Kaorakhali Jana Seva Ashram schools: Project status page
Recent News
Recent site visit report by Kousik is located here (pdf)
Photos from KJSA site visit done on Dec 2009 by Ketan
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Basic Information
- A pre-primary school system with 4 single-room schoolhouses.
- Four villages in the South 24 Parganas (Kaorakhali North, Kaorakhali South, Purba Gabtola and Jamtola)
- 345 children ranging 3-6 years
- These schools are the only pre-primary education system serving these villages.
- School day is 9 am to noon. The school day consists of joint learning, games and play time. Children are taught reading and writing.
- Midday meals are provided to children.
Significance of this effort
The children need a friendly and accessible introduction to education
and schooling in a rural area that has a 30% literacy rate and where
there hasn't been a tradition of school-going. The schooling provides
an introduction to reading and familiarity with numbers and instills a
love of learning. Without pre-primary education and preparation, a
number of children find the step up to government primary schools an
insurmountable barrier � a large proportion of these children are of
illiterate parents who are unable to prepare them for primary school.
Current Kaorakhali school project scope
- Current project scope costs Rs. 506k ($12,000) per year.
- Support for 4 schools in Kaorakhali North, Kaorakhali South, Jamtola, and Purba Gabtola.
- 29 students per teacher.
- Teacher's salaries for 12 teachers.
- In our schools we are able to provide 3 teachers per school @ Rs.1000/month ($23.25/mth).
- Midday meal for 345 students @ Rs. 3.50 per meal (8 cents/meal).
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