Sugathi is 1 year old. In this one year, our concentration was primarily on the kids from NGO schools and orphanages. Our activities did certainly benefit them by enhancing their knowledge in many an area. At the same time, our knowledge and understanding about the children also improved. It is high time we turn our attention towards the government schools.
Language seems to be the problem for conducting activities in Govt schools in Bangalore. Teaching academic stuff in Kannada is no small job. It demands very good proficiency. At present, many of our volunteers are not so much familiar in Kannada that they can "teach" children. But this problem should not stop us from going ahead with our plans for Govt schools.
To start with, we identified a few Govt Telugu Minority schools. Only reason behind identifying Telugu schools for Sugathi activities is that many of the active volunteers available are Andhraites. So things turn out easy in the beginning and our activities will start taking place. By showing the progress made in this direction, we should expand our volunteer base in such a way that we should have volunteers who can conduct activities in any language. It's going to be our collective responsibility to bring more volunteers (speaking different languages) into Sugathi. Actually, the ultimate solution for this language problem is that all of us should get familiar with Kannada (language used in Textbook not the one used on the roadside). But keeping various factors in mind, this is not achievable overnight!!!
About Sugathi
Education improves the level of human well being. Basic education covering reading, writing, studying basic sciences and doing arithmetic is considered as a crucial aspect of quality of life.
Sugathi (which means welfare or bliss) is a group started with an aim of working for social development by contributing in the areas of basic education and child development. Sugathi firmly believes that these are the areas of great relevance with respect to the future of children.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam says in his book Indomitable Spirit . "A scene appears in front of me where there is a child, a teenager, an adult and a leader. All of them are facing a situation of human need, but each one reacts differently. The child asks , "What can you do for me?" The teenager says , "I want to do it alone." The young person proclaims, "Let us do it together." The leader offers, "What can I do for you?" The education system has a tremendous responsibility to transform a child into a leader – the transformation from "What can you do for me?" to "What can I do for you?". These leaders, as enlightened Indian citizens, work for the development of society as a whole.
Short term goals
1.Initially, we help the organizations/ charitable societies/ NGOs , which support the school education of the poor and underprivileged children. Our help can be of any kind i.e., infrastructural or voluntary support.
2.Giving our time to children is as important as donating money.We can spend our free time with them on a regular basis. We can teach them basic Maths, Sciences and English etc . We can organize events say games, painting , singing, quiz programs or anything which makes their mind sharp and brings out the creativity. We will conduct these kind of workshops and activities in Government schools also.
Long term objectives
1. We will address the grass root problems prevailing in the Indian education system viz., out-of-school children, school dropouts and quality of education etc.
2.We will sponsor the education of meritorious but poor children at school level.
3.We will help Government schools to have conducive environment.
Sugathi (which means welfare or bliss) is a group started with an aim of working for social development by contributing in the areas of basic education and child development. Sugathi firmly believes that these are the areas of great relevance with respect to the future of children.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam says in his book Indomitable Spirit . "A scene appears in front of me where there is a child, a teenager, an adult and a leader. All of them are facing a situation of human need, but each one reacts differently. The child asks , "What can you do for me?" The teenager says , "I want to do it alone." The young person proclaims, "Let us do it together." The leader offers, "What can I do for you?" The education system has a tremendous responsibility to transform a child into a leader – the transformation from "What can you do for me?" to "What can I do for you?". These leaders, as enlightened Indian citizens, work for the development of society as a whole.
Short term goals
1.Initially, we help the organizations/ charitable societies/ NGOs , which support the school education of the poor and underprivileged children. Our help can be of any kind i.e., infrastructural or voluntary support.
2.Giving our time to children is as important as donating money.We can spend our free time with them on a regular basis. We can teach them basic Maths, Sciences and English etc . We can organize events say games, painting , singing, quiz programs or anything which makes their mind sharp and brings out the creativity. We will conduct these kind of workshops and activities in Government schools also.
Long term objectives
1. We will address the grass root problems prevailing in the Indian education system viz., out-of-school children, school dropouts and quality of education etc.
2.We will sponsor the education of meritorious but poor children at school level.
3.We will help Government schools to have conducive environment.
Contact us
If you are interested in knowing more about Sugathi and its activities, please send an e-mail to the address given below.
E-mail address: sugathi4all@gmail.com
E-mail address: sugathi4all@gmail.com
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