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ASHA DARSHANASSAM
BACKGROUND, UPDATE & PROPOSAL
Vidhya May 2018 - April 2019
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BACKGROUND• Asha Darshan is one of the oldest AfE-SV projects, running since the year 2000• Asha Darshan Trust is a grassroots NGO and an AfE affiliate, similar to Asha Trust• Biju Borbaruah is the principal coordinator of Asha Darshan and has been working
in the area since 1998• Asha Darshan’s work is broadly organized into:
• Education • Women Empowerment• Community Development
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OVERVIEW• Asha Darshan’s education program spans 8 villages in Baksa and Tamalpur
districts of Assam• Education Program has expanded into Manipur with support from Stamford
• Primary site of Asha Darshan’s is Bodo tribal area• Primarily agrarian society with large population dependent on small farming or
seasonal labor • The region has been historically marred by violent conflicts and militancy • Political agreements and arrangements over the past decade have brought some
normalcy to the region , however, there’s little improvement in the lives of people• Access to affordable and quality education and healthcare continues to be a
challenge • Relatively high [and rising] drug & substance abuse in the area
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EDUCATION PROGRAM• Asha Darshan runs schools with community support where there is a need and demand• Since 2001 Asha Darshan has started 24 schools, of which 15 schools have been either
converted (to) or adopted by the Government! One school was merged with the local govt school in 2017
• Asha Darshan currently runs 8 schools• Nagapur (Assamese medium)• Nagapur (Bodo medium)• Shimliguri • Shantipur #1• Shantipur #2• Devinagar• Satyanarayanpur• Abhayapur
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EDUCATION PROGRAM• Most schools are in temporary construction, with concrete floors but bamboo walls/roofs, and
need annual (or frequent) repairs, especially during the rains • Community generally works together on maintenance and repairs of the schools • Schools are typically constructed on community [donated] land • Field staff visits the schools 2/3 days every week and parents frequently visit and meet at the
school• SMC meetings are conducted every month, students, parents, and community at large attends
the SMC meetings to discuss issues including, but not limited to, the school.• Teacher meetings are held in rotation bases every month or two months• There’s a monthly meeting, last Sunday of every month, of teachers at Asha Darshan center in
Bogajuli or Tamalpur• Progress of all schools is discussed along with a post-training follow-up
• Annual teacher training program for all teachers • Conducted with help from Asha Trust or other local NGOs with expertise in teacher training
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Name of School Year of support Year of closing Classes Number of students
Activities in 2017-18 (Cultural competitions, sports day etc)
Any evaluation done? Pass percent?
Students dropped out number Reason for drop out
SatyanarayanpurLP school 2000Continue PP-V
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Shilpi Divas (17 Jan), Saraswati Puja (22 Jan), Republic Day (26 Jan),
Me-Dum-Me Phi & Chilarai Divas (31 jan), World
Environment Day (5 June), International Yoga Day (21 June), Independent Day (15
Aug), Play Day (3 Sept), Teacher's Day (5 Sept), Gandhi Jayanti (2 Oct),
Children's Day (14 Nov), Lachit Divas (24 Nov), Asom Divas (Chukapha Divas (2
Dec)
Yes, 100% passed
Satyanarayanpur ME school 2006Continue VI-VIII95 Yes, 98% passed (failed 2 in
class VI) 5Works in Bhutan to run family
2No.ShantipurLP school 2006Continue I-V 98 yes, 100% passed 2 (Class V-1, Class III-1) health problem NagapurME School (Bodo)Medium 2007Continue VI-X 115 yes, 100% passed
DevinagarLP school 2007Continue I-V 57 yes, 100% passedNagapurLP & ME school (Assamese) Medium 2008Continue I-VIII 131 yes, 100% passed
SimliguriMEschool(Bodo ) 2009Continue VI-VIII
54 yes, 94% passed, ( 3 failed in class VI) 1 in class VII no parents to lookafter, went to
bhutan for work
