Strenghtening Education programmes in 6 Government Schools, Magadi Road Bangalore, supported by BOSCH
Since 2015-2016, RBEI (Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions), has been supporting Vidyanikethan to improve the quality of education and teaching in 6 Government Schools. The Government schools are: GHPS Chennenahalli, GLPS Jettipalya, GLPS Gidadapalaya GLPS Chenadasipalya, GLPS Pedanapalya and GLPS Yelachaguppe.. The primary goal of the project is to improve teaching and learning in 1st to 7th grades in these Government schools by upgrading the learning experience of the children through different innovative methods. During 2015-2016( ), while in 2016-2017, ( )
- The BOSCH volunteers conducted a drawing & quiz competition event on 19th Nov, 2016 at Chennenahalli school. 36 children from all 6 schools participated in this event. Most of the children come from a background where they cannot access or enjoy extra- curricular activities. During this activity, the volunteers interacted with the children, engaged them in drawing, and distributed chocolates and gifts. They awarded trophies to the winners.
- Sports meet held on 4th Feb, 2017 at Chennanahalli school ground, Tavarekere cluster, Magadi Road all 6 schools children participated in the sports supported by RBEI- BOSCH
- Volunteers from Agastya Foundation and Magic Bus regularly visited the schools and organized experiments related to science and conducted games for the children respectively. (More information to be add)
Overall summary of impact
English: Regular English classes have improved the understanding of the language and gradually, their proficiency in the language is improving. The children are speaking and writing in English with much more confidence.
Computers: Till date,16 Computers have been installed in the 6 Government schools. The children have been taught the basics of computer operations and hardware as well. Learning computers has bought much enthusiasm among the students, as it has opened their world to new subjects and issues. They are also using the systems with care.