Asha for Education

Project Brief: Pre-primary education for infants (3-6 yrs) of socially excluded communities
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: children of dalits/tribals

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
San Francisco

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Andrew Shapiro
Project Partner(s): Swapan Mandal
Project Address: Digambarpur Angikar - Preprimary Education
Digambarpur, Via Kashinagar
P.S. Dholahat
Patharpratima, West Bengal 743349
Tel: 011 91 3324283363
Stewarding Chapter: San Francisco

The organization undertakes several initiatives to serve local individuals, groups and communities.

Asha SF will fund/is funding them for the operation of a pre-primary school for infants (ages 3 - 6 years)

The teaching techniques and main curriculum are mentioned below:

1. Learning through games and use of attractive visuals, picture books, posters, educational games for developing oral language and vocabulary development.
2. Learning in joyful child friendly environment � story telling, singing songs and rhymes etc
3. Elementary education with an environment of love and care
4. Learning language and basic numerical lessons through playing, using toys and pictures;
5. Developing behavior and character building of children from the very beginning inculcating sense of manners, discipline, honesty;
6. Encouraging children to take part in cultural activities, games and sports, drawing and painting;
7. Education on care of personal hygiene;