SunmuniLP school 2011Merged with govt school - 2017
1No. shantipur LP school 2013Continue I-V
78Yes, 90% passed (unsuccessful
1 in class III and 7 in other classes )
KhumguriPP school 2000 2006
Schools transformed to the govt
BathouguriPP school 2000 2004Amlaiguri LP school 2000 2006AnthaibariPP school 2000 2011JhargaonPP school 2000 2003NagapurPP school 2000 2007KawliPP school 2000 2005SingramariLP school 2000 2010Namati LP school 2000 2011Hajongbasti PP school 2000 2015
LakhinarayanpurLPschool 2000 2010PaharpurPP school 2004 2007DanswarngLP school 2006 2010GarughutuLP school 2006 2010
LakhinarayanpurME school 2007 2015
Nearby govt school I. Satyanarayanpur LP school - within 3-5 km govt primary school
II. Satyanarayanpur ME schoolIII. 2No.Shantipur LP school IV. Nagapur ME School (Bodo) Medium - primary school (Bobo) is nearby, no local middle
school (Bobo medium)V. Devinagar LP school
VI. Nagapur LP & ME school (Assamese) Medium - more than 3 km for a Assamese medium school
VII. Simliguri ME school(Bodo ) - there is a primary school nearby , middle school is 5 km way
VIII. 1No. shantipur LP school
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UPDATES 2017-18▪ Mid-Day Meal: School kitchens are improved with essential utensils like saucepan,
serving spoon, big pan, kettle, water filter, plastic bucket, aluminum bucket etc. as per requirement of the schools. Meals have been served in all the school days 5 days a week.▪ Procured First Aid Box and Thermometer for the schools▪ Reading material Books, charts, Assamese dictionary ‘Hemkos’ and Assam Map▪ Teacher’s meetings are held regularly in a rotation basis in the schools of Asha
Darshan
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School ActivitiesSports Day: on 3rd September sport’s day was celebrated in all the 8 schools of Asha Darshan by organizing game competitions, march-past and flag hoisting. There was short speech session about Olympiad Bhogeswar Baruah who is sports icon of Assam.
Other festival: Saraswati puja was organized in the schools on 1st February. Nagapur school celebrated pija with great enthuse, decorating school approach road with colorful glittery flags, worship, and Prasad Bitoron.
Science Activities (4-05-2017): 60 students were taken to Guwahati to show science museum, planetarium, Shankrdev Kalakshetra, Umanada Temple, Balaji Temple, Air port and Saraighat Bridge.
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Teaching Learning Materials▪ Stationary items bought: Teacher’s attendance registers, Students’ attendance
register, stapler with pin, cello tape, globes, gems clip, chart paper and green board etc are bought in 2017 ▪ Sometimes teacher shows the actual object (such as flowers, fruits etc) if it is
available. ▪ From Chennai some math teaching kits namely spiked abacus-7spikes, spiked
abacus-4spikes, fraction circle, base ten-3 Digit (new) and Ganitmala are bought. Teachers are using these kits in a rotation basis because quantity is not sufficient for all school. ▪ We proposed to buy more kits for all schools, quotations already collected from
Jodo Gyan Research Centre and Ramanujan Museum. This will be procured in 2018-19. Sample kit and pricing at this link
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TLM - Quotes
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SL No Item/kit Qnty Rate A1 Discount A2 GST Amount
I. Ganitmala 100 (big) 10 400.00 4000.00 0 4000.00 18% 4720.00
I. Jodo blocks 10 525.00 5250.00 0 5250.00 18% 6195.00
I. Dienes blocks (plastic) 10 800.00 8000.00 0 8000.00 18% 9440.00
I. Spiked abacus-4 10 600.00 6000.00 20% 4800.00 12% 5376.00
I. 2. Spiked abacus -7 10 1055.00 10550.00 20% 8440.00 12% 9452.80
I. Fraction Circle 10 884.00 8840.00 20% 7072.00 12% 7920.64
42640.00 37562.00 43104.44
Transportation 7000.00
Total 50104.44
SCHOOL REPAIR▪ School-walls were temporary which were made of bamboo so every year repairs
are done to get its original shape. Mother’s group members in each school came forward to cooperate in school repair. In some schools they plastered school-walls with mixture of cow-dung & mud. Where this type repairing was not possible the walls were replaced with new torja bera (readymade bamboo sheet).
