THE LABORATORY OF EDUCATION

GRAMMANGAL’S LEARNING HOME

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Tribal Children Education

Consultancy to Schools in Maharashtra

Short-term and Long-term training programs

Learning Home – the laboratory of education at Pune

Hobby Homes in Maharashtra

Subject Labs

Teaching-Learning Aids

Parent Education Program

Publication on education and learning

Teracotta Project

Bilingual Project

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Primary & Middle school

Learning in Vikaswadi

•Personal attention to each individual.•Strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes of each individual are channeled into proper direction.•Students are carefully nurtured so they progress and choose vocations they really enjoy.•Education made relevant to life and democratic living.

•A multi-grade school with attached crèche and preschool.•Use of graded self-learning material, locally prepared by teachers themselves.•Use of indigenous low cost material.•Flexible planning.•Emphasis on activities out of wall.•Continuous evaluation system with no stress on examination.

•Project method integrating all Curriculum subjects.•Democracy education program.•Math’s enrichment program.•Training in athletics.•Exposure and training in Hindustani classical music.•Natural farming as integral part of the school.•Environment education program.•Education in Arts.•Self-discipline and self-dependence.•Education associated with Life-skills.

Why this work has importance?

•Very remote area.•Government schooling is unavailable.•Even simple resources like road and electricity are not available.•14 such Grammangal units are in operational in this remote area.•More than 500 adivasi children’s are benefitted and brought to schooling.

SUBJECT LABS

Laboratory of following subjectsConcept of Laboratory

Grammangal Subject Laboratory

•Language•Mathematics•Science•History•Geography•Arts/Handicrafts•Music•Food and nutrition•Environment

•Every subject is a science by itself.•Every subject should be projected to students as a science.•Children need to understand the concepts in any subject. Not enough to study any subject piecemeal but need to understand it from all angles.•Traditional classroom teaching is unable to satisfy this need.

•Every subject is systematically laid out in a laboratory, based on its development trajectory.•Children can visit these laboratories and improve their understanding.•They will also be able to resolve the mutual relationship between subjects e.g., History/Geography, History/Language, History/Science, and other subjects too.

Practical implementation

•Subject Lab is started in Bharat Vidyalay, Wai•Bharat Vidyalay is a school for Children of Below Poverty Line families setup by Kirloskar Foundation, in Wai.•This school is under Grammangal consultancy.

LEARNING HOME – LABORATORY OF EDUCATION

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•A Home should transform into an education system.•The entire house should keep learning all the time.•The household, children and the `teaching’ faculty should all blend together.•Children should be able to grow with confidence.•Children should develop ability to take decisions, solving problems.•Children should develop scientific approach towards all subjects.•They should learn to relate with the environment, develop gracefully to become good citizens.•Children become sensitive to arts, aesthetics, literature and languages and learn to enjoy them.•Conscious efforts from parents can make the entire learning process effective.•Education is not merely to become literate, but to “learn how to live”.•Education and life’s routine out to blend and learning must be useful in life.•Search for various intelligence and they must be encouraged.

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Brain based Education

Brain is a learning organ. The process of learning flows through the brain and its capacity to learn is immense.

Constructive approach

Children carry out the construction and arrangement of their knowledge by themselves. It is important and necessary to provide proper environment so that children can get variety of experiences and learn on their own.

Cognitive Science

Childs learning process includes neurological science, anthropology, multiple intelligence, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence and linguistics.

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Learning Process

•Child centric practices.•Children from different household come together as a family.•Develop self-discipline and self-dependence.•Develop ability of self-learning.•Children learn with their innate nature.•Progress of every individual child is monitored.•Personalized education process.•Multi-faceted learning.•Group learning.•Project based approach.

Evaluation Process

•Continuous on-going evaluation.•Evaluation of ability development.•Self evaluation.•Evaluation of learning process.•MI based evaluation

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•62 children from age group 2.5Yrs to 13Yrs.•22 resource persons from various fields.•Constructive approach.•Multiple intelligence based activities.•Documentation of each child.•Documentation of each activity carried out at Learning Home.•On going teachers and parents training.•School campus build by students, parents and teacher’s as a learning process in most eco-friendly design using eco-material.•Located at Gandhi-Bhavan campus, next to Poona Blind School, Kothrud.

