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CLT Project Proposal for Asha AZ

Nirmal Govind

June 5, 2005

Asha AZ Projects Meeting

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CLT Overview

• CLT: Children’s Lovecastles Trust• Founded by Bhagya Rangachar in 1997.• Based out of Jakkur village in Karnataka.• Objective: Prevent school dropouts in rural

sector.• The Need:

– More than 50 % of the children drop out before they reach the 6th grade.

– Less than 8 % finish 12 years of schooling.– Only 3 % make it to the end in rural areas.

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CLT’s Approach

• Create an informal layer over formal layer of government schools.

• Approach:– “Adopt” a school.– Build momentum for education in the community.– Provide kids with additional learning resources

(computers, mentors, etc.) – add on to formal school education.

– Make learning fun!

• CLT model is scaleable, repeatable, renewable, and technology-powered.

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CLT Model in a Nutshell

• Address the major issues of the only available education system for the children in under-served communities.

• CLT in partnership with the Government schools with intervention as well as integration of CLT Learning model.– Land from the Government + Computers from the

Corporates + Learning Modules from CLT• Technology is introduced for Technology-Aided Teaching /

Learning.• Empower teachers with skill-building tools.• Strengthen schools with infrastructure support – e.g. Library,

Science lab, Digital library, computers and furniture etc.• Give the ownership of the program to the school.

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Current Activities

• Intel Clubhouse (~ 850 kids)– Setup by donation (in kind) from Intel; partnering with MIT Media

Labs.– One of only two Intel clubhouses in India.– Variety of computers, educational softwares, multimedia

softwares, etc.

• Teachers’ Resource Center (~ 24 teachers)– Computer lab, digital library, library, science lab, art/theater,

technology-aided training program.

• Mid-day Meal Program (~ 650 kids)• Tsunami Project (Arakattuthurai village 2hrs from

Nagapattina) funded by Intel Foundation.• Other programs: rain water harvesting, etc.

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Measurables

• Jakkur School, more than 75 years old, ~ 850 students drawn from 10 villages, 75% fail rate in the 10th grade examination. 

• CLT intervened in 2000• 10th Grade Results

– 2004: 44% passing– 2005: 64% passing with 13 students above 60%, 6 above 75%,

one with 92%!• Most of them continue on to college; 5-6 kids sponsored

by CLT scholarship program.• About 55 girl student-dropouts from the surrounding

villages contacted CLT recently to continue their education and finish 10th grade.

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Rural School Cluster Proposal Outline

• Adopt a cluster of 6 schools in a District (Hoskote Taluk).• Rooms from the existing Government Schools.• Computers from Corporates (Cisco).• Non-digital and Digital Library.• One Resource Person from CLT to train the Goverment School

teachers (all 6 schools) once a week for Technology-Aided teaching.

• An After School program with Hands-On experience with the self-directed learning model for the kids.

• Give the ownership of the program to the teachers after 2 years.• Give them CLT Network support and on-line support throughout the

year and refreshers every year.• Reach: About 2500 children, 60-70  teachers.• Obtained approval and support (classrooms, electricity) from

Commissioner of Public Instruction.

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Proposal Budget

Item Breakup Cost

Resource Person Rs. 12,000 *12 Rs. 144,000

Furniture Rs. 60,000 Rs. 60,000

Digital Library Rs. 180,000 Rs. 180,000

Books Rs. 120,000 Rs. 120,000

Total Rs. 504,000

Suggestion:• 1st year: Resource Person + Furniture = Rs. 204,000 ~ $5000• 2nd year: Resource Person + ½ Digital Library = Rs. 234,000 ~ $5500

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Questions

• Percentage of funds from local community/corporates

• Opportunity to tap further into local donors?

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References

• Letter from Public Instruction Commissioner

• Main project pages– Children’s Lovecastle Trust: http://www.cltindia.org – Asha AZ CLT Project Page: http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=486

• Newspaper articles– Deccan Herald – Jakkur Kids goto Boston: http://cd.educationinindia.net/cd-cc2.htm– Business Line: http://www.blonnet.com/2003/06/06/stories/2003060601431700.htm– Intel Computer Clubhouse: http://www.intel.com/community/india/cc2.htm– AZ Intel: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/AZIndiaArticle_Jan2004.doc– Newspaper article 1: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article1.jpg– Newspaper article 2: http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/CLT_Article2.jpg

• Powerpoint presentations– Hands On Science:

http://www.ashanet.org/projects-new/documents/486/HandsonScience.ppt– Media Labs Asia (IIT): http://www.mlasia.iitb.ac.in/edu/– Overview: http://www.employees.org/~mahaloki/CLT/CLT.ppt

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