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School Materials provided
Sanitary latrine Bookshelf
Nagapur ME (BM) Partition wall, tin sheet, concrete post
Simliguri ME Partition wall, Construction Completed
Satyanarayanpur ME Partition wall Completed Metal bookshelf
Satyanarayanpur LP Bookshelf
Devinagar LP concrete wall (3 ft height)
completed
1 No. Shantipur Partition wall Completed
2 No. Shantipur Partition wall
TEACHER TRAINING SESSIONS
Place Dates training conducted Number of participants
Resource Person
Maths Teaching
Office of the Asha Darshan 24, 25, 26 Feb, 2018 14 Budha Chetri, Science Teacher, Tamulpur Higher Secondary School
English Teaching
Office of the Asha Darshan 9, 10, 11 March 2018 17 Bhupen Kr. Nath, Lacturer, Anandaram Barooah Academy Degree College.
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▪ 2 teacher training sessions conducted in Feb –March 2018
MISC▪ Interested in ASER assessment for kids. Biju ji wants to discuss how we can do it. ▪ Grants and other source of funding: Proposal submitted to get corporate funding
for education and health through KOTA EDUCATION & CHARITABLE TRUST. Implementing skill training scheme of PMKVY and Assam Skill Development Mission in collaboration with Valeur Fabtex Pvt. Ltd.▪ New teacher hired (will be part of 2018-19 budget). One more will be hired post
budget approval for Satyanarayanpur ME school
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Name of the teacher
Date of hiring
Subject taught
Classes taught
Qualification
Name of the school
Mantri Narzary 02/01/18 Maths & Science
IV, IIV & IIIV
B.Sc Nagapur ME (Bodo medium)
EXPANSION PLAN▪ There is need to setup some new schools on the border and remote areas of Assam
and Arunachal Pradesh. ▪ No active plan to transfer any of the schools to government.
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Women Empowerment Program
▪ Mahila Shanti Sena▪ Self Help Groups▪ RTI/RTE training▪ Tailoring training▪ Handicraft training
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Mahila Shanti Sena & Self Help GroupsMahila Shanti Sena have been conducting awareness, training programme on various social issues which created awareness against domestic violence, witch-hunting, dowry system.
This concept of women peace brigade is getting replicated elsewhere outside the region like the state of Bihar. The women’s brigades have successfully handled cases of domestic violence against women in many places.
450 SHGs of nearly 6,735 women have been formed to encourage the habit of small savings. These SHGs are linked to the banks.
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RTI/RTE Training 2017-18 Updates
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Sl. no
Training Topic
Venue Date No of participants
Resource Person Out come
1 RTI Act 2005
Ash Darshan Tamulpur
19 & 20 Jan, 2018
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1. Hemen Boro, advocate from Guwahati High Court 2.Satyanarayan Das, RTI Activist & founder Assam Farmers Club
Increased the awareness level of team of volunteers which can now directly monitor the implementations of govt. schemes at community level
2 RTE Act, 2009
Ash Darshan Tamulpur
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1. Mr. Hemen Boro, advocate from Guwahati High Court 2. Bhagirath Das, Former District Consultant, DPEP
Tailoring Training - 2017-18 Updates
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Tailoring training (Batch 1) Asha Darshan,
Bogajuli 23 Jan to 11 April 2018 30 Anju Gogoi
Rahila Munda
Assessment was done on 12/04/2018. They are preparing to establish their own business, 13 women have registered Trade Licence. Others are also trying
Tailoring (Batch 2) Asha Darshan, Bogajuli
13 April to 11 Aug, 2018
30 Anju GogoiRahila Munda
Training continued. Assessment of this batch will be done on 12 August, 2018
Handicraft Training 2017-18 Updates
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TrainingLocation Dates Number of
beneficiariesTrainers Comments
Handicraft (Doll making and Jewelry)
Asha Darshan, Tamulpur
10-14 June2017
30 women Minakshi Dubey and Pradip Singh from Banaras
The trainees are now making attractive dolls & jewelry for customer at home. They get a good price for it. The income used to meet family’s need.