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Acknowledgements/Appriciation

UNICEF + Grammangal

UNICEF has provided unstinted support to GM for the past several years. Just recently, it has extended its commitment to an initiative aiming at “enhancing the quality of classroom processes” in government primary schools. Initially, this project, termed as ‘Quality Package Programme’, is to cover 400 schools – to be gradually extended to several thousand others in Chandrapur and Yeotmal districts. Another project is to prepare video and print material for Teachers’ Training Modules.

Late admashree Anutai Wagh

Awarded Padmashree in 1984 in recognition of her work in the field of childhood education in tribal area.

Prof. Ramesh Panse

Professor of development economics and a passionate educationist. Co-founder and guiding spirit of GM. Authority on childhood education.

•John Dalvi Award from the Lesley Swaney Institute, for social work, in 1990 (Ramesh Panse)•Award for Outstanding Social Work from Rotary Club of Thane, in 1991 (Ramesh Panse)•Joshi Foundation, Thane, for social work, 1997 (Nilesh Nimkar)•Joshi Foundation, Thane, for social work, 2005 (Sushma Padhye)•Father Maschio Award from Don Bosco Institute, for LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, 2003.

YCMOU + Grammangal

GM is preparing courses for Certificate, Degree and Post-graduate levels for teachers in Early Childhood Education (ECE) for the Yeshwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University.

Sir Ratan Tata Trust + Grammangal

With the support of Sir Ratan Tata Trust, a technology-based training programme for ECE teachers is already developed. We are currently carrying out a consultancy project for strengthening Anganwadi’s (Preprimary schools) run by the govt. in Nandurbar, with their support.

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EREGrammangal contribution to ECE Training support rendered to:

The methodology adopted and advocated by GM in assisting students in their development has by now impressed and motivated many renowned private schools in Maharashtra. With assistance from GM, they are initiating a process transforming their primary schools in constructive pedagogy. Some of these are:

1. Save The Children2. A.K.Joshi English Medium School, Thane.3. Shree Mauali mandal Vidyalaya, Thane4. Shreerang Vidyalaya, Thane5. Usha Mehendale Vidyalaya, Thane6. Bharat Vidyalay, Wai7. Gurukul, Badlapur8. Aksharnandan Pre-school section, Pune9. Sanskruti Sanvardhan mandal , Nanded10. Anganwadi, Nandurbar11. Bajaj Foundation , Wardha12. Many more….

GRAMMANGAL has also contributed occasional training supports to other well-known institutions. Some of them are:

1. Orchid School, Pune2. Balmohan Vidyalaya English Medium Pre-

primary, Dadar3. Sharadashram Vidyalaya, Dadar4. MIT Pre-school, Pune5. Vidya Pratishthan English Medium, Baramati6. Revachand Bhojwani Academy, Pune7. Kamla Nimkar Balbhavan, Phaltan8. Tarun Bharat Sangha, Alwar, Rajasthan.9. Ruia Balwatika, Ramgadh, Rajasthan.10. Dhrangadhra, Gujarat11. Smt Anjoli Ela Menon’s school, Delhi.

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Activity Amt. required/Year

Design and development of Teaching/learning material and aids

Rs.60,000

Musical/Dance instruments

Rs.15,000

Sports Equipments Rs.10,000

Other instruments Rs.10,000

Stationary Rs.15,000

Campus Maintenance Rs.40,000

Teachers Salary Rs.8,00,000

Documentation Rs.90,000

1. Sponsoring one Vikaswadi (budget of 25 children per year) = Rs.200,000/-

2. Sponsor a Pre-primary teacher per year = Rs.60,000/-

3. Sponsor a Primary teacher per year = Rs.84,000/-

4. Late Anutai Wagh Foster Parent Scheme , annual supporting subscription:

1. Rs.3000/- per child in a pre-primary class

2. Rs.5000/- per child in primary class

3. Rs.25,000/- per child of a residential secondary school.

Other ways to support

1. Volunteer with your skills2. Donate generously3. Sponsor an activity

READY TO SU

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How to pay? Contributor benefits

Please draw your cheque/draft in the name of:

GRAMMANGAL

How to reach us?

Grammangal’s Learning HomeGandhi Bhavan Campus Next to pune blind school Kothrud Pune 411028. India

Ph. 91- 20 – 25386687

info@grammangal.orglearninghome@grammangal.org

www.grammangal.org

All donations are exempted under Income Tax - 80G.

Grammangal is authorized to accept donations in foreign currencies as well. Required FCRA details can be provided on demand.