. In this presentation…
Who: About AID INDIA
Why: The Problem Statement
What: Eureka SuperKidz Project Vision
Need: Proposal to AIMS

4. AID INDIA: OVERVIEW
Founded: In By IIT and BITS alumni who quit corporate careers to work fulltime on education and village development.
Mission: To provide quality education to every poor child in India
Strategy: Large Scale Measurable Impact Projects
USP:
Content Expertise: Separate content R&D division. Deeply researched outcome-focused pedagogy, materials and training. Widely used by Govt, UNICEF, Pvt Schools, TV channels, NGOs.
Impact Evaluation: Systematic evaluation and tracking of children’s learning outcomes used as feedback to continuously improve performance.
Community Engagement: In every village we get the community to financially contribute to the project right from the start. This ensures both accountability as well as sustainability.
Long Term Approach: Most of our projects start small, demonstrate results and build further and further in the succeeding years. This leads to long term and broader impact on the children.

5. AID INDIA: SAMPLE PROJECTS
Chennai Schools
Math, Science , Language
improved in 100 corporation schools in Chennai
Partner: MS Dell Foundation
Cognizant Foundation
Padippum Inikkum
4.5 Lakh children in 7300 schools learn to read Tamil
Partner: TN Govt SSA
NCLP Project
Science and Math made fun in 700 child labor schools
Partner: UNICEF, Govt
Lab-in-a-Box
Scientific creativity sparked in 1.3 Lakh kids in 510 Govt schools in Krishnagiri.
Partner: UNICEF
Read India
Reading campaign in villages helps children learn to read.
Partner: Pratham
Eureka SuperKidz
Village education centers that provides quality education to the poorest children
Partner: John Stone, Prabhu,
ILP, AGK, PwC, Girija
Eureka Schools
Model schools hat demonstrate top quality education at low cost.
Partner: Banca Sella
Kothari, Rohan
TN Schools Project
1 million children in 7200 Govt schools improve reading, math and pre-primary skills.
Partner: CIFF, John Stone, Asha, Yahoo
Scholarship
361 poorest children supported from Std 6 through till college.
Partner: CSS

6. Std 5 Children Who Can Read
AID INDIA: IMPACT
1 million children access high quality learning resources
18000 teachers trained on innovative teaching methods
150 titles - books, kits, activities – published and used across TN.
Std VI TN Math textbook written by AID INDIA
175 TV episodes – 4 years of weekly Science Experiments demo on Sun TV viewed across the state
3 years of reading program in 10 districts has led to a 15% higher district wide impact In reading levels compared to the rest of the state.
Std 5 Children Who Can Read
10 AID INDIA district (TN)
19 Other Districts (TN)
Source: ASER
Pre-primary skills assessment done using World Bank’s SRI tools showed 40%-60% higher levels in children’s learning and school readiness in the AID INDIA program Balwadis when compared with the control Balwadis.

7. AID INDIA: Field Locations
Total Current Projects: 14 Districts
Direct Field Projects: 53 blocks in 10 districts
NGO Partnership Projects: 9 Districts
Govt Teacher Training Projects: 10 Districts
Eureka SuperKidz: 800 villages
Eureka Books Outreach: Entire State
Total Children Reached through all programs so far = 2 Million
Children in on-going current programs: Eureka SuperKidz = 50000
Eureka Schools Network = 1000
NGO Partnership Projects = 35000

8. AID INDIA: AWARDS, RECOGNITION
Times of India Social Impact Award 2011, for Global Contribution to India’s development.
MIT Indus Technovators Award, for innovative work on Science Education and Village Libraries.
Ashoka Fellowship, for innovative work in science education
Lemelson Inventor Certificate, recognizing innovative work in science education
Pratham USA Achievement Award, for improving reading skills across the state of Tamilnadu.
Distinguished Service Award, from Rotary Club of Madras South for providing quality education to the poorest children.
Selected Media Coverage
Center page article in The Hindu Metroplus on 9th May 2009
Science Program featured in Lemelson Foundation’s online magazine ‘Good’
Outlook article on Education programs of AID INDIA on 18th Sept 2006
CNN IBN TV interview on Reading program

9. In this presentation…
Who: About AID INDIA
Why: The Problem Statement
What: Eureka SuperKidz Project Vision
Need: Proposal to AIMS

10. Every Child Has the Same Potential

11. Every Child Has the Same Potential
This means, given the right opportunity, …
Every child can acquire all the required skills in all the foundational subjects.
Every child can build on talent areas she can excel at. One could be great at Math and another at creating Sculpture.
Not every child can be a genius. But an Einstein or a Picasso can come from anywhere.

