Pratirodh SansthanResidential School for

girlsBhadesar block, Chittorgarh,

Rajasthan

mid-year update

Background

Pratirodh Sansthan has been working with tribal clans, primarily on rights movement, and bonded labor issues for a long time

Residential school for tribal girls in Bhadesar was a first formal long term intervention program of its kind in the region

Started and operating since 2008 with AfE-SV support

Girls from the backward tribal belt, mainly bheel and meena casts, attend a fully residential school

About The Project

Residential school with 54 girls in attendance between age group of 9-12 years

School has two full-time trained teachers

School follows the state curriculum and primarily relies on teaching aid from Digantar, and follows activity based pedagogy

Current enrollment/attendance distribution:

Mid-year Assessment

10 out of 11 girls appeared for Government School 5th grade examination, and successfully cleared the exam.

10 girls have been admitted to Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyala (Central government scheme), academic session due to start in July.

See http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp

The girls are also attending free computer training lessons at Shyamdas Sansthan

Students have shown steady progress in mid-year evaluations since the start of term

15 girls are now preparing to appear in 5th grade examination for next 2011 academic year

5 New girls were admitted during the first half of the academic year