Daljit Mirchandani of Gyan Prakash Foundation shares the organisation's experience with building SMC effectiveness and capacity at CSF's Workshop on Capacity Building of School Management Committees.

1. Can We Equip the State to Build the Capacities
of School Management Committees
November 22, 2013

2. Content
 Introduction: Gyan Prakash Foundation
 Capacity building
 Mission Critical interventions
 Direction
 Role
 Measurement
 Summary

3. Content
 Introduction: Gyan Prakash Foundation
 Capacity building
 Mission Critical interventions
 Direction
 Role
 Measurement
 Summary

4. Gyan Prakash Foundation- Rural Focus
• Supports Government efforts in ZP schools
• Focuses on learning outcomes measured on DISE
data
• Partners with NGOs
• Brings “Last Mile Connectivity” to each school
• Integrates Community and the School for
sustainable change
……….Targeted cost of Rs 700 to Rs 1000
Making the per child Rs 11,000 to Rs 15,000 spend of Government Productive

5. Holistic Approach to Education Transformation
Gyan Prakash’s approach to enhancing education system is built on the foundation of its
four guiding principles and five interventions
We wish to Engage the local community, Execute the changes, Empower them and Exit
once the community can sustain itself.
Frugal
Low cost
approach in
driving change
Asset Light
Minimal
investment in
infrastructure
Within
Government
Framework
Complement the
govt. initiatives
Using Local
Talent
Engage the
community to
create change
Guiding Principes of Gyan Prakash Foundation
Increasing Effectiveness of
SMC
In-service training to teachers
to raise teaching standards
Working with Anganwadis to
improve teaching level at pre-
school level
Counseling Parents on early
child care and development to
nurture children Education
Effectiveness
Bridge Model to induct pre-
school children into formal
education

6. Social Change Model
“Last mile Connectivity”
Engage – Execute – Empower – Exit
Parents School Management Committee-SMC
In-service
Teacher training-
English/Math
PrimaryElementaryA’wadi
Early
Child Education (ECE)
Resource Center Head (RCH)
School
Readiness
Focus - Sustainable and Replicable
“Quality of learning”
Building SMC Effectiveness and Capacity
….Gyan Prakash experience
Partnership
- SSA Maharashtra
- Pune CEO ZP Office
• Objective
• Processes
• Scaling
• Coverage
• Incubation 8 villages
• Pilot 60 ~ 80 villages
• Project period
• FY 13 thru FY 18
• Guiding Principle
• SSA framework
• Measurement UDISE
• R&D- Gyan Prakash +
Partner NGO
• Scaling PPP model

7. Content
 Introduction: Gyan Prakash Foundation
 Capacity building
 Mission Critical interventions
 Direction
 Role
 Measurement
 Summary

8. Capacity Build – Mission Critical Interventions
• Effectiveness
– Framework for Training of SMC members
– Quality of Learning covering (UDISE index)
• Enrollment
• Retention
• Learning levels
– Processes– SDP
– Cluster ~ 10 villages - Coordinator for 4 to 5 years
• Capacity Building
– Selection criteria for selecting villages for SMC strengthening intervention to
impact EDI
– Training Block/Cluster level/NGO Partners
– Community engagement
– Tool kits– Last Mile Connectivity

9. Direction for:
• Role:
– NGO and Corporate in development of processes for effectiveness
– Government in PPP model for scaling
• Measurement:
– UDISE
– EDI
Capacity Build

10. Content
 Introduction: Gyan Prakash Foundation
 Capacity building
 Mission Critical interventions
 Direction
 Role
 Measurement
 Summary

11. • Effectiveness and Scale
 Development of replicable and scalable community engagement model
 Effective engagement of NGO with Government
 Sharpen measurement of “Quality of Learning”
• Policy Changes
 bring focus on education from Birth to 5 years
 Include Early Childhood Education as part of RTE
 Capacity building in NGO for R&D
Summary

12. www.gyanprakash.org