Anandshala program for 398,000 students in class 5th to 8th of 996 middle schools of Samastipur Dist

State Bihar District Samastipur

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

MyQuest program to build capacities of facilitators & institutes to use a blended learning approach

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MyQuest focuses on skills and career development for youth, along with improving facilitation skills for trainers using a blended learning approach. With a powerful combination of digital self-learning and classroom activities supported by innovative materials, MyQuest motivates trainers to learn new skills, while enabling students to build tangible, market-oriented skills, discover confidence and self-awareness so that they connect with the right careers and achieve their dreams of success. Since 2009 MyQuest has reached 280,000 disadvantaged youth between the ages of 18-30 in rural and urban areas, who are in urgent need of life & workplace skills and employment. young people in India. The annual budget for MyQuest program is around INR 18 Cr. MyQuest works closely with training providers (NGOs and technical training and other higher education institutes) and offers a bouquet of content with training and implementation support with a team of experienced social work and technology professionals from Quest Alliance. The program also collaborates with government departments to help them understand the value of 21st century skills for young people.

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Director - Finance, Admin and IT

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Aakash Sethi

Chief Executive Officer

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Aravind Thunga

Senior Manager (Sub Grants & Procurement)

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