Anandshala program, works at turning schools into learning spaces full of joy, and ensures that every child stays, engages and learns in those schools. It builds stronger relationships between students, teachers and parents. With effective use of data, it enables teachers to understand and support learners comprehensively. Anandshala enhances students’ language abilities, and encourages ownership towards schooling by creating spaces for free and creative expression. On a larger level, through advocacy and capacity building, it attempts to foster a responsive education system. The intervention include:
Early Warning System: A system that uses school level data to help teachers get to know students, build relationships and track progress of those who are not attending, engaging & learning at school.
Enrichment Program: Activities for students to develop language skills, using innovative strategies and tools like body movement, the arts, and stories, allowing for creative expression and freedom, while actively interacting with the community.
Parent Engagement: Activities and games for parents to build awareness and engagement with schools and their role towards their child’s education.
Approach
The approach is institutionalised within the district education system through our four-pronged strategy-
➔ Developing Change-Leaders: Creating a cadre of master trainers chosen from among government officials. These officials, in turn, train other stakeholders to ensure the application of the Anandshala approach at the school level. The program comprises experiential workshops, on-site support, an interactive telephone helpline and toolkits.
➔ Recognition of Good Practices: A platform for teachers and schools to share good practices, get recognised through awards, and encourage wide-scale adoption of those good practices.
➔ Advocacy: An integrated system connecting the different stakeholders of the education system from the school level to the district level, built around the idea of joyful learning environments.
➔ Technology: We use technology extensively across the program to support the change leaders with capacity-building tools like instructional videos, interactive voice response system-based engagement and support, and school-level data collection through the use of tablets and internet.
Program Outreach
Direct Outreach
● 6 blocks
● 300 schools
● 96,704 students
● 14 Change Leaders ( Resource Persons from CRC/BRC)
● 300 Anandshala Ambassadors (Teachers)
● 300 Headmasters
● 900 Teachers
● 85 BRC/CRC
Indirect outreach
● 14 blocks
● 696 schools
● 14 RPs
● 160 BRPS and CRCCs
● 237,953 students
Budget: 2.4 crore
Team Size: 17 staffs