Holistic School Development Programme

The focus of the our intervention at the school level is to enhance the learning levels of the children studying at the government schools through support and partnership with teachers, active participation of the community coupled with intensive class room and school level interventions through trained personnel and teachers. We believe that these interventions will create an environment and processes, which will ensure holistic development and enhanced performance of the school.

DSF believes in the holistic development of the school. We employ a good mix of management and development practices in order to develop a school and systems qualitatively.

The process and components involved in achieving the holistic development involved in are:

• Diagnostic through structured Interview and audit process
• Alignment meetings with stakeholders and Goal Setting
• Commitment Workshops to solicit participation and responsibility of all the players associated with the school
• Initiation of aligned interventions through School Support Team
• Assessment and Review to capture the effectiveness of the interventions
• Learning incorporation to streamline the process and way forward
• System Creation in order to make the programme sustainable with less support or no support from external agencies

In the long term, these interventions could prove to be the most effective means of driving change in the working of government schools across our country, by ensuring a better quality of education and learning, by providing role models, appropriate exposure and guidance to the children from a very young age.

LEARNING LEVEL ENHANCEMENT Beyond the Bell - After School Learning Centre Functional English programme developed for DSF and managed by our education facilitators. Self Esteem Building activities by DSF facilitators. Classroom interventions Remedial and supplementary education to children by DSF teachers. Pustak Mitra: Library Programme Inculcate habit and love for reading. An activity based programme implemented by DSF facilitators. Life Skill Programme Aims at building essential life skills to children facilitated t by trained facilitators. Computer Aided Learning programmes Use of computer as a tool to enhance learning and ensure students get the benefit of the global technology advancement.

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT Creation of conducive learning environment Provision of educational resources and basic amenities including critical infrastructure support. Extra Curricular and Co curricular activities Annual excursion, school / sports day celebrations, personality development forums. CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION Parent community interface Meeting with SDMC , Parents and community, attendance and retention drives, right to education campaigns. Partner Orgs and groups Partnership with educational resource organizations with proven technology and methodology. Civil society participation through eliciting corporate groups and neighbourhood community.