|
|
|
| |
 |
| |
| |
| Future Ratna's at a Glance |
The 2004, Help India Ielp Foundation (MMSS) began as an initiative programme for
providing primary school education to children of the urban poor in the slums
of Pratapgarh , Uttar Pradesh in India. What began with a school in a single slum,
has, over the years, expanded to seven slums. Initially, Help India Help Foundation (MMSS)
created what they envisioned to be an ideal primary school. The school was designed, on the
one hand, to reflect the aspirations of the slum dwellers and respect the dignity of children,
and, on the other hand, to eschew certain existing practices, such as corporal punishment,
which were prevalent both in the community and in other schools in the neighborhood,
as well as within the wider context of the city.
This ideal school was visualized to implement a curriculum which would respond to the whole life-space
of the students, their material deprivation, emotional stress, and intellectual suppression. Thus,
Help India Help Foundation (MMSS)sought to evolve a model of primary education based on democratic
principles and to provide children with a nurturing learning environment based on trust rather than
on fear of teachers. This model also viewed parents and community members as active stakeholders,
not only in the setting up of the school, but also in its day to day operations and curricular issues.. |
|
The Future Ratna project is designed for children between 4 and 7-10-12 years of age, to prepare them for
formal school education. MMSS bharat believes that the role of Future Ratnas is especially important for
slum children as a preschool atmosphere of joyful learning enables these children to learn social skills
and to gain self-confidence. These are children who might not otherwise have had the chance to experience
playful learning prior to joining a formal school Basically, Future Ratnas strengthen the foundation, catalyze
4-6-12 year old economically underprivileged children to enroll in schools and vastly improve the ability of
children to understand the class i-ii syllabus. This results in a learning child with much higher chances of retention.
Future Ratnas have successfully socialized the idea of education in many city communities. A typical Future Ratna runs
for 2 hours a day, from 10 a.m to 12 (according to demand)noon in the house/school/franchisee/center/ngos of an MMSS
bharat volunteer (trainer)traind by our teacher training programme who acts as the teacher. The teacher receives a
nominal stipend from MMSS bharat, is usually a local resident of the community, and has passed the 10th standard.
children are taught the basics of language, which may be hindi ,urdu ,english depending on the locality.
The alphabet, numbers, rhymes, colours, shapes, names of animals,fruits, vegetables and familiar objects form the core of their activities.
These are conducted in a manner conducive to making learning fun. Now schools and communities are taking the idea of Future Ratnas further.
Many schools have offered their premises for MMSS bharat run Future Ratnas and some communities have provided space as well. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|