NGO And Individual Initiatives: Transforming The Space of Education
By Policy Fide
They created a series of 70 videos that showcased children from villages in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra having simple and general conversations along with each other in English. These videos include- self-introductions, sharing likes and dislikes, interviews with family members, and so on. These creative visualisations were made with an intent to connect well with the children watching them. To encourage them to develop these skills through observation learning — thereby picking up vocabulary and conversational skills.
2. Miracle Foundation India
With education now being imparted mostly through digital means because of COVID-19, it has been a challenge for people from economically weaker sections to get devices and internet connection for their children to continue their studies. The non-government organizations have been rendering a helping hand by providing smartphones, computers, laptops to needy students and even arranging online classes. Nivedita Dasgupta, Country Head, Miracle Foundation India, shared that a large section of people face difficulties such as improper connectivity, lack of wi-fi facilities besides not having smartphones or laptops.
3. Wockhardt Foundation
They shared that they are offering audiovisual learning to children from poor families and have provided more than 1000 e-learning is “This programme has proved to be a success in almost nine states, including Gujarat, Haryana, and Maharashtra, in all different languages,” DrHuzaifa Khorakiwala, Chief Executive Officer of the foundation said. He said the foundation also offers teacher training programmes to the schools so that teachers can operate the equipment.
4. Than Singh
A Delhi police constable is running physical classes for underprivileged children who cannot afford expensive gadgets to subscribe to the online mode of teaching that has become a norm across the world, including India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Constable Than Singh, who has been running these classes for a long time now, told news agency ANI that he had to shut down for some time after the pandemic hit and the country went into a nationwide lockdown from Sai Temple complex at Red Fort parking before the COVID-19 outbreak forced him to shut down his small unauthorised private school. However, he resumed the classes after the lockdown in the country eased. He said that when he saw students across India taking online classes and his students couldn’t, he resumed the physical classes again so that the underprivileged children don’t miss the daily dose of teachings.
5. Naveen Kumar Chandra
Naveen wanted to implement a plan by which the girls would be economically empowered and financially independent and through which they would be able to find jobs by focusing on skill development. Therefore he came up with this coding programme, which is a modern concept and very globalized. He followed the curriculum which is similar to that of Harvard University and he trained a couple of teachers who further trained many girls here in Malda and the response was brilliant. When students took an interest, he decided to boost this programme more. Now even Google has partnered with them and will provide adequate training as well. He has started ‘Project Magic’ to impart the idea of coding to all girls. Also, there are many UPSC aspirants here. He has started an academy called “Maldacademy” here, where the officers who are posted in Malda take regular classes for all UPSC aspirants since it is impossible for people here to go to Delhi and spend lakhs of rupees to learn courses.