MISC▪ Funding cycle – (May to April based on 2016 checklist. 3 months were left out of
2017 checklist) (March to April according to the project partner)▪ Last Site visit – Jyotishman on Aug 11th 2018
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Success Story▪ In the last year Banaraj Singa has completed BBA course from Punjab. He is a bright student, now preparing
for UPSC Exams in Guwahati. ▪ Last year many student of Asha Darshan origin are doing good in HSLC Examinations. Janaki Devi (70%), Roshan
Kharka (70%), Mintu Barman (70%), Abhimanya Mandal (67%), Nakul Das (64%) and Nirmala Barman (61%), Prashanta Sing (60%) and Maneswar Barman (60%) are some students whose result made Asha Darshan Schools proud.
▪ Some more students namely Ustu Barman and Tilak Barman, have passed HS science stream and doing degree in Arts.
▪ Dolma Lama was interested in music; she has completed visaradh in Indian Classical music. Now teaching as music teacher. One more girl Anju Devi did visaradh in this subject. Dolma Lama and Anju Devi also ranked 1st position in both the exams HSLC and HS. They have joined BA courses.
▪ Joycharan Barman is a student of degree 6th semester. He is contributing in teaching in same school (Satynarayanpur LP) from where passed. Thus, more than 30 students from Satyanarayanpur School alone are studying in HS courses. Nagapur ME school produced total 82 students who have passed in HSLC examinations in a period from 2012-2018. This year one student has achieved letter marks in Bodo Language. Hope, we will be able to create more brilliant student in the future.
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Teacher’s Honararium
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Particular DetailAmount (2018-19)
Chapter changes
Reason for the cut
2017-18 2017-18 Amount
Honorarium M.E. Head Teachers- 4 5500X4X12 2,64,000.00 2,64,000.00 5500X4X12 2,64,000Honorarium M. E. Asst. Teachers- 16 4700X16X12 9,02,400.00 9,02,400.00 4500X14X12 7,56,000 2 New teachers hired
Honorarium L.P. Teachers- 4 4700X4X12 2,25,600.00 2,25,600.00
4500X5X12 2,70,000 1 teacher removed as Sunmuni LP is merged with govt school
honorarium L.P. Asst. Teachers- 10 4200X10X12 5,04,000.00 5,04,000.00
4000X11X12 5,28,000 1 teacher removed as Sunmuni LP is merged with govt school
Hono.yoga teacher 8 4000X8X12 3,84,000.00 Not approvedHono. Education Co-ordinator-1 6000X1X12 72,000.00 72,000.00 6000X1X12 72,000Honorarium Field Worker-2 6000X2X12 1,44,000.00 1,44,000.00 6000X2X12 2,16,000Hono. Health worker 1 6200X1X12 74,400.00 74,400.00 6000X1X12 72,000
Teachers Co-ordinator 1 12000X12 1,44,000.00 1,44,000.00
12000X12 1,44,000 Hired in 2017. Responsible for improving quality of education and teacher training
27,14,400.00 23,30,400.00 2,322,000.00
School Expenses
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Particular Detail
Amount (2018-19)
Chapter changes
Reason for the cut
2017-18 Amount
Mid- Day Meal Programme
Mid –day meal 839 students
132 days in a year &
honorarium for cook 4,50,000.00 450,000.00
5,50,000Budget reduced because Sunmuni
School is merged with govt. school
Stationary items for School 60,000.00 50,000.00 60,000
Teaching Learning material 50,000.00 50,000.00
Reading materials 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000
Teachers monthly meeting 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000
Travelling (School visit) 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,000
Refreshment 36,000.00 36,000.00 36,000
Repairing & Maintenance school 4,00,000.00 3,60,000.00
-10% as one school was removed
4,00,000
Health care 25,000.00 15,000.00 from audit report 25,000
Children Summer Camp 15 days
Food, Lodge, RP fee,
Stationary & travel cost. 1,50,000.00 Not approved
1,50,000
Only 50 children attended in 2017
Children’s day celebration, Games & sports,
cultural competition
Tent, Mike, Food, Mela etc 1,95,000.00 1,95,000.00
2,50,000
Play material 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000
15,16,000.00 13,06,000.00 16,21,000
The total for last year in item 10-22
was wrongly listed as 12,60,000
This mistake lowered the budget
from 57.15 lakhs to 53.55 lakhs
Teacher Training
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Particular
Amount (2018-19)
Chapter changes
Reason for the cut
2017-18
Amount
Comments
Teachers training 56,000.00
Will be reviewed in mid year
if proper documents are
presented.