12. Reality: Same Potential Same Performance
Early Start (Education at Home)
Good Preschool
Good School
After School Support (Parents, Extra Classes)
Highly skilled confident achievers
Children from educated affluent families
Children from poor families
No learning resources at home
No pre-school education
Poor quality Govt Schools
No after school support at home
Under-confident children unable to read a para or subtract 2 numbers* even by Class V
* ASER survey shows that in 3rd-5th Std, 46% children cannot read Tamil, 58% cannot subtract and 85% cannot read an English sentence. Other studies show that 83% Dalit and Adi Dravida children in Std 4 cannot subtract.

13. Educated Parents: What they do…
Parents play a huge role in a child’s learning. Studies show that many children learn reading and arithmetic largely from the individualized support from parents.
Extra Tuition classes
Meet Teachers
Resource Materials
Research the best pre-schools and schools to put their children in
Help with Homework, Reading and Arithmetic
If the child lags behind
If the school is bad
Identify and encourage the child’s special talent by getting resources, enrolling in special classes
Immerse the child in a learning environment right from birth: Toys, books, educational games, videos, play-schools
Shift to better school
Push school to improve
Tuition to compensate
Skilled, Confident Motivated Achievers

14. Poverty: How it affects education…
Education can make a huge difference in the lives of poor children. It can decisively break their cycle of poverty. Poor parents recognize this well. They often fail in their attempts to get their children educated, but it is not due to a lack of trying.
If lucky the Govt school nearby might have good teachers
Urgent Need
Studies1 show that good after school support can compensate for many gaps in the child’s environment.
Poor parents already recognize the need for after-school support. They are even willing to pay Rs per month to send their children to an ‘evening tuition center’.
But less than 15% of the villages have after-school centers. And often even these few centers are of very poor quality – with one untrained teacher simultaneously handling children from Std 1 to Std 10.
Govt balwadi the child attends has no resources or training to provide pre-primary education
Parents unable to help after school. Don’t know what child is learning or what she finds difficult.
A poor child starts life with a disadvantage. The child grows in an environment with no books, no toys, no one who reads out to her.
Child’s areas of lag and areas of talent - both remain undiscovered and unsupported.
Under-confident children with poor learning levels
1 Univ of California, A Study of Promising Afterschool Programs
Harvard Family Research, After School Programs in 21st Century

15. In this presentation…
Who: About AID INDIA
Why: The Problem Statement
What: Eureka SuperKidz Project Vision
Need: Proposal to AIMS

16. Transforming the lives of the poorest children
Eureka SuperKidz: A Transformative Force
An innovative village education center that provides quality Science, Math and Language inputs to children from the poorest families and ensures every child reaches his/her full potential.
Individual Attention
Separate teachers handle different classes ensuring smaller batches, tracking each child’s progress and individual attention
Effective Content Fun activities get children to enjoy learning. Evaluation and remedial action ensure every child is learning well.
Early Start Support starts from age 3 preparing the child well for school.
Learning Enrichment Science and Math clubs and learning festivals help children build on their talents
Transforming the lives of the poorest children

17. At Eureka SuperKidz Centers…
Eureka SuperKidz: Right Inputs at Right Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Early Childhood
Middle Childhood
Learning at Home
Pre Primary
(Kindergarten)
Early Primary
(Std 1-3)
Upper Primary
(Std 4-8)
Age
Growth Phase
Grade
How Children Learn…
Early Start (KG): 3 hours of fun activities every day with the right toys and tools to help the child’s growing brain. Ensures every child is ready for school.
Strong Foundation (Std 1-3): Focused 3 hour class daily for Std 1-3 by a dedicated teacher provides individual attention. Activities ensure every child can read fluently and do arithmetic well.
Ready for Future (Std 4-8): Daily classes with experiments, puzzles and projects to ensure children develop interest and competency in Math and Science.
At Eureka SuperKidz Centers…
Age 0-2
Learning at Home: Children learn by physical interaction. Inputs at home is sufficient.
Age 3-5
Kindergarten: Children learn by play and imitation. Critical period for language, motor and socio-emotional development.
Age 6-8
Std 1-3: Children learn by absorption. Critical period for building a strong foundation in language and arithmetic through activities.
Age 9-13
Std 4-8: Children start abstract reasoning. Right time to introduce Math and Science through experiments and puzzles. Group projects help build self-esteem and peer-bonding.
Ref: ‘What’s going on in there? The first five years’, Lise Eliot
‘Learning all the time’, John Holt
‘Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence’, Piaget

