On 9th
of November 2013, I was standing in front of around 35 students at Yeliyuru
Government School Mandya. We had visited there as a part of our event JOY
OF TEACHING WEEK and we were just starting our classes. Before beginning,
we asked the children about what they want to become in future. Promptly most
of them replied with “I want to become a doctor”, “I want to become a police
officer”, “I want to become an engineer” and so on. We were happy that the kids
from villages have such big dreams. But while interacting with the school
officials, we came to know that most of the students will not even continue their
education after 10th standard. At that point of time I decided we
need to do something.
While
we read some success stories of the students of government schools occasionally,
large number of children especially Girls drop out after 10th
standard. So I put forward an idea in front of my team. We were meeting to
decide the plans for 2014. We would select two schools, Yeliyuru High School
and another school in Mysore and will be taking free classes during our
weekends for one whole year. And we will be guiding them till the exams get
over. After discussing, we finalized on two schools in Mysore itself and to
visit Yeliyuru during December.
On
January 12 we visited Chayadevi Trust Orphanage in Mysore to celebrate National
Youth Day. We also invited our seniors Kushal and Sandeep to join us and spend
some time with the kids. They joined us and even sponsored the prizes for the
drawing competition winners. While going back, Kushal addressed the group of 10th
and 12th standard students and advised them about how important it
is to follow their dreams rather than following the herd. That is when I
decided to have Kushal on board for our future works.
So, on
March 16th, we created a post on facebook about what we are going to
do and asked interested individuals to attend the meeting and we also sent
emails to our college alumni’s. The first meeting was conducted at Banumaiha’s College and around 12 people attended it
including our team members. We decided on having a demo class to see the
presentation skills and confidence. Then we started worrying about the place to
conduct demo classes.
My
mind flashed upon my high school teacher A G Nanjappa Swamy and immediately I
called him asking to provide a classroom for taking demo classes in their
coaching center. He was more than happy to give a nod and wished us good luck.
We
invited M V Tulasi Prasad, Hindi Teacher, Government School, Hunsur and also my
high school Kannada Teacher to give us feedback. After two weeks, we have made
a team of 26 people who will be actually taking classes from June 30.
Kushal
and Dushyanth, both my seniors helped us in getting permissions from DDPI to
conduct classes on Saturday and Sunday’s. And we will be having an interactive
session about teaching skills by Mr DayaPrasad, Faculty, RIMSE, Mysore and A G
Nanjappa Swamy, Teacher, Marimallappa’s High School.
This teaching program will go on for 8 months starting from June 30 till February end. Our teachers will be helping them in their academics and guiding them through their exams.
This teaching program will go on for 8 months starting from June 30 till February end. Our teachers will be helping them in their academics and guiding them through their exams.
We
even got blessings of elders when Mrs. Shakuntala and Kushal’s mother joined us
in our work. This would be the first work we will be doing with the government
and we are all excited about it. We need your blessings and advices.
Recently
we opened bank account to raise funds for our future works. One of the
important work included in our plan is to financially support two students to
continue their education. If you wish to make a donation, Please help us. Find
the bank details below.
Name:
SPOORTHI FOUNDATION
Acc
No: 065900101005454
IFSC:
CORP0000659
Bank:
Corporation Bank, Vijayanagar, Mysore.
To know more about us
Fb: facebook.com/Spoorthi.ngo
Twitter:
@spoorthi_ngo
In
my next post, I will be writing about the people who will be taking classes and
the people who helped us reach here.
Thank
You
Santhosh
S V
CEO, Spoorthi Foundation
Good work santhosh.. Even I would like to join..
ReplyDeleteSure sis :) You are always welcome :)
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