1,50,000
Women Empowerment Program
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Particular Detail
Amount (2018-19)
Chapter changes
2017-18 Details
2017-18 Amount
SHG Coordinator -1 6000X12 72,000.00 72,000 6000X12 72,000
Field Worker - 4 6000X4X 12 2,88,000.00
1,44,000 6000X12X2 1,44,000 Salary for 2 new filed
worker post proposed - not
approved
Branch CO (Dhemaji Dist-)- 1 6000X12 72,000.00 72,000 6000X12 72,000
Field Worker (Dhemaji Dist.) - 2 4500X2X12 1,08,000.00
54,000 4500X12 54,000 Salary for 1 new filed
worker proposed - not
approved
Handloom weaving Instructor 2 4500X2X12 1,08,000.00
Handicraft training 1,10,000.00 1,50,000
organic cultivation awarness 1,30,000.00
tailoring Instructor 2 5700X2X12 1,36,800.00
5000X12X2 1,20,000.00 Not approved
Self defence training for girls 1,50,000.00
stationary 10,000.00
Tailoring training materials 95,000
RTE & RTI training for awareness 1,00,000
1,184,800.00 3,42,000.00 807,000.00
Admin Expenses
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Particular Detail
Amount (2018-19)
Chapter changes
Reason for the cut 2017-18 2017-18 Amount
Project coordinator 1 20000X12 2,40,000.00 2,40,000.00 20000X12 2,40,000
Accountant 1 6500X12 78,000.00 78,000.00 6500X12 78,000
Stationary 50,000.00 30,000.00 80,000
Electricity, Telephone, Internet postage 1,20,000.00 1,20,000.00 1,20,000
Newspaper & magazine 25,000.00
Misc expenses calculated based
on audit report
25,000
Travelling 80,000.00
School visits are already
covered in school expenses
50,000
House rent 84,000.00 Not approved 66,000
Refreshment guest and staff 36,000.00 36,000
Miscellaneous 50,000.00 50,000.00 80,000
Health care 40,000
7,63,000.00 5,18,000.00 8,15,000
Comparison with 2016-17 audit report
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Budget 2018-19 budget
2016-17
Audit report
Honararium 2,990,400.00 25,46,100 SHG group not funded + Increased salaries in 2017-18
Mid day meal 4,50,000.00 3,42,526 one school merged with govt + inflation
Children's day 1,95,000.00 2,21,763 Children's day + Women's day 2016 - one school merged..
Repair and maintanence of schools 3,60,000.00 4,98,489 entire plan not submitted..
Teacher's meetings + training 25,000.00 61,958
Traveling + Refreshments 1,01,000.00 2,68,204
Stationary, Electricity, Internet, Reading materials 2,80,000.00 2,24,813 Includes stationary + tailoring equipment for tailoring n weaving training..
Sports materials 30,000.00 32,880 one school merged with govt
Health care 15,000.00 13,657
Misc 50,000.00 60,027
hourse rent 62,800 Not approved
FCRA 15,000 One time expense
Solar light + biometric + water filter 27,900 One time expense
Building construction 8,26,608 Not asked in 2018
summer camp 1,84,190 Not approved in 2016 as well
44,96,400.00 53,86,915
This budget included the women's empowerment initiatives and construction
expenses
Excess from 2016-17 (based on audit report and
funds sent by SV) 16,76,085 Excess funds were used for repair and construction
Consolidated
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Proposed by project
partner
Revised
2018-19
2017-18
Budget
Teacher's Honorarium 27,14,400 23,30,400 23,22,000
School Expenses 15,16,000 13,06,000 16,21,000
Teacher Training 56,000 1,50,000
Women Empowerment Program 11,84,800 3,42,000 8,07,000
Admin Expenses 7,63,000 5,18,000 8,15,000
62,34,200.00 44,96,400.00 57,15,000.00
Calculation mistake
lowered the budget from
57.15 lakhs to 53.55 lakhs
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