18. Eureka SuperKidz: What happens in a village?
Every Day: 3 hours of Evening Classes
3 trained local teachers run evening classes for Std 1-3, Std 4-5 and Std 6-8.
Children learn Language, Math, Science and English
Learning Goals same as State Curriculum expectations. (Unlike schools, here the plan is of course to actually meet these expectations!)
Special Focus on children who are lagging behind who are tracked, provided individual attention and improved.
Special Researched Methodology:
Skill chart and Individual Attention:
Each child’s skill levels are evaluated and tracked using a skill chart.
This gives teachers and children a clear goal every month
This also ensures teachers focus on the children lagging behind
Fun Activities and Content fine-tuned to deliver quick visible gains
Fun activities and attractive materials and workbooks have been specifically designed for children from deprived backgrounds.
Activities fine tuned to ensure quick and visible learning gains building a strong incentive for learning and using these innovative methods.

19. Eureka SuperKidz: What happens in a village?
Every Month: Fee Collection, Evaluation, Events and Parent Engagement
Fees to Ensure Accountability: Right from the start we get parents to support a significant part of the teachers’ honorarium by paying a small monthly fee of about Rs This ensures parent involvement, teacher accountability and regular attendance by children. This also helps us get immediate feedback and make program corrections.
Skill Chart Updation: Children’s Skills are evaluated each month and the teachers update the skill charts for Tamil and Math. They also use this to set goals for themselves and the children.
Parent Meetings: Children’s progress is discussed with the parents. The areas that need more strengthening are explained and plans discussed. Attendance and parent support is also discussed. Every few months, a progress report card is also given to the parents.
Learning Festivals: Most months, a small mela or village learning festival is also organized where the entire community is invited and children show-case their learning and talents. Sometimes, children are also tested and given certificates at these events. Different months, the events focus on different themes.

20. Eureka SuperKidz: Step by Step…
Teacher Selection Parent Meetings Panchayat and school teacher Meetings Interviews to select teachers
Training,
Materials
Initial intensive training of teachers
Supply of Learning Materials
Every quarter additional materials and training provided
Daily Classes Students Enrolled Weekly trainer visits to monitor class quality and provide on-field training Monthly Review and Feedback Village level learning festivals every quarter
Outcome
Evaluation
Baseline Evaluation
Quarterly student progress tracking
Remedial actions for those lagging
Report cards and parent meetings
Year end Evaluation 20

21. Eureka SuperKidz: Step by Step…
Step 1: Village Selection
We select the poorest and most marginalized hamlets and villages.
Typically, 50% of our villages are Dalit hamlets and 25% are Most Backward Caste hamlets.
Step2: Parent Meeting
We start with a preliminary parent meeting in the village to discuss how their children are studying and the status of the school. We explain what a Std 4-5 child is expected to know. We then give a simple testing tool meant for Std 2 and ask parents to themselves test a few Std 4-5 children.
The shock this creates leads to further discussion on quality of schools and how as parents they can help their children by starting evening centers.
We present our proposal that if they find 3 local youth as evening center teachers and pay half of their stipend, we will cover the other half and also train them and provide workbooks and materials to the children to learn better.

22. Eureka SuperKidz: Step by Step…
Step 3: Launching the Classes
We have a few more parent meetings and get at least parents to sign up for the classes. We also use their help (and our own interviews) to identify 3 Eureka Teachers (Youth from the same village) and a place to run the classes.
We train the teachers, provide a set of learning materials, skill charts, workbooks and with a local inaugural start off the classes in the village.
Each month, the teachers are trained on a new set of activities and skills.
Step 4: Initial Evaluation and Daily Classes
We evaluate each child’s learning levels and mark it on a skill chart. Using this the teacher groups the children by levels and works with them using different materials based on their levels.
As the children progress, the skill charts are marked and the progress shared with the parents at Parent Meetings.
ID card is given to each child.
Eureka Block Trainers visit the centers every week to monitor the classes as well as strengthen teachers’ training.

23. Eureka SuperKidz: Step by Step…
Step5: House visits and Enrollment Drive
Eureka Teachers and Block Coordinators visit each house and explain the program and ask them to enroll their children in the center. Enrolled parents help convince other parents about the value of the Eureka center.
As the classes start showing results, usually the strength increases first to students and then to around 60 students.
Step 6: Village Learning Festivals
After a couple of months, we conduct a village learning festival, where the entire community is invited and children present what they have learnt. Several children are also given certificates. Village events are done every few months.
Apart from motivating the children, these festivals also build awareness about the Eureka centers and get more parents to enroll their children.
Annual Day: Year End Evaluation is presented to the parents at the Annual Day.

24. Eureka SuperKidz: Longer-term Vision…
Kindergarten School
for 3-5 year olds
(In our learning center or in the Govt Balwadi)
Village Library
(Books and reading melas to create a reading culture)
Child Health and Nutrition
(Nutrition inputs and health check up for all children in our centers)
Fun Clubs
(Toy Club, Crafts Club,
Sports Club, Lego Club, Astronomy, Geometry Club)
Constructing a
Learning Center
(Low cost construction on donated community land)
Eureka SuperKidz
Evening Classes is the foundation on which we aim to build a larger change in the village.
Talent Exhibitions
and Competitions
(Quiz, Science Exhibition, Story writing or Drama Competition at village, block and state levels to bring out the best in children.)
Parent Education
(Educating parents to
better help their children)
Computer & English Skills
(Block Level Center + Visiting faculty to provide higher skills. We will later add other vocational and soft skills as well.)
Scholarship Program
(Helping high potential children from extremely poor families in the village to complete college.)
Science & Math Clubs
(With visiting expert faculty
for interested students)
Life Skills Program
(Adolescent Girls and Boys Health and Life Skills Classes)
School and Balwadi Program
(Improving learning in the Village School and Balwadi by teacher training and remedial support. Some of the earlier initiatives listed can also be done in the school )

25. In this presentation…
Who: About AID INDIA
Why: The Problem Statement
What: Eureka SuperKidz Project Vision
Need: Proposal to AIMS

26. Veerappanayakanpatti
Eureka SuperKidz: AIMS Project Proposal
Project: AIMS has been supporting the Eureka SuperKidz After-school Education Centers in 10 Villages for the last one year. We request AIMS to renew your support in 10 villages this year as well.
Location: We request support for our Eureka Superkidz afterschool centers in the following villages in Harur Block, Dharmapuri District.
Villages
Kattarasampatti
Kongavembu
Maampatti
Matthimpatti
Mutthaanur
Nerupandakuppam
Paalayam
Veerappanayakanpatti
Velampatty
Veppampatti

27. AIMS Eureka Project: Expected Impact
Learning Outcomes in Children:
Std 1-3 Children (6-8 year olds):
Language (Tamil): Children able to read fluently, write simple sentences, comprehend passages and answer questions based on it.
Math: Children able to do basic arithmetic – addition, subtraction and simple multiplication.
Outcomes in Std 4-8 Children (9-13 year olds)
Language (Tamil): Children able to comprehend unsimplified text and write small stories.
Math: Children able to do fractions, geometry, measurement and solve word problems.
In addition to Tamil and Math, children will also learn English and Science.
English: In English, we plan to engage the children in exciting activities to get them to hold a conversation in English and speak simple sentences confidently in front of an audience. This will enhance their confidence and communication skills.
Science:, children will learn to do exciting experiments with everyday objects. They will also take part in monthly science melas and exhibitions to demonstrate the skills they learn at the Eureka centers.
Annual evaluations will be used to assess the impact of the project. 27

28. Eureka SuperKidz AIMS Project Budget
Project in a cluster of 10 villages impacts 600 children
Annual Cost Per Village (After School Component)
Teacher Cost (3 teachers)
Rs. 44,000
Learning materials, Content Training, Village Events
Rs. 28,000
Project Coordinator, Travel, Phone and Admin Costs
Rs. 8,000
Bags, notebooks, stationery for children
Rs. 15,000
Total Per Village Cost
Rs. 95,000
Community Contribution
(Less) Rs. 20,000
Local individual contribution to be raised
(Less) Rs. 25,000
Grant Needed for each village from AIMS
Rs. 50,000 ($1000)
Total Grant Requested from AIMS for 10 villages = Rs.5,00,000 ( $10,000)
*In , the total cost of each village for the after school component was Rs 50,000.The increase in the village cost is due to inflationary increase in the teacher costs, as well as travel and food costs in training and coordination. In addition this year we are also giving more materials for each child like bags, notebooks etc. We are trying to raise part-support for a few of these components from individuals to ensure greater ownership and sustenance for each village. So the cost per village requested from AIMS remains the same as last year. 28

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